Merkel, Wiesenthal Center criticize eulogy of former Nazi era official
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Simon Wiesenthal Center added their voices Friday to criticism of a regional governor who eulogized a predecessor who had served as a Nazi-era judge.
Guenther Oettinger, governor of Baden-Wuerttemburg state in southwestern Germany, has come under fire for his remarks at a memorial for his predecessor, Hans Filbinger. Oettinger said he was ''not a Nazi'' and called him ''an opponent of the Nazi regime.'' Filbinger, who died April 1 at 93, resigned as Baden Wuerttemburg governor in 1978 after it became known that he had served as a Nazi-era naval judge and participated in cases that resulted in death sentences. (AP)
