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Article: E. GERMANY NAMES LEADER, APOLOGIZES FOR NAZI CRIMES.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 12, 1990
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Byline: Associated Press
East Germany's new Parliament today named Lothar de Maiziere as prime minister, backed a plan for swift unification with West Germany and apologized to Jews for the atrocities of the Nazis.
The nation's first freely elected government also said a unified Germany should at least temporarily be a part of the NATO alliance, a key issue when the superpowers begin unification talks in the coming weeks.
In a remarkable string of conciliatory gestures, Parliament recognized the legitimacy of Poland's post-war borders and apologized for East Germany's role in the Soviet- led invasion that crushed reforms in Czechoslovakia in ...