“…In one instance, Ulbricht went on a tirade against NATO, accusing it of harboring ex-Nazi’s when it promoted General Hans Speidel, former Chief of Staff to German General Erwin Rommel, to Commander of Allied Land Forces in 1957 (Ulbricht, of course, declined to mention either Speidel’s expulsion from the Germany Army after his role in the July Plot to assassinate Hitler or his testimony on the side of the prosecution at the
Nuremberg Trials). Also on this subject, Subject 1300: “Fellow Travelers, 1958-72" covers Simon Wiesenthal’s publication of a list of names of ex-Nazis employed by the GDR government. …”