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prevented or obstructed the implementation of the mass murder program". When he died in 1987, Klopfer was the last surviving attendee of the
Wannsee Conference. When he died, his family published a death notice that celebrated "a fulfilled life that was to the benefit of all those who came under his sphere of influence". This caused a public outcry and was denounced by many as an insult to all victims of the Nazi regime.
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in 1952 and was readmitted to the practice of law in 1956. Another investigation into
Klopfer's participation in the Wannsee Conference that was initiated by the Ulm public prosecutor's office in September 1960 was closed on 29 January 1962 on the basis that "there was no way the accused could have
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Klopfer, Nazi Party Chancellery: A Nationalist Ideologue and a Respectable West German". In Jasch, Hans-Christian; Kreutzmüller, Christoph (eds.).
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Klopfer, Nazi Party Chancellery: A Nationalist Ideologue and a Respectable West German". In Jasch, Hans-Christian; Kreutzmüller, Christoph (eds.).
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Heckmann, Markus (2017). "Gerhard
Klopfer, Nazi Party Chancellery: A Nationalist Ideologue and a Respectable West German". In Jasch, Hans-Christian; Kreutzmüller, Christoph (eds.).
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Heckmann, Markus (2017). "Gerhard
Klopfer, Nazi Party Chancellery: A Nationalist Ideologue and a Respectable West German". In Jasch, Hans-Christian; Kreutzmüller, Christoph (eds.).
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