Vienna strips eight graves of honorary status because of Nazi past AP Worldstream | April 7, 2005| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

SUSANNA LOOF, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-07-2005
Dateline: VIENNA, Austria
Vienna has stripped eight dead Nazis of honors bestowed on them by the city, saying their graves do not deserve a special status qualifying them for free maintenance, an official said Thursday.

Vienna's Central Cemetery has a special section for some of the city's most prominent residents. The city pays for maintenance of the so-called honorary graves and lists them in guides to the cemetery.

"We want to make it clear that we don't want to honor those who are associated with the Nazis," said Andreas ...

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