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106-year-old singer settles suit over Nazi performance

A 106-year-old Dutch singer
has settled a lawsuit against a German filmma ker who accused him of performing for Nazi guards at a concentration camp during World War II.

Johannes Heesters filed suit against German author and documentarian Vo lker Kuehn in a Berlin state court in 2008 after the filmmaker went publi c with claims the singer performed for SS troops at Dachau concentration camp in 1941....
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