Berlin ? Germany’s parliament unanimously passed a blanket measure Tuesday overturning Nazi-era verdicts convicting people of treason, nearly 65 years after the end of World War II.

Treason convictions carried the death penalty and were handed down in Nazi Germany for any act deemed harmful to the nation or helpful to the enemy. Under that umbrella, people were convicted of treason for political resistance, aiding Jews, helping prisoners of war, selling products on the black market and scores of other acts.

“By rehabilitating all so-called war traitors, we restore the honor and dignity of a long forgotten group of victims of the Nazi justice system,” Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries said. “This is also an important signal for the relatives.”

Since the end of the war in 1945, challenges to treason convictions had to be handled on an individual basis with a prosecutor weighing whether each one should be overturned.