ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 252, 22 July 1935, Page 9

ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS

Further Berlin Outbreaks

NEW CHIEF OF POLICE

(Received July 21, 7.30 p.m.) Berlin, July 20.

Fresh anti-Jewish disturbances have occurred at Berlin, where in the west end crowds paraded the streets shouting, “Down with the Jews.” Several Jews were dragged from the cafes and beaten. The police arrested the assailants, despite the hostility of the crowd. As a result of the anti-Jewish troubles, Admiral von Levetzow, Chief of Police at Berlin, has resigned, and Count Wolf von Helldorf succeeds him. A communique announces that the police will further co-operate with the Nazis to defeat Communist subversive activities, reactionary movements, and Bolshevik and Jewish arrogance. Count von Helldorf was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in 1931 for attacking and insulting Jews in Berlin. Count von Holldorf’s first ordinance orders Jewish ice-cream shops to close at 7 p.m. to prevent undesirable demonstrations. Other examples of Nazi campaigning include the Reich Minister of Justice ordering public prosecutors throughout Germany to counter by speedy prosecutions and heavy sentences without respect to persons all Catholic attempts to split up the community. DISSOLUTION ORDERED Stahlhelm Organisation in Silesia Berlin, July 19. Secret police have ordered the immediate dissolution of the Stahlhelm organisation in Silesia. The wearing of Stahlhelm badges and uniforms, and the holding of meetings has been forbidden in Thuringia, and several Stahlhelm leaders have been sent to concentration camps.