LOYALTY AS CRIME
The i Nazi Government recently opened the trial of three high officers of the former Austrian army, on charges of attempted murder. The officers had commanded the Salzburg fortress in July, 1934, when the Nazis overthrew the local government of Lamprechtshausen and compelled the police to surrender. Vienna ordered the army to take command of the situation. General Josef Stochmal forced the Nazis to withdraw. They now charge that he ordered his troops "to take no prisoners"—in other words, shoot to kill. The general, Lieutenant-Colonel Ferdinand Celar, and Captain yon Rosenkranz are being tried secretly. They are pensioned officers. The Nazi Press has been forbidden to mention the trial. Officers see in the trial a new campaign of further terrorising Nationalist non-Nazi groups.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 14
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126LOYALTY AS CRIME Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 14
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