FUNERAL ORATION
HITLER AT SCHUMACHER'S GRAVE Preis Association—By Telegraph—Copyright NUREMBERG, November 27. Ton thousand people attended Schumacher’s funeral, including Herr Hitler, who delivered a funeral oration. A firing party fired a volley over the grave. A GERMAN INQUIRY BERLIN, November 27. A communique announcing the result of the inquiry into the shooting of Schumacher says; “Twenty-three unarmed soldiers were descending the mountain on the German side when one of the Austrian Heimwehr fired at Schumacher, who was struck when 16yds from the frontier on German soil. Bloodstains and footmarks in the snow were proof of this.” The communique adds: “ The Heimwher were not hunting previously in the neighbourhood, and were not accompanied by the regular gendarmerie. When Schumacher was borne off they cried: ‘ Down with Hitlerism!’ ‘ Hail Dollfuss!’ ”
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Evening Star, Issue 21581, 29 November 1933, Page 9
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128FUNERAL ORATION Evening Star, Issue 21581, 29 November 1933, Page 9
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