DUEL IN DANZIG
HERR HITLER'S NEPHEW WOUNDED BY .A BULLET LONDON, March 30 A nephew of Herr Hitler, according to reports which have reached London, was severely wounded in a duel in Danzig. The nephew is Albert Foerster, a Nazi leader in Danzig and his opponent was tho president of the Danzig Senate, Arthur Greiser. The Daily Sketch's version says that Foerster was wounded by a bullet, and that it was necessary for a surgeon from Berlin to operate. Foerster, 'it is reported, slapped Greiser's face during a beer-hall quarrel and a Nazi court of honour, in accordance with the Nazis' "codo of conduct and honour," decided that a duel must be fought. It was fought at dawn in a park behind a notorious gambling casino at Zoppot, seven mileS from Danzig. The affair has been -hushed up in Danzig, where Foerster is called "Little Hitler." Greiser's chief hobby is pistol shooting.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23318, 11 April 1939, Page 10
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