MONSTROUS CHARGE
REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL INNOCENOE PROTESTED TORTURE IN PRISON (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Sop I. 26, noon.) BURLIN', Sept. 25. At the Leipzig trial, Van der Lnbbe, despite breaking his fast, was still deathly pale and seemed wholly disinterested in the proceedings. Taueff, a shoemaker, admitted that, lie had been twice sentenced in his absence to 12), years’ imprisonment for Communist activities in Bulgaria, but was granted an amnesty. Torgler, receiving permission to make <t speech in answer to the indictment, announced in ringing tones: “1 :im completely innocent. , I had nothing to do with the fire, directly or indirectly. I surrendered the day after the fire to defend myself against this monstrous charge. I fought in prison for seven months to prove my innocence. For five months I was kept day and night in chains. f did not endure this fortune- because I was strong bodily,'but because of consciousness of my innocence and determination to vindicate my party.” Van der Lubbe, re-examined, listlessly answered'questions regarding his movements the week before the fire. Asked whether lie told welfare officers that it would lie necessary to fire public buildings to provoke the Storm Troopers and inflame the public, he replied: “Possibly.”'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18203, 26 September 1933, Page 5
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203MONSTROUS CHARGE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18203, 26 September 1933, Page 5
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