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REICHSTAG PRISONER JOURNALIST’S IMPRESSIONS (Klee. Tol, Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Sept. 27, 2 p.m.) 1 LONDON, Sept. 26. The Daily Express Leipzig correspondent received special permission to visit Van der Lubbo in his cell in the court. “He holds his hands as though chained,” he says, “but I. saw him exercising in the yard, where he strode along swinging his arms like any healthy man. Later I saw a doctor strip him. His skin is white and firm, with no signs of disease. His cell is comfortable and roomy. His table is littered with illustrated magazines, but he prefers to sit listless and silent, with bent head.
“He seems to have sworn himself to obstructive semi-silence. My impression grows that Van der Lubbe is a sort of Caliban, sullen and brutish, with streaks of idealism glimmering through the dark recesses of a primitive tortured mind.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18204, 27 September 1933, Page 8
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