CONFLICTING EVIDENCE
REICHSTAG FIRE “TRIAL” DISTRESS OF ONE ACCUSED V ■ DENIAL OF COMMUNISM BREAKDOWN IN THE COURT By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Leipzig, Sept 28. A mass of conflicting evidence regarding the relations of Van der Lubbe and the three alleged Communists, who are also charged, was the chief feature of the Reichstag fire trial to-day. Zachow, one of the three, stoutly denied that he was a Communist, and wept bitterly in court. He was manifestly cowed and terror-stricken, his nerve being shattered as the result of his experiences in a concentration camp. Cross-examined, he admitted using uncomplimentary language about a Storm Trooper who kicked a Communist. Turning to the president of the Court he said: “Sorry, Mr. Councillor. I, ought not to have done such a thing,” and implored the president to release him from the camp, saying: “I have been punished enough.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1933, Page 7
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