- Headline
-
3 Persons Slain, 2 Newspapers In Reich Suspended
- Sub-Headline
- Flood of Oratory Marks Opening of Final Week of Political Campaign
- Publication Date
- Monday, February 27, 1933
- Historical Event
-
Reichstag Fire Plunges Germany into Virtual Martial Law
This database includes 486 articles about this event - Article Type
- Newspaper
- Location
- Page Section and Number
- 2
- Author/Byline
- AP
- Article Text
- BERLIN. Feb. 26 (AP) — The deaths of three persons, suspension of two more newspapers, and a flood of oratory today marked the beginning of final week before German citizens elect new Reichstag and Prussian diet members.
Two persons were shot and killed and five were wounded at Wuppertal when Communists fired upon a Nazi procession. At Lindenfels, an 18- year-old member of Chancellor Adolf Hitler's youth organization was stabbed to death and another suffered dangerous knife wounds.
Three brown shirted Nazis, adherents of the Chancellor, were wounded by gunfire at Falkensee, and at Breslau a Nazi was stabbed in the lungs.
Die Rote Fahne, organ of the Communist party published in Berlin, was suspended for six weeks, and the Bamberger Volksblatt, newspaper of the Papal Prelate Johann Leicht, was forced to suspend publication for four days, under an edict forbidding publication of matted considered inimical to the government.
Son of Kaiser Cheered
Prince August Wilhelm, fourth son of the former Kaiser was loudly cheered while speaking in defense of Nazi principles in Magdeburg. Saxony, considered by the Nazis to be an enemy stronghold. Three planes bearing the National Socialist symbol, the Swastika, circled overhead while the Prince spoke.
In a shooting affray at Hamburg six persons were seriously wounded and 11 received slight injuries. Most of the injured were Nazis.
Ushering in the last week of the election campaign, Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen, Minister of Labor Franz Seldte, Minister of Interior Wilhelm Frick, and Hans Kerrl, President of the Prussian Diet, addressed audiences in several parts of the Reich today.
At Dresden Herr Kerrl emphasized that the campaign of the Nazi party was not anti-Catholic, but was aimed at conciliating religious factions. - History Unfolded Contributor
- Patricia P.
- Location of Research
- Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com)
Learn More about this Historical Event: Reichstag Fire Plunges Germany into Virtual Martial Law
- The Reichstag Fire (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
- Reichstag Fire Decree (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
- Arrests Without Warrant or Judicial Review (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
- The Enabling Act (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
- Law for the Imposition and Implementation of the Death Penalty (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
- Law Against the Founding of New Political Parties (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
Download the full newspaper page
See full image on newspapers.com
Newspaper images provided by Newspapers.com
