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Headline: Jews in Germany Turn to Hitler
Sub-Headline: Einstein to Renounce Citizenship

Publication Date: Thursday, March 30, 1933
Historical Event: Albert Einstein Quits Germany, Renounces Citizenship
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Article Type: News Article
Newspaper: The State Journal/Lansing State Journal
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Page Section and Number: 2
Author/Byline: AP
Article Text: BERLIN, March 30 (AP) — Jews turned Thursday to the very man they hold most responsible for anti-semitic feellng in Germany, Chancellor Hitler himself, and to President von Hindenburg, who created the present government, in a last despairing attempt to prevent the nationwide boycott scheduled to start Saturday.

Outbreaks Continue
Premature outbreaks continued in various cities, resulting in widespread damage to Jewish business establishments. The national socialist party, which is sponsoring the organized ban on Jewish business and professional activity ordered to begin at 10 a. m. Saturday, disapproved of these acts of vandalism. In some cities, its storm troops were able to suppress the outbreaks.

The radical element of the nazi party was seen as still triumphant as the boycott proclamation was sent to all parts of the country Wednesday night. The hopes of the Jews rested in the conservative branch in which Hitler and Dr. Wilhelm Frick are now identified, as opposed to the other nazi cabinet members, Capt. Hermann Goering and Joseph Goebbels.

The new appeal, signed by members of the general council of Jews and the board of Berlin's Jewish community, also was addressed to the nationalist party majority in the Hitler cabinet, which has never been identified with anti-semitic activities as advocated by the nazis.

The action of the Jews in turning to the idolized President von Hindenburg, also, presented an opening again for a test of his powers, which Hitler said have not been "touched" by the new regime. Technically, at least, he still has the power to veto any action of the government. But foes of the nazis lately have protested there is no longer a chance to gain a hearing from him.

Einstein to Renounce Citizenship
It was learned here Wednesday night that Prof. Albert Einstein, who has decided to remain out of Germany and who now is in Belgium, has taken steps to renounce his Prussian citizenship. Professor Einstein, who was bom in Ulm, Germany, was formerly a Swiss citizen, but became Prussian citizen in 1914 when he accepted a position in the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Jews and all former Jews in Breslau were ordered today to return all their passports to be marked as invalid for foreign travel.

The object of the order, promulgated by the new police chief of Breslau, former Lieutenant Heines, is he said, "to prevent them from circulating 'atrocity stories' abroad."

Steel helmet headquarters were greatly perturbed over reports from the Palantinate, where various local lenders have been arrested by nazls, as in Neustadt and Speyer.

All officers of the steel helmets were occupied by nazis. In one case even the steel helmet voluntary labor camp was occupied by the brown-shirted party members.
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