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Headline: Nazis Attack Six Americans in Germany
Sub-Headline: German Government Expresses Regret Officially to U.S. Ambassador

Publication Date: Friday, March 10, 1933
Historical Event: American Citizens Attacked
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Article Type: News Article
Newspaper: Stevens Point Daily Journal
Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Page Section and Number: 2
Author/Byline: UP
Article Text: Berlin, March 10—(U.P.)—Charles Messersmith, consul general of the United States at Berlin, handed the Prussian chief of police, Magnue Von Levetzow, a memorandum concerning attacks on American citizens here.

The memorandum cited attacks on six citizens—all since Sunday—in their domiciles or on the streets. Five of the six attacked were of Jewish descent. In each case the men attacking the Americans were dressed in Nazi uniforms.

Promises Action
"The chief of police expressed regret at the occurrences and promised to take the requisite steps immediately," Messersmith said.

A dispatch from Dresden said Otto Bandmann, a newspaper correspondent, was accosted by Brown Shirts in the Saxon diet today and ordered at revolver point to leave the building and not return. He was saved by the intercession of the newly-appointed Reich's commissioner of the Saxon police, Deputy Manfred Von Killinger, who quieted the Nazis.
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Germans Express Regrets
Washington, March 9—(U.P.)—The German government has expressed regret officially to the United States for recent attacks by Nazis on Americans in Berlin, Ambassador Frederick Sackett reported to the state department.

The ambassador revealed that he had been forced to protest twice to the foreign office. On Tuesday he took up the cases of three Americans mistreated by members of the Brown-Shirted ruling party in Germany. The foreign office gave assurances that there would be no repetition of terroristic acts. However, the following day, Sackett found it necessary to protest still another attack.

The last incident, described as being the most serious of all, involved an American named Max Schussler. He was forced by the Nazis to sign an order revoking an eviction order which he had sworn out against a tenant whose rent was a year in arrears.

Home Invaded
Schussler alleged that his home was invaded and that his wife was subjected to indignities.

The earlier cases involved Henry H. Sattler, Edwin F. Dakin, and Nathaniel 8. Wolfe. These men were described as victims of violence or intimidation by Nazi troopers.

Following the Schussler incident, the foreign office gave the American embassy assurance of the most binding nature that Americans would be protected from the irresponsible attacks.
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