The court of Appeals at Cologne confirmed the sentence of the lower court imposing a fine 1,000 marks upon Herr Ley, member of the Reichstag representing the anti-Semitic national socialist party. The charge against Herr Ley was the publication in his newspaper. “Westdeutscher Beobachter” of articles and pictures accusing Jews of ritual murder.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
