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Prominent Jewish Lawyer Dies After Terrible Beating by Nazis

April 2, 1933
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At the time of going to press the J.T.A. has received a telegraphic communication to the effect that the Nazi Party have somewhat modified their boycott program. The boycott is to commence on Saturday morning at 10 o’clock as scheduled, will continue for one day, and will then be called off until Wednesday.

Herbert Joachim, a prominent Jewish lawyer, has died here in a hospital after a week’s illness. His death is due to a terrible beating inflicted on him last week by Nazi storm troops. It is thought that the attack was made on him owing to the fact that he had frequently acted in a professional capacity for members of the Reichsbanner, the German Republican organization.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency learns further that Joachim’s brother, Fritz, who is a medical man, was kidnapped by Nazis and his fate is unknown.

The “Voelkischer Beobachter”, the Nazi organ, announces that the German Government is preparing to introduce a law making uniform the prohibition against the Jewish method of animal slaughter. The “Beobachter” explains that at present the question

At the time of going to press the J.T.A. has received a telegraphic communication to the effect that the Nazi Party have somewhat modified their boycott program. The boycott is to commence on Saturday morning at 10 o’clock as scheduled, will continue for one day, and will then be called off until Wednesday.

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