A sensation was created in emigre circles here today by the charge of the Pariser Tageblatt’s editorial staff that its proprietor, Vladimir Poliakov, had agreed with the Nazi propaganda office to change the spirit of the paper and has consequently dismissed Dr. Georg Bernhard, who is now in the United States, as its editor.
The charge was made in a page one announcement printed in the Pariser Tageblatt itself. Signed by the staff, the announcement said that “this is the last number of the free, anti-Nazi Pariser Tageblatt.”
The entire editorial staff of the paper, which has a wide circulation among German refugees, refused to agree to the changes ordered by M. Poliakov and announced it was starting a new emigre paper, to be known as the Pariser Tageszeitung.
Acting editor Caro confirmed the charges contained in his staff’s statement, asserting that M. Poliakov told him a new editor was being brought in from Berlin.
M. Poliakov categorically denies the charges and asserts that he has not dismissed Dr. Bernhard, averring that he has cabled him in New York, confirming his editorship.
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