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Nazi Storm Troop Unit Named for Gustloff

November 20, 1936
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Chancellor Hitler has ordered the Nazi Storm Troop unit in Schwerin-Mecklenburg, native city of Wilhelm Gustloff, Nazi leader slain in Switzerland, to adopt Gustloff’s name, it was announced today.

The order emphasized that the Nazi leader was “killed by a Jewish hand.”

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