William Kunze, national leader of the German-American Bund, and eight associates were sentenced today 12 to 14 months imprisonment after being found guilty Jan. 7 of violating New Jersey’s race-hatred law. Kunze and six of the defendants were fined $1,000 each. Two of the other defendants, August Klapprott, Eastern regional leader of the Bund, and Matthias Kohler, New Jersey Bund treasurer, were fined $2,000 each.
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