Another 25 arrests have been made by the police of Hitlerists who took part in the anti-Jewish excesses on Rosh Hashanah.
The police claim to have full proof now (following the raid on the Hitlerist headquarters here where large quantities of documents were seized) that the excesses were not spontaneous, but were carried out by Hitlerist storm detachments acting on instructions from Hitlerist headquarters and under the central command of storm detachment chiefs who dashed round the various fronts in a big motor car issuing orders to the group leaders. The storm detachment chiefs have fled, the police add, but efforts are being made to track them down and arrests may be expected soon.
Last year, too, the Berlin Police President issued a statement after the anti-Jewish outbreak, declaring that “the police have proofs that the excesses were not spontaneous but were carefully planned and arranged.” The statement added that meetings of the Hitlerist storm troops had been held prior to the outbreak at which the plan of campaign was communicated to the storm-troopers.
Hitler himself insisted, however, in a statement to the London “Times” that his party was not responsible for the excesses, declaring that he was ready to make a thorough investigation and every member of his Party whose complicity was proved would be ruthlessly “pitched out”. We have no need of that sort of thing, he claimed. The road behind me from six members in 1920 to 6,500,000 voters in 1930 was far harder going than will be the road from 6,500,000 voters to 12,000,000 and the capture of power.
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