Six weeks in prison was the sentence meted out by the Berlin court to Dr. Paul Goebbels, National Socialist member of the Reichstag, and head of the Hitlerites in Berlin, for the publication of three libelous statements in his paper, “The Attack,” accusing Dr. Bernhard Weiss, the Jewish police chief of Berlin, of using his office for political purposes.
Until the recent dissolution of the Reichstag Dr. Goebbels could claim parliamentary immunity but this protection is no longer available. He was recently accused of having libelled President von Hindenburg but the charge was dropped when the president announced that he felt that Dr. Goebbels meant no harm and was only engaged in a political attack.
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