Inciting anti-Semitic propaganda is being carried on in certain localities in Prussia without the authorities taking any action against those guilty.This charge was made in the Prussian Diet by the Socialist deputy, Kuttner.
The Breslau district attorney declined to prosecute members of the Hakenkreuzler organization who openly incited their followers to “hang the Jews.” The Right parties, he stated, busy themselves with spreading the legend that Rudolf Haas, the Jewish merchant of Magdeburg who was acquitted by the court, is guilty of the murder of his bookkeeper, Helling.
When pressed for an answer, Minister of Justice Schmidt admitted that in many instances the courts as well as the administration of justice fail. There can be no doubt as to the innocence of Rudolf Haas, he added.
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