Deputy Graefe, a notorious anti-Semitic leader, will be prosecuted for high treason for his part in the Hitler-Ludendorff putch. Authorization for the high treason charge was given by the Reichstag. Deputy Graefe anticipated the general anti-Jewish disturbances in an attack he led on Jewish guests in the cafes.
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