Dr. Frederick J. Hauptmann, head of the German department at the New Jersey College for Women, charged with spreading anti-Semitism and pro-Nazi propaganda among his students, will continue his testimony tomorrow before the investigating committee of Rutgers University, of which the women’s college is a part.
Testifying yesterday, Dr. Hauptmann admitted his contact with Goebbels, the Nazi Minister of Propaganda, and with Dr. Ernst F. Hanfstaengl, the Nazi Chief of the Foreign Press Bureau in Germany. He also admitted that he supplied students with Nazi books and pamphlets “in order to educate them to an impartial view of the German situation.”
Dr. Hauptmann explained that his connections with Goebbels consisted of writing to him for “material for cultural propaganda” which he intended to distribute throughout the United States. Dr. Hauptmann admitted that this letter to Goebbels was sent by him only recently.
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