Harry Herz, a naturalized British subject of Jewish origin, was sentenced to 25 months in prison and fined 60,000 marks (about $24,000) by a regional court here today for having “violated Reich laws on foreign exchange and committed offenses against the law protecting German blood and honor.”
Three German Jews, now living abroad, were sentenced by default to prison terms varying from five to 18 months and fined sums ranging from 700 to 60,000 marks, also on charges of violating the currency laws.
Herz, whose residence is in Britain, was arrested in Hamburg in 1936. Police raiding his hotel room found 11,700 marks hidden in a hat box. According to the prosecution, Herz made five trips to the Reich in 1935 and 1936 to transfer sums owned by Jews who wished to flee from the Reich to foreign countries.
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