Mrs. Adele Lessing, the non-Jewish widow of Prof. Theodor Lessing, exiled German-Jewish philosopher who was assassinated by Nazis, left today for Palestine “to assist the German Jews to rebuild their lives in the Holy Land.”
Dr. Lessing was slain in Praha, Czechoslovakia, on August 31, 1933, while attending the World Zionist Congress. In January of this year Josef Daubner, accused of having been an accomplice in the murder, was arrested in Praha. Police said he had documents from Germany showing he had been paid 200 marks for his part in the plot.
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