Geheimrat Qaatz, Deutsche National leader who is supporting the anti-Semitic program of the Nazis, was severely criticized by another leader of his party, Streicher.
Streicher revealed that Quaat’s mother was a Jewess, whereupon Quaatz left the meeting as a protest.
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