Wolf Gutman, a Jew who worked with Hitler when they were both employed by the same Jewish builder and house painter, arrived here from Germany, whence he was expelled as an “undesirable alien”, and applied to the local anti-Hitlerism Committee for aid.
Gutman said that when Hitler joined the army in 1914 they parted amicably. On April 27 of this year he was arrested in Munich, beaten by the Nazis and imprisoned along with a number of Socialist comrades. He was freed on May 10, escorted by the police to Frankfurt, and there received three zloty and a ticket to Warsaw.
No provision was made for Gutman’s wife and children, who were left behind in Munich. Gutman has applied for aid in taking them to Palestine.
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