Dr. Lion Feuchtwanger, who is staying at Burgdorf, Switzerland, cabled today to London as follows: “Storm troops have broken into my Berlin home and threatened the servants with revolvers. A motor car has been stolen, desks broken open and documents and manuscripts, including the second volume of Josephus, torn up.”
The London “Evening Standard,” which telephoned today to Feuchtwanger’s Berlin house for further light on the incident, was told by a servant that the raid was carried out by four Nazis, who broke into the house at the point of revolvers, and rushed into Feuchtwanger’s study, which they thoroughly ransacked. They turned everything upside down, and tore up lots of papers. They eventually drove off in Feuchtwanger’s motorcar, taking many documents with them. “I appealed to the police for help,” said the servant to the “Evening Standard’s” questioner, “but I was told they couldn’t do anything.”
Further messages have been received by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, on the occasion of its Fifteenth Anniversary. They include felicitations from such internationally known figures as Lord Melchett and Professor S. Alexander of Manchester, a distinguished writer on international subjects, and a holder of the Order of Merit, which is more prized than any other honor in the gift of the King of England.
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