The Joint Boycott Council said today a Nazi propaganda film, “Hans Westman,” based on the life of Horst Wessel and directed by Ernst Hanfstaengl, was being distributed in this country by Peaslee and Brigham, a law firm at 501 Fifth Avenue.
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