The University of Rostock in Germany has withdrawn the honorary degree Doctor of Laws conferred on Dr. Kurt Rosenfeld, former Prussian Minister of Justice, in 1900, it was announced in a Nazi official journal dated July 20, according to friends of Dr. Rosenfeld. The German jurist, who is active in the anti-Nazi movement, has set up law practice in New York.
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