The reaction of local German war veterans to the order reported from Berlin that all Nazis must cease displaying the old black, white and red flag, was swiftly condemned and defied, in keeping with the recent determination of the ex-servicemen to prohibit all Hitler propaganda from their ranks.
In announcing plans for a Hindenburg memorial in Irvington, under the auspices of the local post of the German and Austrian War Veterans, Richard H. Krueger, commander, declared that they would “stick to the black, white and red flag of the old empire, under which they fought in the World War. They will not recognize the swastika which Mr. Hitler himself has termed a ‘symbol of anti-Semitism’.”
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