Reports reaching here from Hanover, Germany, tell of the death of Ludwig Pappenheim, well-known Social Democratic leader and former editor of the Socialist newspaper, Volks Stimme.
According to the reports, Pappenheim was shot by Nazi guards on the excuse that he was trying to escape from the concentration camp at Boergermoor, where he has been imprisoned for several months.
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