The attitude of the police during the antiOJewish pogrom is attacked by Alkert Weidner, publisher of the democratic Welt-am-Montag, a witness to the excesses.
The police barricaded the streets, Herr Weidner asserts, but did not succeed in preventing Jews from being beaten, robbed and stripped naked on the streets that were presumably guarded by them. It was only after Minister of Interior Severing issued a special command that order was restored, Herr Weidner asserts, demanding to know,”who is guilty?”
The German section of the League for Human Rights has called a demonstration for Tuesday against what it calls “The national disgrace to Germany” through the anti-Jewish agitation.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
