Dr. Lienhard Bergel, former German instructor at the New Jersey State College for Women, charged that the German student house on the college campus is a center of Nazi propaganda, in concluding his testimony yesterday before a trustees’ committee investigating alleged Hitlerite activities at the college.
Dr. Bergel reiterated the accusation which brought about the probe—that he had failed to secure reappointment as a German instructor because of opposition to the views of Dr. Frederick J. Hauptmann, head of the German Department.
He said he would have pressed the matter until he got a reasonable explanation, whether or not he were successful in obtaining a position elsewhere.
Dr. Hauptmann testified he had dropped Dr. Bergel for incomtence.
The committee adjourned until Wednesday. Until now, 108 witnesses have been heard. Their testimony it estimated at 1,000,000 words.
Asked by a Jewish Daily Bulletin reporter how long he thought the hearings would continue, Dr. Ashmead, who is in charge of the investigation, said they would go on until all witnesses had been heard. He could not estimate how long this would take.
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