The revision of the trial of Count Helldorf, the Commandant of the Young Hitlerist Storm Troops in Berlin, and 41 other Hitlerists who were found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for taking part in the anti-Jewish excesses in Berlin last Rosh Hashanah, began to-day with Land-Court Director Ohnesorge as presiding judge.
Several hours were spent in reading the Act of Indictment which runs to about 200 pages, including the grounds for the verdicts handed down by the two courts which found the prisoners guilty.
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