Twenty-five New Attacks Subject of Protest by Polish Ambassador at Berlin

Twenty-five new attacks are the subject of an official complaint lodged by the Polish Ambassador with the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among the cases of brutality cited are those of seven Jews who were taken from various cafes in Berlin, carried off to Nazi locales, maltreated and flung out into the street almost unconscious.

Apart from these, the Polish Consulate at Hessen has officially protested to the authorities in connection with a Nazi Attack at Duesburg, where organized Nazis beat an aged Rabbi, who is a Polish citizen, and devastated the synagogue attached to the Rabbi’s house.

Another case engaging the attention of the Polish authorities is that of a Polish Jewish student, Franz Wolman, whose room in Berlin was entered by uniformed Auxiliary Nazi police, and who was beaten for about one-quarter of an hour. He was eventually taken to the hospital in a dangerous condition, where he was seen by a doctor from the Polish Consulate and a Nazi doctor. Both doctors certified that Wolman sustained dangerous injuries.

Apart from these attacks on Polish citizens, the sporadic assaults on Jewish booksellers in Berlin show no sign of abating. The usual method followed is for bands of Nazis to surround a Jewish bookshop and beat up the proprietor on account of his not displaying for sale Hitler’s book, “Beim Kampf”. The latest victim in this respect is Aaron Maas, a Berlin bookseller, who was attacked by Nazis in his shop, and who suffered grave injuries.