from him. My son is afraid to say anything because it will involve others still in Germany and their lives will not be safe.
“Walter is terribly run down; he needs a few days’ rest very badly and then he will be at least a little like the boy who went to Germany to study.”
Walter Orloff, Brooklyn Jewish medical student, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was active in athletics, gaining distinction in this field. After his graduate from the University of Pennsylvania he went to Germany to study.
Early in June he was arrested while a student at the University of Greifswald and charged by the Nazis with being a Communist. This in Germany meant high treason. Finally the United States Consulate learned of his plight and intervened. The Nazis finally agreed to deport him without trial.
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.
