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Nazis Jail Anti-semite Who Misdirected Taunts

February 2, 1937
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The zeal for “racial purity” displayed by Georg Preuss, 38, a well-known anti-Semite, landed him in jail for a five-month term today, the Havas News Agency reported.

Preuss was walking down a Berlin street when he encountered a group of three persons with an Oriental expression, at whom he yelled: “Dirty Jews! You ought to be run out of the country!”

The three Orientals proved to be the secretary of the Iraq legation in Berlin and two Turkish friends. They brought a complaint against Preuss, who was promptly sentenced.

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