A German court ruled against a bass player who was fired from his job with the Berlin Opera for signing “Adolf Hitler” on a check while on tour in Israel. Gerd Reinke, who had appealed his dismissal, had called his actions a joke and said he was both drunk and under the influence of sedatives at the time.
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.
