The Czechoslovak authorities have decided to erect a memorial at Marienbad to Theodor Lessing, German-Jewish philosopher, teacher and writer, who was assassinated by Nazi gunmen in that town in 1933. Prague newspapers reported the Government action was taken in connection with the 25th anniversary of Lessing’s death.
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