Dr. Bernhard Weiss, former vice-president of the Berlin police department, who was removed from office by Chancellor Franz von Papen together with other Prussian officials, his wife and mother were threatened today by a Nazi mob when they left the court-room where his libel suit against “Der Angriff” is being heard.
The attempted attack on the Weiss family was a continuation of court-room abuses by the Nazis throughout
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