While Jews throughout the Reich joined all faiths in mourning the passing of Reichspresident Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler, the man who usurped his powers and spurned his title, today stood on the rostrum of the Kroll Opera House and delivered a highly emotional eulogy of the national hero who tomorrow will be buried on the scene of his outstanding achievement of the World War.
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