The lecture hall of Professor Ernst Cohn was attacked this afternoon by a throng of two hundred who broke through the police guard stationed at the entrances.
Many members of the Nazi Storm Troops and non-students were in the throng which attacked the Jewish professor, it is ascertained from the identification cards submitted by those who sought admission to the lecture hall. Among those in the throng was the secretary of the murdered Nazi Deputy Heines.
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