ANOTHER “SUICIDE IN PRISON” OF A JEW ARRESTED BY NAZIS IS REPORTED BY THE NATIONAL ZEITUNG OF ESSEN TODAY, ACCORDING TO THE HAVAS NEWS AGENCY.
ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER, THE JEW, A NATIVE OF WITTEN IN THE RUHR, HAD ILLICIT RELATIONS WITH AN “ARYAN” GIRL AFTER TELLING HER THAT HE WAS AN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNER.
WHEN THE GIRL LEARNED THAT HE WAS A JEW, THE NEWSPAPER CONTINUED, SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE. POLICE, HOWEVER, DISCOVERED THE “GUILTY MAN” AND HE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN HIS CELL.
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