Dr. Jacob Leschinsky, representative of the New York “Daily Forward,” who was arrested last week, was released from prison today. His release is conditional on his leaving Germany Thursday. It is understood that in the meantime efforts are being made to postpone his expulsion. It is also reported that the U. S. State Department is making inquiries here regarding Leschinsky’s case, at the request of the newspaper, because its service is seriously affected.
While Leschinsky is the only foreign correspondent to be arrested, others have either been threatened with expulsion or have been called to the Foreign Office, in order to explain passages in the reports sent out by them.
At the same time, there is in progress a drive against German Jewish journalists who have no means of protection from outside. Thus, at the regular press conference held by the German Federal Government for the information of correspondents and for maintaining contact with the Government, some of the most prominent Jewish journalists were expelled from the meeting. These include such men as Victor Schiff and Richard Bernstein of the “Vorwaerts,” and Adolph Philips-born of the great Ullstein concern. It is not yet clear whether the expulsion was on the initiative of Nazi journalists or whether it has the sanction of the governmental authorities.
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