Messersmith, G.S., Berlin. Despatch No. 1515 to Secretary of State [Cordell Hull], Washington.
Date
1933-08-18
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Enclosure: See No. 256. Justice not possible under present judicial procedure in Germany; cites cases of Walter Orloff, American student in Germany, who was arrested, charged with high treason, and imprisoned for a month before being deported, the only evidence being the denunciation by a known Communist, an American seaman arrested and sentenced to six months in prison for an alleged derogatory remark about Hitler, and the German, Oskar Joost, proved attacker of the American citizen, Julian Fuks, was fined 50 marks.
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Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.