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...Regensburg prison, a violent inmate attacked Fellow Prisoner Franz von Papen, gave him a beating, reportedly busted his nose and a cheekbone...
...entered the Berlin Academy of Art. It was the time of the reactionary Papen government, which prepared the way for the Nazis, and the behind-the-stage work to make Hitler chancellor was already in full swing. A group of us who were united in our opposition to the Nazis decided that we should do something about it. We started off with what was called Haus und Hof propaganda: invading the courtyards of apartment houses with guitars and accordions to attract attention, then making speeches while others went from door to door passing out mimeographed sheets with our youthful interpretations...
...rnberg International Military Tribunal acquitted three top Nazis-Radio Spokesman Hans Fritzsche, Banker Hjalmar Schacht, Diplomat Franz von Papen-of war crimes. In Nürnberg last week, the lantern-jawed Fritzsche found his fellow Germans less forgiving. A denazification court sentenced Fritzsche to nine years at hard labor for "political crimes against the German people," stripped him of civil rights and property (including the privilege of ever, again owning an automobile...
Before another all-German denazification tribunal, foxy old Papen was making a belligerent defense. The prosecution contended that he had forged the Hindenburg will which aided Hitler's accession to power; Papen hotly denied it, later broke down and wept because "nobody would believe him." His prospects of acquittal were not noticeably brightened when a sympathizer's bomb exploded harmlessly in the office of the court's president, Camil Sachs...
...three that were acquitted all face trial in a few weeks by German Spruchkammern (lower courts). Franz von Papen and Hans Fritsche are in Nürnberg. Ailing Hjalmar Schacht is in a Stuttgart hospital, to which he was taken last fortnight, handcuffed, and screaming for an immediate trial. Life imprisonment was apparently agreeing with convicted Rudolf Hess. From Nürnberg last week, came news that his shattered nerves were returning to normal, his stomach aches disappearing...