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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thus spoke Adolf Hitler after a U. S. Federal warrant had been issued last week for the arrest of Heinz Spanknoebel, zealous fomenter of Nazi activities in the U. S., under a Wartime act which provides five years in jail or a $5,000 fine, or both, for "acting as a foreign governmental agent without notice to the Secretary of State." Heinz Spanknoebel promptly disappeared. Ships were searched at sea, detectives ferreted. Best opinion seemed to be that Nazi Spanknoebel was hiding somewhere among the beer kegs and singing waiters of Manhattan's Yorkville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fomenter Ousted | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

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