Word: wasserback
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Habicht v. Wasserback. As a member of the Austrian Parliament the Chief Austrian Nazi, Alfred Frauenfeld, was immune to arrest. Not so Handsome Adolf's personal liaison officer in Vienna, Theodor Habicht. Weeks ago Chancellor Hitler tried to make Herr Habicht immune from arrest by appointing him German Legation Press Attache in Vienna, but the Austrian Government refused him diplomatic immunity. Last week he was routed out of bed at six in the morning. Police seized numbers of incriminating documents...
Berlin replied to this with typical Nazi bumbling. Press attache of the Austrian legation in Berlin was a Dr. Erwin Wasserback. Dr. Wasserback's position as a diplomat had not only long been accepted but he was in addition a Catholic priest. No Austrian bombs have burst in Berlin, but German police promptly called at his house with a warrant. Dr. Wasserback hopped out of bed, picked up the telephone, called Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in London...
When Nazi policemen threatened to kick the door down Dr. Wasserback submitted to arrest. In London Millimetternich-Dollfuss made protest to the Chief German Delegate and arranged for another formal protest from the Papal Nuncio in Berlin. Then, sure of the world's sympathy, he went back to bed. Dr. Wasser-back was released in a few hours, ordered from the country. Embarrassed Nazis ordered the German Press to suppress all mention of his arrest...
Chancellor Dollfuss gave British sympathy for his brave fight against Naziism no chance to cool. Dr. Wasserback was transferred to London, where Britons could see him, hear him. Chancellor Dollfuss ended his opening address to the Conference with a quotation from Schiller: "The best man cannot live in peace if his wicked neighbors will not leave him in peace." Delegates cheered. To a U. S. reporter he added...
| 1 |