While reports from Berlin today state that Hitler himself paid a flying visit to Kurfuerstendamm to see that no further anti-Jewish riots occur there, the London Daily Herald came out today with the accusation that the riots on Kurfuerstendamm last Monday evening were ordered directly by Hitler.
The entire British press points out the fact that the anti-Jewish riots in Berlin coincided with the delegation of the British Legion there. The London Morning Journal also supports the theory that the anti-Jewish riots on Kurfuerstendamm took place upon the instructions of a “high official” of the Nazi Party.
Some of the Jewish stores on Kurfuerstendamm continued to display lowered shutters today and
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