FRANKFURTER ZEITUNG, 1 MARCH 1933 Announcement of Official Prussian Press Office [Page 11]
The Reichs Commissar in the Prussian Ministry of the Interior, Reichsminister Goering, has taken extraordinary measures, strict measures, in order to meet the impending danger. The authority of the State will be enforced in all cases with all means at its disposal. It can be said now that the first attack of the criminal elements has been checked for the present.
For the protection of the public safety, all public buildings and necessary installations were placed Monday under the protection of the police. Special cars, police cars, patrolled continuously the most endangered parts of town. The whole police and the criminal police in Prussia has been placed in a state of alarm. The auxiliary police has been called to duty.
A warrant of arrest has been given against two leading Communist members of the Reichstag on suspicion. The rest of the officials and deputies of the Communist party were taken into protective custody. The Communist newspapers, pamphlets and billboards were forbidden in the territory of Prussia for four weeks. All newspapers, magazines, pamphlets and billboards of the Social Democratic Party were forbidden for fourteen days.
Announcement of security measures taken by Goering in Prussia, including police guards and patrols, the arrests and detentions of Communist leaders, and prohibition of publications of the the Communists and Social Democrats
Authors
Date: 01 March 1933
Literal Title: Frankfurter Zeitung, 1 March 1933[.] Announcement of Official Prussian Press Office
Defendant: Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2573
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450184