Life_under_Siege_The_Jews_of_Magdeburg_under_Nazi_Rule.pdf

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Mannheim. 147 On 25 July 1935, advertisements nationwide were issued of the
forthcoming special edition of Der Stürmer that appeared on 1 August, dedicated
to the ‘sensational court case of Hirschland, the race defiler from Magdeburg.’ 148
After his nephew pleaded with him to leave Mannheim, Voss left for his
parents’ home in Krefeld on 31 July. Later in Mainz he purchased a copy of the
sixteen-page special edition of Der Stürmer and ‘was speechless over the
outrageousness of the untruths’ and was even more shocked to discover
photographs of himself in the newspaper. 149 The entire newspaper was replete
with its well-known vulgar and crudely antisemitic language. 150 Realising that his
situation was hopeless and in order to avoid arrest, Voss took a one-way flight
from Cologne to Amsterdam.
Bruck’s college had been shut down in June 1935 during the demonstrations
and a sign reading: ‘The Jews’ college is closed!’ 151 had been affixed to its
entrance. Alfred Bruck was soon thereafter accused of tax evasion and ordered to
pay RM 30,000. As a result the college remained permanently closed and the real
estate, which he owned, was sold off. Bruck and his family were left penniless. 152
Clearly, it would appear that Hirschland was promiscuous and had a number
of non-Jewish consensual sexual partners and he may have even abused his
147
Fritz Voss, Sensationsprozess ‘Rassenschänder Hirschland’, 21. Oktober 1935,
Collection 0.2, File 1079, YVA, op. cit., p. 3.
148
Ibid.
149
Ibid.
150
“Albert Hirschland: Der Rassenschänder von Magdeburg,” in Der Stürmer,
Sondernummer 2, 1. August 1935, Bestand Rep. C 128, Signatur Nr. 81, LHASA
MD, op. cit.
151
Ibid. The original German text of the sign reads: ‘Die Judenschule ist
geschlossen!’
152
Correspondence from Alfred Bruck to the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden,
Berlin, 5 September 1935, Collection RG-11.00M.31, Reel 130, File 721-1-2845,
USHMMA, op. cit., pp. 388–389.