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The global power of freemasonry - Gnostic Liberation Front

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to men <strong>of</strong> lower rank and less experience, as the Nazi leaders were<br />

busy celebrating the anniversary <strong>of</strong> the Munich coup 1923.<br />

As the first reports <strong>of</strong> the disturbances came, the SA commander<br />

Viktor Lutze ordered that Jewish property must not be damaged. In<br />

case there were still anti-Jewish demonstrations, the SA would<br />

intervene to stop them. Following this order from Lutze, SA members<br />

began to guard Jewish shops whose windows had been broken. <strong>The</strong><br />

SS and the police were given similar directives to restore law and<br />

order. In spite <strong>of</strong> this, at least three <strong>of</strong> the 28 SA units refused to<br />

obey orders, and sent their men out to destroy synagogues and other<br />

Jewish property.<br />

In December 1937, several German newspapers reported that the<br />

murdering <strong>of</strong> Jews would be punishable by death. It was reported that<br />

Josef Reinhardt had been sentenced to death for killing a Jewish<br />

merchant Abraham and his gentile wife. It was pointed out that murder<br />

was murder regardless <strong>of</strong> the victim.<br />

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