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Document · 1934.08.08
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Death of President Hindenburg of Germany widely commemorated in Danzig: S. Lester and many other international people with the exception of Polish Minister K. Papée declined the invitations to the different ceremonies; Danzig newspapers criticized Polish Legation's lack of sympathy: a Polish newspaper replied that President Hindenburg had nothing to do with Danzig.

Document · 1934.08.31
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Position of the judiciary in Danzig: S. Lester's efforts to prevent from any pressure from political parties and especially the party in power; suppression in 1933 of the "Allgemeiner Arbeiterverband" (l'union des Syndicats libres) when the National Socialist Party came into power, the case came before the Courts in August 1934 and the decision was against the Government and in favour of the "Arbeiterverband", S. Lester gratified at the result as a demonstration that the Courts were not completely under the influence of the Government.

Document · 1934.08.31
Part of Private Archives

Presidency of the Port Board: no complete agreement reached so far, but Danzig and Poland agreed to Nederbragt's appointment, therefore it seemed not necessary the Council be called upon to take any action; no formal request from Danzig for permission for the Danziger Werft to build the hulls of the torpedo boats.

Document · 1934.10.02
Part of Private Archives

Conflict between the Senate, President H. Rauschning, and the Party headed by A. Forster; A. Greiser presented, in Berlin, an ultimatum to H. Rauschning: to carry out five proposals from the National Socialist Party (A. Forster and A. Greiser) concerning mainly the prohibition of the opposition press, and the liquidation of all organizations of the opposition parties such as the "Sozialistischer Allgemeiner Arbeiterverband", etc. or to resign, H. Rauschning neither accepted the proposals nor resigned, he was willing to maintain the Constitution; S. Lester's intervention to A. Greiser, that denied the conflict between the Senate and the Party; issuing of a new newspaper, the "Danziger Tageblatt", denounced by A. Forster's "Vorposten", because the editor was a well-known German journalist, a supporter of Stresemann, who belonged to one of the non-Nazi parties; an alliance between H. Rauschning and the Zentrum not an unlikely possibility.

Document · 1934.10.03
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Heavy punishment inflicted in cases where the offence was more against the National Socialist Party than the State, regarding the "Allgemeiner Arbeiterverband"; S. Lester thought a good step was done towards the normalising of life in Danzig for the opponents of the National Socialist Party.

Document · 1934.10.08
Part of Private Archives

Danzig events were against H. Rauschning's retention of the Senate presidency, A. Greiser, who was SS, was not a man of H. Rauschning's culture, incidents in his career made it difficult to have confidence in him, and if appointed he would be A. Forster's nominee; questions regarding the rights of the Catholic Youth or the Kulturkammer, etc., may affect articles in the Constitution.