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Document · 1936.10.05
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Extract from the "News Chronicle": many Socialists arrested in Danzig by the Nazi police; Nazi demonstrations to celebrate the Nazi victory over the League of Nations and the Danzig High Commissioner, S. Lester, newly appointed to the post of Under Secretary-General of the League of Nations; A. Greiser declared that Danzig wanted no more High Commissioners.

Document · 1936.06.27
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Extract from the "Daily Telegraph": S. Lester was slighted by the captain of the German cruiser "Leipzig", who was ordered by the War Minister in Berlin not to pay a courtesy visit to the Danzig High Commissioner; the reason was an incident occurring during a reception given in 1935 by S. Lester to the officers of the battleship "Admiral Scheer": President A. Greiser left abruptly the reception because of the presence of H. Rauschning, his non-Nazi predecessor, this of course was regarded as a provocation.

Document · 1936.08.24
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Extract from the "Morning Post": demonstrations in Poland against the intention of the Danzig Nazi Government to make changes in the Danzig statute; A. Greiser stated that no changes were foreseen in the Danzig statute, but the High Commissioner was requested no longer to interfere in Danzig affairs.