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Document · 1935.02.22
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E. Giustiniani attended the meeting to dissolve the Volkstag on behalf of S. Lester; memorandum from Brost (Social Democratic journalist), representative of the "Volkstimme" to S. Lester on the Volkstag meeting; Von Wnuck, President of the Volkstag: incidents occurred with the Communist leader and between A. Forster and Brost (only Opposition journalist present, also known as the channel used by the Social Democratic Party for communication with S. Lester); Brost's notes were seized by A. Greiser, President of the Senate.

Document · 1935.02.04
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Suppression of the "Volkstimme", organ of the Social Democratic Party; warning to Volkzeitung; A. Greiser on the National Socialism, a conception of the world according to him, and on the situation in Danzig and the Constitution; Catholic Petition and Moske on the difficult negotiations with the Senate further to A. Greiser's speech insulting the Priests.

Document · 1934.10.02
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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 · 1936.06.04
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Polish-Danzig discussions relating to the Zloty; Press reactions and President A. Greiser's congratulations regarding S. Lester's reappointment as High Commissioner in Danzig; Jewish difficulties; alleged speech by Judge Burgurle; "Volksstimme" publication of A. Greiser's alleged speech; ex-Senator K. Blavier's arrest; Arbeiterverband.

Document · 1934.01.04
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Streiter, taken into prison, charged with having disclosed official secrets: the famous five-pointed ultimatum delivered to H. Rauschning, but released because no official evidence; a similar case: Berent, one of the principal officials in the Education Department, was charged with high treason; Lochstadt case: a Minority Pole, whose rights were not respected, was also charged with high treason and released; "Arbeitsdienst" decree: every youth had to give a year's labour service, however it was against the Constitution to send him out of Danzig against his will, but the Danzig economic situation made it difficult to provide work for them all.

Document · 1935.06.12
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Meeting with A. Greiser on the economic situation; Bank of International Settlements; Warsaw Convention on free-exchange; A. Greiser's failure to inform the High Commissioner on devaluation; talk with K. Papée on the financial crisis; K. Papée's protest against the decree violating the Warsaw Agreement and his suggestion of a unified Polish-Danzig monetary system.

Document · 1935.03.12
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Election campaign; "Volkstimme" new suppression; accusations of "traitor"; Danzig and the free Saar; communications with the Danzig Senate on the freedom of the elections; press articles on the alleged report by S. Lester on incidents in the Volkstag; A. Greiser's accusations against S. Lester regarding this report; A. Greiser's speech to the judges; press and alleged terrorism.