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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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French intellectuals including Romain Rolland and Andre Gide appeal via the International Committee for the urgent liberation of imprisoned German Communist leader Ernst Thaelmann from Nazi Germany. In New York, Communist organizer Charles Krumbein urges attendance at a film screening about Thaelmann starting tomorrow.
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PARIS. Sept. 16 (By Wireless).-
Urging the utmost speed in organizing for the immediate defense of Ernst Thaelmann. German Communist leader imprisoned in Nazi Germany. Romain Rolland. Andre Gide and other noted French intellectuals have issued an appeal for action. The authors are working with the International Committee for the Liberation of Ernst Thaelmann,
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"Information from Berlin confirms the fact that preliminary investigations in the Thaelmann trial will soon be ended.
The proceedings of the 'Peoples Court' should be placed before world opinion.
The findings will be starting.
We ask that all measures be taken for Thaelmann's rescue.
Hurry actions for Thaelmann's immediate liberation. Call on all trade unions. intellectuals, seamen. and harbor workers to be on the alert, to build committees for Ernst Thaelmann's rescue and develop mass protests against legal murder in Germany.
(Signed) The International Committee for the Liberation of Ernst Thaelmann-Romain Rolland, Andre Gide, Langevin, Torres."
NEW YORK.-Charles Krumbein, organizer of District 2. Communist Party. yesterday called on all members of the Party and mass organizations to attend the showing tomorrow night of the Thaelmann film at the Twenty-eight St. Theatre. 28th St. and Broadway.
The picture will also be shown Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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Paris; New York; Berlin
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Sept. 16
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French intellectuals issue an urgent appeal through the International Committee for the Liberation of Ernst Thaelmann, calling for global protests and rescue efforts against his impending trial and execution in Nazi Germany. In New York, Communists promote screenings of a film about Thaelmann starting tomorrow.