The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-05
SaveNeun1ann,
Heckert Urges
Swiss Masses

PARIS, Jan. BINDER the title,
Heinz Neunann, whose eZtradition
Is demanded by Hitler, in danger of
his life" L'Humsnite, French Com
munist Party organ, publishes an
article by Fritz Heekert, an cut
standing leader Of the German
working class and member of the
Central Committee of the Commit
mist Party,
"Heinz Neumann has been ar
rested In Switzerland, and at once
the German government demanded
his extradition. The news of his
arrest and of the demand for his
extradition were reported by the
telegraph agency in the same notice,
50 that it Is impossible to avoid the
suspicion that the Swiss police have
acted in agreement with the Ger
man fascist.
Probably the German police
agents, who are swarning In
Switzerland. discovered H 2
Neumann whom they have been
trailing for some time, and caused
him to be arrested by the Swiss
police, 1t Is a well-known fact that
the authorities of this "old democ-
racy" ere always ready to do favors
for the reactionary powers of the
world.
This attitude of the Swiss au-
thorities towards the wishes of reac-
tionsry governments gives rise to
the fear that Comrade Heinz Neu-
mann's life is in danger. There
fore we appeal to the friends of
liberty all over the world, that they
may rise In protest. and save Heinz
Neumann from the Hitler eXecu-
tieneFs.
Should he be handed over to
the German authorities, our COM
rade will certainly be lost. There
are few revolutionists in Germany
who are so hated bv the faseists as
Heinz Neumann. Even before Hit
Ter was in power, the fascists tried
to take his life. And since June
30, 1888, the fascist press has never
ceased to threaten him with death.
can attempt is being made to in
volve Neumann in one of the MUIR
derous trials Of perverted fascist
Justice. We understand the reason.
The instigators of the Reichstag
fire, now finally exposed by the
memorandum of the Storm Troop
group leader of Berlin, Karl Ernst,
need something to divert public at
tention from their ceaseless crimes.
from the cewardly deeds of their
murdereus henehmen, who have not
only murdered thousands Of the
best revolutionists, tortured hun
dreds of thousands In the jsils, but
murdered their own comrades on
June 30. and with them the gen.
erals Schleieher and Bradew, and
the Catholic leader Klsusener.
I'VE understand very well that to-
day Hitler needs something to side
track the deceived and tormented
masses Of the people, to divert them
from an attack on his dictatorship
The great fiasco of the trial of Dimi-
troy, and the fear of the after-ef-
fects of the Thaelmann trial, have
induced the fasoists to seize upon
Heinz Neumann as the scapegeat
to be murdered to Justify Hitler
tyranny. The attempt is being made
to involve Heinz Neumann in the
Bulow Platz affair, the shameful
murder case in which the men sem
fenced by Hitler justice have already
lost their lives on the scaffold.
"It is known that the Commu-
nists are opponents of individual
terror. Everyone knows today where
the terrorists are The 30th of june
showed this very plainly. and IL was
confirmed once more on July IS ir
Austria, where the tools for the
murderous attack were supplied by
the German Na5i Party.
1.-THE rulers of Switzerland dis.
graced themselves forever wher
they delivered over to the Car the
Russian revolutionist, vassiliev, who
killed the project of police of Penza
And today this country is disgrac-
Ing itself still further by admins
tratively extraditing German re-
fugees to Hitler.
I'VE appeal to all Swiss workers
All who have sense of honor. g
feeling for humanity, who will moi
have the murder of Heinz Neumanr
on their conscience, will raise theil
voices and declare with us:
Heinz Neumann must not bt
handed over to the Hitler torturers
I'VE demand freedom and thu
right of asylum for or eomrade
! Heinz Neunannl"