Search JTA's historical archive dating back to 1923

Nazi ‘friends’ Get Wrong Steer, Ask C.c.n.y. Man to Drill Them

September 20, 1934
See Original Daily Bulletin From This Date
Advertisement

It’s pretty bad when Nazis are reduced to engaging Jewish drill-masters.

The Student, City College undergraduate publication, will reveal in its first issue today that Leonard William Rockawer, a Jewish officer in the College’s Reserve Officers Training Corps, has received a letter from the Friends of New Germany requesting him to act as drill-master for the “Friends.”

When first questioned, Rockawer, according to The Student said he couldn’t understand why they approached him because he is “one hundred per cent Hebrew.” Later, Rockawer is reported to have denied receipt of such a missive.

The publication, recently chartered by the City College Student Council and appearing for the first time today, vouches for the au-

Recommended from JTA

Advertisement