1939
Hitler’s Threat to Annihilate the Jews
January 30, 1939 - Hitler threatens the annihilation of European Jewry in speech to Reichstag.
The Times-Picayune, January 31, 1939 - HITLER PLEDGES ITALIANS HELP IN EVENT OF FIGHT, Warns U. S. to Keep Hands Off Reich’s Latin Trade Desperate Need of Food, Supplies Cited in Speech, (AP) p. 1
The Times-Picayune, January 31, 1939 - HITLER WARNS, p. 6
The Times-Picayune, January 31, 1939 - PITTMAN PRAISES HITLER’S SPEECH FOR ‘TOLERANCE,’ Immediate War Unlikely if Actions Match Words, Says Senator, (AP) p. 6
The Times-Picayune, January 31, 1939 - NAZIS SAVED EUROPE FROM RED PERIL, SAYS HITLER, Fuehrer Tells How Party Wrought ‘Miracle’ to Halt Germany’s 15-Year Decline, Collapse of Reich in 1933 Would Have Loosed Bolshevik Flood on West, He Reminds Hearers, (AP) p. 7
February 1939 - Shep Zitler, in Vilna, Poland, is drafted into the Polish army.
Shep Zitler: Anti-semitism in Polish Army
The Times-Picayune, February 1, 1939 - DRIVE TO REGAIN COLONIES BEGUN BY NAZI PAPERS, Press Takes its Cue from Hitler Speech in Demands for Possessions, (AP) p. 3
The Times-Picayune, February 1, 1939 - CHARGES AGAINST JEWS ANALYZED BY RABBI SHARE, Untrue and Hides Real Basis of Anti-Semitism Drive, Exchange Club Told, p. 8
The Times-Picayune, February 2, 1939 - DRIVE TO REGAIN COLONIES BEGUN BY NAZI PAPERS, Press Takes its Cue from Hitler Speech in Demands for Possessions, (AP) p. 3
The Times-Picayune, February 19, 1939 - GERMANY ORDERS GROUPS OF JEWS TO LEAVE REICH, (UP) p. 11
The Times-Picayune, February 21, 1939 - BATTLE ON STAGE AND IN THE STREETS AS NAZIS FLAY JEWS AT BUND MEETING, (AP) p. 1 (front page)
The Times-Picayune, February 21, 1939 - BATTLE ON STAGE AND IN THE STREETS, (AP) p. 1 (column)
The Times-Picayune, February 21, 1939 - WRITER ESCORTED FROM SESSION OF BUND IN GOTHAM, Dorothy Thompson Led Out For Calling Speaker’s Words ‘Bunk,’ (AP) p. 4
The Times-Picayune, February 21, 1939 - Roosevelt ‘War-Mongering’ Assailed by Reich Papers; ‘Seeing Ghosts,’ Says Berlin, (AP) p. 1