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Catholic Provost Who'PPrayed for the Jews Arrested in BerlinIntensive Nazi Measures Against Jews Intensified; Many SentEastBerlin, - Nov. 8. (/P)—Reliable quarters said today that the Rev. Bernhard Lictenberg, provost (dean) of Berlin’s Roman Catholic cathedral, St. Hedwig’s, had been arrested by Nazi authorities, accused, among other charges, of offering prayers for Jews.Intensive Nazi measures against Je*s have been renewed recently and tens of thousands are being transported east.The elderly provost was known to have been called to German secret police headquarters previously. That occasion was last summer when he was questioned about sermons he delivered in support of criticism which the Rev. Count* 1 ——-Clemens August von Galen, Roman Catholic bishop of Muenster, directed against the Nazis and theGestapo in particular last July.Reliable sources said he was being held in Ploetzensee prison in northwestern Berlin.A prominent Catholic figure in Berlin, the head of St. Hedwig’s cathedral sometimes represents the bishop at public functions.vt ft irn Airnn /»aa
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Lawrence Daily Journal World
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