Wilhelm Leuschner, a German social democrat and union activist is known in Germany as an anti-fascist and resistant. What is less known is that, while interior minister of the State of Hessen, he introduced strict anti-Roma policies, including forced fingerprinting and registration of the Sinti and Roma in Hessen.
This information was later used to deport and kill them.
– Vorbild mit Schattenseiten. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 01.12.2017. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/landespolitik/wilhelm-leuschner-vorbild-mit-schattenseiten-a-1398570 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/landespolitik/wilhelm-leuschner-vorbild-mit-schattenseiten-a-1398570″]
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