Messersmith, G.S., Berlin. Despatch No. 1244 to Secretary of State [Cordell Hull], Washington., 1933 April 19

Physical attacks on Jews still being reported though rarely in the press; one Jew in Munich severely beaten and later died of injuries; another, in Chemnitz, arrested and his body found two days later, shot through the head; an American citizen, Isaac Kahn, a Jewish representative of a St. Louis firm, received two extortion letters, threatening him with bodily harm if he didn't pay; matter reported to Consulate and then to police; police promised protection, but seemed unwilling or powerless to act; Kahn, fearing for his safety, left Germany; political prisoners, other than Jews confined in concentration camps and allegedly mistreated; Dr. Lehr, Oberburgomaster of Dusseldorf, arrested and jailed; Von Bismarck removed from office of staatssekretaer in Ministry of Interior; purge of universities continues, not only of Jewish professors, but of those not in sympathy with government; number of Jewish students admitted is restricted; Professor James Franck, a leading physicist and Nobel Prize winner, resigned from University of Goettingen in protest, though he could no doubt have retained his position because of his worldwide reputation; special chair created for [Albert] Einstein had limited his activities to scientific field, he would not now be seeking a post abroad; Christian students from America generally welcome in all German universities, but Jewish students not permitted to register; according to article in "Der Stuermer" America now dominated by Jews.