FASCIST MEETING IN GERMANY RESULTS IN CASUALTIES
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany (JFK+50) On November 19, 1925, Associated Press reports that last evening a discussion of the topic "Lenin or Hitler" was staged here in Chemnitz* "by local Fascisti**."
The discussion led to the smashing of "a thousand beer glasses, 500 coffee cups and 600 tables and chairs."
The 'Beer Mug Brawl' resulted in 60 persons requiring bandages and one dead from injuries.
When police arrived on the scene, "many of the Communists jumped through broken windows into the garden" and the ringleaders were found to be "armed with clubs."
*Chemnitz is home of the huge Karl Marx Monument & is the 4th largest city in the former East Germany. Chemnitz University of Technology is located here.
**fascisti is Italian plural of 'fascist' originally referring to members of the Italian political organizations led by Mussolini
SOURCE
"1,000 Beer Mugs Fly In Fascist Meeting Staged in Saxony," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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