Because the swank, sword-handy youths of socialite German university Studenten Korps have always been Jew-haters and fierce nationalists, they championed Adolf Hitler from the start. When his Munich beer hall Putsch fizzled in 1923 and Leader Hitler was clapped into a fortress, loyal "Nazi cells" in seven German universities were among the few brownshirt organizations to carry on. Last week came the first open rift between Korpstudenten and a Chancellor who, as one of his first acts, legalized their gory duels.
Though only rich students can afford to belong to the Korps,...
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