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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1929: Reds Prohibited
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International Herald Tribune
05-12-2004
BERLIN: The Communist semi-military organization known as the ''Red Fighting Front'' will be prohibited throughout Germany as a result of last night's [May 10] conference of the Premiers of the German States, under the chairmanship of the German Minister of the Interior, Carl Severing. An official statement saying that ''complete agreement was reached as to the question of the 'Red Fighting Front,''' is interpreted by official cir...
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