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officials so the strain and worry were terrific. Conse-
quently, their properties became prime and easy pickings
for the Nazi press holding companies.
The Nazis formulated a plan to use when approaching
the publisher of a newspaper which the party wanted to
acquire. Reinhardt would first face the publisher and
say that the publisher would receive no financial payment.
Then Winkler would meet with the publisher, express
sympathy for him, and promise a compromise. He was
considerate and unctuous. At the end of the meeting,
he would add with a sly wink, "But, one never knows how
these gentlemen have slept the night before." The
publisher would quickly accept Winkler's proposal, though
it always meant he would receive far less than what his
property was worth (2, p. 194).
Confiscation of publishing companies quickly became
common. One of the first occurred in May, 1933 in the
Cologne area when the thriving Rheinische Zeitung was
seized by Kurt Thiele, a Nazi Reichstag deputy. He
said,
The property of the Social Democratic Press has
been seized and confiscated by the Reich. The party
secretaries and editors are under arrest. Her Faust
(the editor) widely known for his swinish writings
is now more suitably employed in cleaning toilets
in a concentration camp (17, p. 68).
Another example was the MiUnchener Post, with a circula-
tion of 15,000. It continued to publish after Hitler
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McConal, Billy Jon. How Hitler Controlled the Press, thesis, May 1982; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504092/m1/68/?rotate=180: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .