Sunday, January 22, 2017

Sunday, June 22, 1930: Saxony Elections Yield Big Gains for the Nazis

Dresden:  Election results for the landtag (parliament) of the state of Saxony show big gains for the National Socialist German Workers’ Party – nazis.  They pulled a nearly three-fold increase, from 5% in the 1929 elections to 14.4% today.  This will increase their seats in the landtag from 5 to 14, making them the second-largest party in the body.  The Social Democratic Party is still the largest, holding roughly steady at 33% of the popular vote and 32 seats.  The communists gained slightly, from 12.8% of the vote in 1929 to 13.6% today, picking up one seat to 13. 


Moscow:  The government announces it will recall Rabbi Lavarev, Chief Rabbi of Leningrad, from Siberian exile, but restrict his movements upon his return home.

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