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- ↑ (in German) M. Hambrock, Die Etablierung der Aussenseiter. Der Verband nationaldeutscher Juden 1921–1935, p. 367
- 1 2 3 Robert S. Wistrich, Who's Who in Nazi Germany (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982), p. 177. ISBN 0-297-78109-X
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- ↑ N. Stoltzfus. Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany. p. 315.
- ↑ Anonymous review of Robert Gessner's book Some of My Best Friends Are Jews in Literary Digest (New York), December 19, 1936, p. 81; M. Hambrock
- ↑ Hambrock, M. "Der Verband nationaldeutscher Juden 1921–1935". Die Etablierung der Aussenseiter: 578. JSTOR 20741334.
