Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… of only 9,400. They obtained a majority of seven in the new Parliament, but once in power, pursued a ruthless and fraudulent policy to increase their numbers. The new Minister of Labour, Mr. B. J. Schoeman, repeatedly … cross-examination which followed established that at the age of twenty-six, the "hero" and "martyr", who was built up …