REPORT TO GERMANY
SCANT NOTICE GIVEN (Reed, Dec. 22, 11 a.m.) BERLIN, Dec. 21. Only one newspaper, the Deutsene Allgemeine Zeitung reveals Captain Langsdorff’s suicide, and gives a brief notice without comment on the front page. The German Naval High Command, in a communique, states that the navy understands and esteems Captain Langsdorff’s act. As a fighter, he did what the Fuehrer and the German people and navy expected. He was faithful to an ancient tradition and followed his ship.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19391222.2.62
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20127, 22 December 1939, Page 7
Word Count
80REPORT TO GERMANY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20127, 22 December 1939, Page 7
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in