Hans Litten
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Hans Joachim Albert Litten was a German lawyer who represented opponents of the Nazis at important political trials between 1929 and 1932, defending the rights of workers during the Weimar Republic.
Hans Litten
The "bunker", Dachau's prison
Hans Litten Haus on Littenstraße in Berlin
Memorial for Litten in Berlin-Mitte
Blutmai
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Blutmai was an outbreak of political violence that occurred in Berlin from 1 to 3 May 1929.
Berlin Police dismantle a barricade erected by communists
Headline of Der Abend ('The Evening'), late edition of the SPD's Vorwärts, on 29 April 1929: "200 Dead on May 1? The Criminal Plans of the Communists"
Street barricade erected during the violence
Berlin Police in the streets of Neukölln