The Archive · 1940

Bore Germans Volunteer

Amsterdam, Jan, 21.

Following the example' set a few days ago by Herr Otto von Zwell, German Commercial Attache to Fin: and and correspondent of the oft lal DNB. news agency, who gave up these two positions to join the Finnish army and fight the Russians. Herr Klingenberg, member of German Olympic Committee in Helslnkl, left his post to fight for Finand' today. He is in command of anti-alreratt battery in Helsinki, Herr Klingenberit was formerly a representative of the German Olymple Committee both in the United States and in Japan.

He declared he could not bear the attitude of the German Government in International relations, and was disgusted at the Russians who made the German Technical School In Helsinki one of their first targets in jambings. Herr Klingenberg has under his orders another German member of the Olympic Committee.

'The anti-aircraft battery under Herr Klingenbers's directions has already brought down eight Soviet planes over' Helsinkel Havas.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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