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Attempted exclusion of Egon Kisch from Australia
Judgement of the High Court of Australia
Attempted exclusion of Egon Kisch from Australia
In late 1934 and early 1935, the United Australia Party government of Joseph Lyons failed to exclude Egon Kisch, a Czechoslovak journalist, anti-war activist and member of the Communist Party of Germany, from entering Australia. Kisch was one of many communists arrested following the Reichstag fire; he was briefly detained in Spandau Prison and fled the Nazi regime after being expelled.
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