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Attempted exclusion of Egon Kisch from Australia

Kisch was one of many members of the Communist Party of Germany arrested following the Reichstag fire; he was detained in Spandau Prison before being expelled from Germany

In late 1934 and early 1935, the United Australia Party government of Joseph Lyons failed to exclude Egon Kisch, a member of the Communist Party of Germany, from entering Australia.

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