00:00The Nazis regarded Pauli as an Alter Kempfer, or Old Fighter, a term used to honor early members of the
00:07Nazi party who were joined before the party's rise to power in 1933.
00:13These individuals were seen as particularly loyal and ideologically committed, having supported the movement during its struggles in the 1920s
00:22and early 1930s.
00:24Being labeled as an Old Fighter often carried significant prestige and privileges within the Nazi hierarchy.
00:33Due to his involvement in far-right attacks, Pauli was arrested several times and in 1932 was sentenced to seven
00:40months in prison for a serious breach of the peace after taking part in the destruction of a campaign vehicle
00:46belonging to the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
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