The time a Nazi got a parking ticket in Newton and had his license suspended

The time a Nazi got a parking ticket in Newton and had his license suspended

The Newton Beacon chronicles what happened when Nazi Germany's Boston consul - who was really a spy - got a ticket for parking too close to an intersection in Newton in 1940. Read the story to the end for the tale of the anti-Semite from West Roxbury who helped him out. Neighborhoods: NewtonFree tagging: Chestnut Hillemailprint

A Nazi Germany 'diplomat' and propagandist once claimed diplomatic immunity for a Newton traffic violation - Newton Beacon

In 1940, a man in Chestnut Hill had his driver’s license suspended for failing to heed a warning for having parked within 25 feet of an intersection in Newton. He refused to appear in court to address the matter. In fact, he was taking it to the State Department. For this was no ordinary Chestnut Hill resident, but Herbert Scholz, Nazi Germany’s consul in Boston. Scholz claimed diplomatic immunity and referenced a 1923 “friendship treaty” betwee…