Biography
Paul Hempel, a German-born, unnaturalized minister in South Dakota, was interned in January 1918 after an undercover visit by Werner Hanni, who alleged disloyal preaching and criticized the German-language schooling of Hempel’s four American-born children. Actual administrative confinement is stated, but final discharge and total duration are not established. The author cites the interned-alien disposal summary and Paul Hempel classified-subject file 9-16-12-2362. William H. Thomas Jr., Unsafe for Democracy (University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), physical PDF pages 93–94 (printed80–81), 214 (notes43–44, printed201); SHA256 d3412c7b355a8b2d692ec1eca9d219667821f16ca93f32348ad3fd0392ac3b34; source https://library.uc.edu.kh/userfiles/pdf/1.Unsafe%20for%20democracy%20%20World%20War%20I%20and%20the%20U.S.%20Justice%20Department%27s%20covert%20campaign%20to%20suppress%20dissent.pdf.
