Fritsch Sent to Prison for Insulting Jewish Religion
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Fritsch Sent to Prison for Insulting Jewish Religion

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Berlin (Jun. 16)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Theodor Fritsch leader of the German anti-Semities, against whom a libel suit brought by Max Warburg of Hamburg is pending was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment.

The sentence was imposed upon Herr Fritsch for publishing insults to the Jewish religion.

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