Admits Act to Avenge Horrors of Anti-Jewish Massacres in Ukraine; Is Convinced of Petlura’s Guilt in Failure to Prevent Pogroms; Recital Stirs Court and Spectators (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Sholom Schwartzbard, Jewish watchmaker, dreamer and soldier, who slew Semion Petlura, head of the Ukrainian army, to avenge the anti-Jewish massacres in the Ukraine between 1918 and 1920, took the stand in the Court of Assizes to lift the veil of silence in which the anti-Jewish massacres in the Ukraine had been enshrouded.
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Presiding Judge Flory questioned the accused concerning the details as given in the indictment, Schwartzbard confirming the data concerning him.
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