They say that a Jew is also a human being, but so is a louse a beast, and yet we squash it, and in the same way we shall squash the Jews, one of the Hitlerist Deputies, Fischer, declared speaking at a Hitlerist meeting in Berlin to-day. The speaker was loudly cheered by his huge audience when he illustrated his remarks by a gesture expressive of squashing vermin.
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