Two Jews were elected to the Czechoslovakian Parliament in the general election yesterday, according to the complete returns today.
Those elected are: Dr. Angelo Goldstein of Phaha, former member of the Parliament, and Chaim Kugel of Munkacevo, a director of the Hebrew High School there. They were elected on a joint ticket ### the Czechoslovakian Socialist Party and the Jewish Party.
While the returns show that the Czech parties have obtained in this election practically the same results as in the previous election, the German Democratic parties have suffered heavy losses.
NAZIS GAIN VOTES
Nearly one-half of the votes which the Democratic tickets of the German population in Czechoslovakia received in the last election, this time went to the anti-Semitic Nazi party led by Konrad Henlein. It is estimated that Henlein’s party may now have 70 seats in the new Parliament.
The sweeping victory which Herr Henlein achieved came as a surprise even to the most competent political observers. In some districts of Czechoslovakia, especially those located near Silesia, Henlein’s party took about eighty per cent of the entire German vote. Henlein is known in Czechoslovakia as the “Czechoslovak Hitler,” and his party is called the Sudeten German party.
The Czechoslovakian Parliament consists of 300 ceats in the lower house and 150 in the senate. It was predicted here today that no Germans will be represented in the government despite the large vote obtained by the Henlein party.
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