The BBC French-language broadcast commented today on the fact that the Lyon radio announcement of France s new anti-Jewish legislation was followed immediately with an appeal of the Beau Soleil sanitarium near Nice for Weinberg serum, which is used to combat gangrene. The BBC announcer asked whether Weinberg’s racial origin was investigated before the serum was used.
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