Three Jews were seriously injured today during an anti-German demonstration by members of a Polish sports club at Semianowitz, near Kattowitz, in Polish Silesia. A Jewish girl was knocked down and beaten into unconsciousness while the Poles broke into a number of Jewish houses. Two merchants were dragged from their shops and severely beaten with iron cudgels.
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