Reliable private advices from Germany revealed today that at least nine Jews were murdered or committed suicide and no less than 180 synagogues were burned in the pogroms that swept the Reich on Nov. 10.
The known dead include several prominent bankers, merchants and scientists. Five were shot to death or died after brutal treatment, while four others committed suicide. The fate of another Jew, Rabbi Jacob Horowitz, of Frankfurt-am-Main, is uncertain, but he is believed either dead or dying as a result of beatings.
The list of those known to have been murdered follows: Dr. Prentus, of Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart; Dr. Leo Levy, owner of a brickworks at Polzin, Pomerania; Willi Lessing, of Bamberg, Pomerania; Karl Herz, merchant of Hilden, near Dusseldorf — stabbed in the presence of his Dutch-born daughter; Paul Markus, owner of Cafe Karema, Dusseldorf; his wife was shot in the stomach and seriously wounded.
The suicides are listed as follows: Dr. Paul von Schwabach, well-known Berlin banker; Dr. Paul Wallich, owner of the well-known Berlin bank, Dreyfuss and Co.; Dr. Bernhard Rosenthal, gynecologist at the Frankfurt-am-Ma n, Jewish Hospital; Dr. Loewe, X-Ray specialist at the same hospital.
In addition, there were unconfirmed reports that at least six Jews were killed in Dusseldorf alone. A report that Rabbi Eschelbacher of that city had been lynched was found to be untrue.
(The news that Dr. Paul von Schwabach committed suicide contradicts an announcement published in New York last Friday that he had died in Berlin of heart disease at the age of 72. The announcement was made by S. Bleichroeder, Inc., 25 Broad Street, New York office of the Berlin firm of that name, of which Dr. von Schwabach was a senior partner.)
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