A description of the suffering experienced by Jews in Upper Silesia and Eastern Prussia as a result of the terrorization tactics of the past two weeks is presented to the Central Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith in a report received today from the special investigator it despatched to these districts.
In Ortelsburg, says the report, the streets are overcrowded with Nazis. Every second person, from a school child to the aged, displays a Nazi insignia.
The Jews dare not venture on the streets without risking molestation.
Provocative rumors are being spread against the Jews. Among them are such libels as: the Jews supply Communists with arms so that they may kill the Nazis.
The tense situation in Eastern Prussia is repeated in Upper Silesia. There the rumor has been circulated that the Jews throw hand grenades into their own homes and places of business, and
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