A violent anti-Semitic demonstration by Nationalist minority members broke up a turbulent session today of the municipal council of this city.
The demonstration was precipitated by the reading of a declaration on behalf of the Lodz Jewish population by a Jewish councillor and statements of support by several non-Jewish colleagues.
Shouting, “Dirty Jews, go to France, to your messiah Blum,” the Nationalists threatened to make of Lodz “another Przytyk and Czyzew” (scenes of recent pogroms).
Similar outburst are feared for future sessions, since the Nationalists are trying to force dissolution of the council in which the Polish Socialists and Jews form a majority.
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