Police here and in other cities in Switzerland are investigating a series of anti Semitic incidents over the last few days. In Zurich, the door of a synagogue was destroyed by a bomb last Thursday causing an estimated 10,000 Francs in damages. The walls of the synagogue were daubed with slogans saying, “We shall kill you,” “Heil, Adolf,” and ” We are fighting the lies about the gas chambers.”
An anonymous phone caller to the Zurich news paper Blich said that the Jewish school in that city would be set on fire if the American NBCTV Film “Holocaust” is shown on Swiss television as scheduled beginning April. In Lausanne and Geneva, anti Semitic slogans have been pointed on public walls.
Swiss Jewish community leaders said there is reason for concern but not for alarm. They expressed hope that Swiss TV officials will not be influenced by these acts and will show “Holocaust.” There are 6150 Jews in Zurich and 3250 Jews in Geneva and a small Jewish community in Lausanne.
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