The first serious anti-Semitic case has been reported from the Kertch metal factory, which the “Comzet,” government society for settling the Jews on the land, had been planning to convert into a Jewish factory. Four Jewish workers who were sent there by the “Comzet” were tortured by anti-Semites, while the other Gentile workers refused to interfere. The latter even voted against discharging the guilty, under the pretext that the word “zhid” is not an insulting term.
The Soviet press is demanding a thorough investigation and severe punishment of the guilty ones.
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