Dr. Piffl Percevic. new Minister of Education in Austria’s Cabinet, sharply condemned "every form of anti-Semitism" today, reacting to an anti-Semitic incident that occurred here this weekend during a performance of the famous Lessing play, "Nathan The Wise."
While the play was on, a number of spectators applauded loudly and cheered when one of the actors spoke a line from the drama: "It doesn’t matter if the Jew be burned." Other members of the audience, incensed over this outburst, protested the anti-Semitic demonstration. In a letter to the director of the Burgh theater, where the incident took place, the Minister of Education expressed his "deepest indignation" over the affair.
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