Most of the one hundred and twenty Jews arrested in Brussels last Saturday upon failure to produce proper identification documents were freed by the police today. A few were detained because they have still not been able to present the papers required, but will be released an soon as they do so, it was announced.
The arrests were made during raids upon the Jewish quarter. Many of those taken into custody were heads of German Jewish refugee families and fear was expressed that their apprehension might result in the deportation of a considerable number of persons. Today’s announcement of the release of those arrested also emphasized the point that the raids had no anti-Jewish significance.
Karl Blumenthal, who wrote under the name of Charles Alexander Scott, fought in the 1848 Italian revolt against the Austrians and later joined Garibaldi’s expedition.
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