Is the word “Jew” libelous when applied to an “Aryan?”
The Warsaw court will answer this question as result of a libel suit brought today by an “Aryan” firm against the Gazeta Warszawska, organ of the anti-Semitic National Democratic party.
The paper, in publishing a list of Jewish firms to be boycotted by non-Jews, also included, by error, a non-Jewish company, the proprietor of which is able to prove his “Aryan” descent.
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