The Jewish community of Costa Rica is “prefoundly disturbed” over the possible consequence of a concentrated press campaign demanding the cancellation of their citizenship and their compulsory repatriation, the World Jewish Congress reported today in making public a letter from Dr. Robert S. Marcus, political director of the W.J.C., to President Otilio Ulate of Costa Rica.
Dr. Marcus mentioned specifically the newspapers La Prensa Libre and La Hora as responsible for public clamor against the Jews. The newspapers, Dr. Marcus pointed out, have been publishing “violent anti-Jewish accusations which have given us cause for great concern. As the result of this campaign of slander, the members of the Jewish community of Costa Rica have been publicly threatened with revision of their residence rights, cancellation of citizenship gained through naturalization and even compulsory repatriation,” he said.
The World Jewish Congress requested that “the Jewish community of Costa Rica be reassured concerning their legal status and that their right to enjoyment of complete equality in law and in fact will be scrupulously preserved.”
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