Twenty Cuzists, members of the Roumanian anti-Semitic party, armed with axes and iron rods penetrated the Yiddish theatre the Pavilion, demolishing furniture and smashing windows.
The wife of the theatre director, Sally Reisch, and a journalist, Herman Felker, were injured by the attackers. Five Cuzists were arrested.
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