Warned in an anonymous letter yesterday, that he was on a Nazi death list and his store would be burned and he would be killed if he did not revoke a boycott against candies made in Germany, H. Richman, wholesale confectioner of 145 East Houston Street, appealed to Julius Hochfelder, counsel of the Jewish War Veterans, and notified the police.
Early in September, Mr. Richman refused to handle German-made goods in protest against the Nazi treatment of the Jews. Since then, he said, several men have visited him urging him to sell German candy. He refused, and last Tuesdayl a brick was thrown through his window with a swastika sign attached to it.
The letter he received had a swastika sign drawn on the bottom and said:
“You have been warned a few times to buy and sell German candy. We broke your window to show you we mean business. If you still refuse we will burn your store and later kill you take this as a final warning to hell with the police we can take care of that your appeals to the police will not wipe you off our death list your days are numbered sell German goods or die.”
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