(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What virtually amounts to pogrom threats are being directed to the rabbis of the Jewish community in Riga.
During the last few days the rabbis have received letters in which it is declared that if the Latvian citizenship law, which would regulate the status of a great number of Jewish residents in the republic, is promulgated “all Jews will be exterminated.” The letters are apparently being sent out by an organized band.
“The Jews must realize that they are only a minority in Latvia and should not interfere with the affairs of the Latvian state; abstain or you will have a pogrom,” the messages read.
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