A synagogue in Frankfurt was attacked by three Nazis during the services Yom Kippur eve. All the windows in the structure were smashed. Two of the Nazis–Theodor Helrich and Werner Mixdorf–were arrested on the scene, but the third man escaped. The local German police are investigating the incident.
Meanwhile, a telegram from the Mayor of Marktredwitz, where the town’s only synagogue was damaged last week by a “denazified” Nazi, reported that the edifice has been repaired by the town. Bavarian Chief Rabbi Joseph Ohrenstein will personally conduct the Succoth services in the Marktredwitz synagogue, and representatives of American High Commissioner John J. McCloy will attend, it was learned today.
Dr. Kurt Schumacher, chairman of the West German Social Democratic Party, told German Jewish leaders today that his party would take “all necessary steps” to give the Jews in Germany full protection, Reuters reported from Bonn. The Jews informed the Social Democratic leader that German Jewry is in “great need of assistance,” the Reuters report said.
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