The funeral services of Nina Ruderfeld, granddaughter of the Schodnitzer Rabbi, Israel Sauerstoff, who was converted to the Christian faith, while she lay unconscious after making an attempt on her own life, passed without incident yesterday.
The monks took the precaution of carrying out the burial before sunrise in the presence only of a priest and two nuns.
Miss Ruderfeld, who lived in Drohobycz, East Galicia, took her own life after a disappointing love affair with a non-Jew.
Considerable incitement has been aroused among the peasantry by the rumor that the Jews plan to steal the corpse.
Thousands of Christians arrived later in the day for the services to find them concluded. Strong detachments of police guards were stationed in the streets to prevent any disturbances.
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