The tenth anniversary of the existence of the German Republic was celebrated Sunday in all leading German synagogues by the holding of special services.
Special services were held in the Berlin Main Synagogue where representatives of the government and the municipality were present. At the Berlin Stadium an international Jewish sport festival was held. Six thousand spectators attended. Before the games, addresses were delivered by the president of the Berlin Kehillah. Kaneski and a government representative. Mr. Kareski stated that the Jews of Germany are not afraid of the synagogue desecrators and the preachers of the
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gospel of hatred and boycott, but they believe in the future of the free Republic which also guarantees the future of German Jews.
The games were concluded with the following results: Bar Kochba of Berlin won over the Hakoah of Vienna; the Hagibor of Prague, football team, won over the Hakoah of Berlin. The Maccabee of Paris also particpated.
In the evening a band of Hitlerites marched through the streets of West Berlin singing anti-Semitic songs, concluding with the refrain repeated three times: "Judea vanish !"
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