A clash which necessitated the calling out of the police to suppress the outbreak, occurred between members of the Heimwehr organization at a stormy meeting held to discuss the Heimwehr attitude toward Jews.
At the meeting were present students, members of the Heimwehr organization who participated in the anti-Semitic student riots at the Vienna University. The Heimwehr membership only condemned the action of the students and appealed to the membership to avoid anti-Semitic attacks. The members who supported the Haken-kreuzler in their excesses against the Jewish students, on being refused the floor, shouted “Out with the Jewish mob. We fight the Socialists and the Jews.” Tumult resulting in the clash between the anti-Semitic students and the Heimwehr members who opposed the policy, then broke out.
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