Two Jewish students, one a girl, were badly beaten and had to have medical attention for their injuries, following a renewal of rioting between Socialist and Fascist students on the grounds of the University of Berlin today. A number of girls participating in the fray were trampled upon.
The trouble, which began when the Hitlerite students sought to prevent the distribution of leaflets protesting against an admission charge for a university social affair, took on a serious aspect when some of the students began swinging clubs and firing revolvers. The police at first were helpless as they are not permitted on the university grounds without the permission of the college authorities.
After Rector Deismann’s appeal to the students had not broken up the riot, the police were called to disperse the crowd. Ten of the Hitlerite students were arrested. The Hitlerites in attacking their Socialist colleagues appeared to single out those students who looked Jewish.
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