Attacks on Jews occurred here during a football match between the Hakoah Sport Club and the Vienna Police Sport Association.
The fracas started when a uniformed policeman insulted and beat a one-legged Jew, who was a veteran of a concentration camp. A number of Jewish spectators attempted to intervene. They were attacked by a gang who shouted anti-Jewish slogans.
The match broke up when the players began to take part in the melee. Knives were wielded but no one was wounded seriously. A military police squad restored order during the fight, many Russian soldiers who were among the spectators helped the Jews. Earlier Hakoah matches resulted in minor difficulties, but this was the first serious outbreak.
Last week an anti-Semitic demonstration took place in a class room of Vienna University, during a lecture on the persecutions of Jews in the Middle Ages. The students applauded every mention of these persecutions by stamping on the floor.
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