Many Jewish stores in Posen remain closed as anti-Jewish boycott agitation continues in full force, accompanied by the breaking of windows.
Jewish merchants who assembled for the market day at Opelionow, near Posen, were attacked by hooligans. The Jews, fearing for their lives, fled, leaving their merchandise behind them. The hooligans thereupon broke into Jewish stores and looted the merchandise.
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