An election meeting staged by Sir-Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Fascist movement, to support the by-election candidacy of a member of his “British Union” was broken up today by a whole series of hostile demonstrations in which Sir Oswald himself barely escaped injury.
Magistrate Basil Watson yesterday ordered held for investigation a number of Fascists arrested Friday night after a disturbance had occurred at a meeting organized by Mosley Fascists at which speakers abused the Jews.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
