A pure ‘Aryan’ was attacked by a mob in Goerlitz today for daring to tear down an anti-Semitic sign that had been pasted by Nazi hooligans on a Jewish shop.
The courageous German was badly messed up by the angry Nazi mob, and was arrested by the police. After having been locked up at the local police station, the German was forced to replace the sign in its former position on the Jewish shop.
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