Police precautions were taken today to prevent Nazi attacks which were planned in connection with the unveiling of a memorial to the prominent Jewish liberal leader, the late Dr. Julius Ofner.
The Nazis, it was learned, had organized for an attack upon the assembly, which included Mayor Carl Seitz, the president of the Municipal Council and the vice-president of the Austrian Tribunal Froehlich.
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