Among the ten persons on trial here since Monday, for espionage in Poland on behalf of Russia, are seven Jews. The proceedings are being conducted behind closed doors. One of the seven. Jacob Blocker, who succeeded in escaping to Germany, was killed during the recent anti-Semitic excesses in Munich, according to evidence before the court.
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