Attempts to introduce anti-Jewish Nazi methods into Switzerland were violently condemned in the cantonal parliament today, the debate on the subject bringing assurances that measures against the Nazi press as inimical to the interests of Switzerland were under consideration by the government.
The discussion in parliament was the outgrowth of anti-Semitic disturbances staged at the theatre opened here by Erica Mann, daughter of the German Nobel Prize winner, Thomas Mann. The mother of Erica Mann was Jewish, and several actors in her troupe are of Jewish descent, facts which aroused the anger of the demonstrants.
Deputies of the major parties objected in parliament to the toleration in Switzerland of anti-Jewish methods imported from Germany. Dr. Haag, the Democratic deputy, charged that “the Swiss government is presenting a weak defense against the Nazism pouring into the country from Germany, which is governed by a band of murderers.”
Assurances that the Swiss government is considering measures to be taken against the Nazi press on the ground that it is interfering with the interests of Switzerland were made by the chief of police, Dr. Pfister, who reported in parliament on the anti-Jewish incidents.
Hayyim Segre, Paduan scholar, was a follower of Shabbethai Zebi
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