German Jewish Body Takes Legal Steps Against Maligners (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Theodor Fritsch, leader of the German anti-Semites, was sentenced by the Leipsig court to three days imprisonment and a fine of 300 marks in blasphemy proceedings brought against him by the Central Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith.
Fritsch wrote in his paper, “Der Hammer” that the God of the Jews is a God of vengeance who demands blood. For this reason the Jews practice the schechita, eating the meat but leaving the blood to their God.
The Union also started proceedings against the student Eberhard Mueller of Hanover for desecrating the Hanover synagogue last July. He was sentenced to three months imprisonment. Proceedings were also brought by the organization against the anti-Semitic newspaper, “Voelkischer Beobachter.” The newspaper in attacking Rabbi Ksinski, termed him an example of Jewish insolence. The court fined the paper and the author of the article, Moeller, as well as the editor, Stolzing, 100 marks each. The issue containing the article was confiscated.
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