The Jewish colony of Peru has asked the government to forbid the exhibition of anti-Semitic films here or, at least, to delete those parts which preach anti-Semitism.
The request was occasioned by the fact that a local German firm has imported a number of Hitlerite films intended to arouse anti-Jewish feelings, thus jeopardizing the friendly relations which have heretofore existed among the various national groups in this country.
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