The trial of the Russian worker Trofimov who murdered his fellow worker Bolsheminikov “because he was a Jew,” in a Soviet factory in Pskov, has been postponed until the end of March. The date of the trial was originally set for March 10th.
In the meantime, workers’ meetings held throughout the district are demanding a death sentence for the anti-Semitic worker.
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