The suicides of three prominent Jews in Italy as result of Fascist racial laws, said to have been suppressed in the Italian press, were reported by the Italian emigre weekly, Giustizia e Liberta. Dr. A.F. Formiggini, publisher, was said to have leaped from the Ghirlandina tower of Modena, his native city, on Dec. 1, leaving a note which bequeathed the 30,000 lire found in his pocket to the poor and several notes attacking the Fascist regime. Two army officers, General Ascoli and Colonel Segre, were also said to have taken their lives.
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