Jews in Switzerland were today warned by police that unknown persons had mailed poison to Jews throughout the country. The warning was given in circulars and radio broadcasts.
The police informed the Federation of Jewish Communities that letters containing anti-Semitic pictures and statements as well as three grams of a deadly white powder had been mailed at Berne. The poison is reported to kill within a few minutes.
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