(Jewish Telegraphic Ageney)
The burial of a convert to Catholicism in the Jewish cemetery of Warsaw has been made an anti-Jewish issue by the “Dwa Grosze,” the notorious anti-Semitic organ.
Reisel Salzman, a Jewish girl whose conversion to Catholicism was not revealed by her mother, was buried in the Jewish cemetery. The newspaper, disclosing the fact of her conversion, demands that the body be exhumed and buried in the Catholic cemetery.
The newspaper threatens reprisals in case Christian internment is not provided for the convert.
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