Jewish pedestrians were attacked today in the streets of Radomsk and one Jewish youth, Abraham Brauner, was stabbed to death by members of the anti-Semitic National Democratic (Endek) Polish youth organization.
Three members of this organization were arrested and will be charged with murder.
The attacks started as the result of the general anti-Semitic propaganda which the Polish National Democratic youth organization is now conducting throughout the country. This propaganda is conducted openly in the press and at public meetings.
The National Democratic Party, notorious for its anti-Jewish platform, is also opposed to the present Pilsudski regime. Efforts were made by this party last week to introduce the “Aryan paragraph” in the municipal institutions in Lodz, one of the large industrial cities. These efforts, however, were checked by the government commissioner who declared that the expulsion of Jews from municipal institutions would be in violation of the Polish constitution.
Official representations will be made by Jewish leaders to the government in Warsaw in connection with the outbreak in Radomsk today. It is expected that today’s outbreaks will make the government realize that energetic steps must be taken in order to secure safety for the Jewish population in various cities where the anti-Jewish propaganda of the Endeks is reaching a point where Jewish life and property are endangered.
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