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New Anti-jewish Attacks at Warsaw University Despite Authorities’ Threat to Close University if Dist

November 5, 1931
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Despite a warning issued to-day by the Rector of Warsaw University, Professor Lukasiewicz, that if the students do not keep the peace, those participating in antisemitic excesses will be severely dealt with, and that the authorities will not hesitate even to close down the University, new attacks on Jewish students took place to-day at the Faculty of Law.

At the Anatomical Institute the National Democratic Students barred the Jewish students from entering the dissecting rooms, but after the Lean of the Institute, Professor Paszkiewicz, had announced that Jewish corpses had been delivered up for the work in the dissecting rooms, the National Democratic students withdrew their pickets, and the Jewish students were allowed into the Institute.

An attempt was also made by National Democratic students to attack the Jewish Student Home in Warsaw, but the police intervened in time to prevent any trouble.

Communists are busy circulating their leaflets in the University, thus providing the National Democratic students with the opportunity to bolster up their allegation that they are engaged in reality in an anti-Communist campaign. Efforts are being made in this direction to stir up trouble also in the other Faculties. This fact was brought to the notice of the Rector of the University to-day by a deputation of Jewish students, and the Rector promised them that he would have the matter inquired into immediately.

Another delegation of Jewish students visited the Ministry of Education to-day, and the Vice-Minister of Education, M. Zongollowicz, assured them that the Government would take all possible measures to guarantee educational liberty at the Universities.

The Organisation of Jewish Students has issued a call to the Jewish students, that, notwithstanding the antisemitic terrorism, they should continue to attend the Universities, so that the antisemitic students should not be able to say that they had driven the Jews out by force.

The J.T.A. here is informed in Government circles that the Government is determined to suppress the antisemitic disturbances at all costs.

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