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Arabs Attack German Official, Taken for Jew

December 17, 1933
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According to reports which have reached here from Kerak, Transjordania, the German official, Consul General Wolff, was attacked by Transjordan Arabs, who mistook him for a Jew purchasing land. The German consular official was saved from the crowd with difficulty. Later Emir Abdullah’s government officially apologized for the assault.

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