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Vienna Paper Charges Jews Killed Catholic in Jerusalem

May 27, 1936
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The Catholic semi-official Reichspost today declares that Jews were responsible for the murder in Jerusalem on May 18 of Karl Breitinger, Austrian Catholic. The paper charges Jews killed him thinking he was an Arab.

Breitinger was killed by Arabs, all other sources reported, who mistook him for a Jew.

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