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Anti-jewish Bill in Paris Council Leads to Blows

June 19, 1936
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The floor of the Seine Council General today was the scene of a fist fight between a Jewish councillor, M. Hirsh, and the outspoken anti-Semite Darquier de Pellepoix over and anti Semitic bill introduced by the latter which would limit voting rights of Jews and their eligibility for public offices.

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