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Paper Demands Hanging of ‘jewish Profiteers’

October 18, 1940
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The newspaper Le Journal today proposed the hanging of “Jewish profiteers.” The demand climaxed an anti-Jewish campaign conducted by some papers following the arrest of three Jews for profiteering, despite the fact that they were among several scores of non-Jews arrested on the same charge.

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