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Argentine Jews Ask Investigation to Trace Source of Anti-semitic Leaflets

July 21, 1972
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The Jewish community has asked for an investigation to discover who is behind a new wave of anti-Semitic leaflets being distributed house-to-house here. In a letter to the Minister of Interior, Aruro Mor Roig, the DAIA, the central representative body of Argentine Jewry, described the four-page leaflets as being “chock-full of false allegations about Jews, insults and canards.” The DAIA said the material, which first appeared here last Feb., was also being sent to military leaders, trade union officials and members of the clergy.

The letter said the anonymity of the leaflets made it difficult to trace the authors or to find out who finances, prints and distributes the material. Last Feb. the leaflets were sent out in envelopes bearing the return address of a Catholic congregation, “Sisters of the Holy Heart.” The congregation publicly dissociated itself from the anti-Semitic campaign. The leaflets are now distributed in blank envelopes.

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