A district court today sentenced 18 Nationalists to prison terms of six to ten months each for participation in anti-Jewish disorders in the town of Czyzew last January 5 during which one Jew was killed and thirteen others wounded. Fines of 500 zlotys (about $100) each were imposed on them to cover damages inflicted on the victims.
Fifteen other defendants were given either suspended sentences or were acquitted.
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