memory of a Catholic student named Waclawski who was killed in anti-Semitic student disturbances several years ago. Following the attack upon Jewish students at the university building today, the Krakow police arrested three Endeks.
The Krakow riots recall those at the University of Wilno last year, when the authorities were compelled to close the various faculties on account of the continuing tension between Jewish and anti-Semitic students on the occasion of the anniversary of Waclawski’s death.
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