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Czech Dramatist Suspended by Authors Group for Anti-semitic Writings

January 24, 1947
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Wilhelm Werner, a prominent Czech dramatist was today suspended from the Association of Authors for four years for having written anti-Semitic articles during the German occupation. Werner denied that he was an anti-Semite, and said that had written anti-Jewish articles under duress. He cited a play he had written about Tel Aviv as evidence of his friendly feelings towards Jews.

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