“The Trial,” an Austrian film touching on the problem of anti-Semitism, will be released for public consumption despite the protest of the Vienna Jewish community, Minister of Interior Helmer declared today.
Helmer said that several Austrian provincial governments had banned the showing of the film on their own authority. He termed their action as “bordering on censorship.” The Ministry of Trade and Reconstruction described the movie as a “production of great artistic value and heralding a trend against anti-Semitism.” The disputed film depicts a ritual murder in a email Hungarian village during the last century.
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