A synagogue in Amiens, in occupied France, has been taken over by members of Jacque Doriot’s anti-Semitic Parti Populaire, it is reported today in the party newspaper “Le Cri du Peuple.” The synagogue will be used as a party meeting hall, the fascist newspaper states.
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