Mme. Hortense Levinthal, for many years owner of the extreme anti-Semitic dahly here, “Kurjer Warszawski” died here September 13.
Mme. Levinthal, a convert to Catolicism, was a daughter of Mattathias Berson, for long time the president of the Warsaw Jewish community. All her children, one son and four daughters, have left the Jewish faith. Cardinal Kakowski, the Archbishop of Warsaw sent a warm message of condolence.
Deputy Wladislaw Rabski, of the National Democratic (anti-Semitic) Party, a son in law of the deceased, is taking over the editorship of the paper.
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