Protesting against what he termed “the introduction of an Aryan paragraph” in the local Y.M.C.A., A. Fruedenberg, noted Jewish industrialist, today demanded that the directorate of the institution return his recent donation of 5,000 zlotys.
This action came as a result of the promulgation of a new rule by the local Y.M.C.A. prohibiting Jews from using its swimming pool.
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