Means reminiscent of medieval times are being used against Jewish students at a railway school in Odessa, according to a telegraphic report to Moscow. The nature of the methods was not described.
The report states that a group of the teachers is guilty of anti-Semitism, which has spread in the school. The teachers were dismissed and an official investigation instituted.
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