New anti-Semitic rioting broke out here last night, led by Germans and Slovak Hlinka Guards. The Jewish Emigration Bureau was completely demolished. Young Germans and Slovaks toured the cafes and public parks, ejecting all Jews. Police arrested several Jews, some of them officials of the emigration office, on charges of provocation.
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