There have been more than 800 suicide attempts by Viennese Jews in recent days, the majority of them successful, The Daily Telegraph reported today from Vienna. The newest wave of suicides was motivated by the order for dismissal of Jewish employes from Jewish-owned firms, the dispatch stated.
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