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Police Patrol Jewish Quarter in Rome Following Attack by Fascists

April 11, 1961
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The Jewish Quarter in Rome was being patrolled heavily by police today, following a clash between young Jews attacked by neo-fascists over the weekend, while Jewish leaders expressed the hope that three Jews arrested as a result of the fracas will be released.

Jewish leaders fear tensions that seem to be mounting as a result of the arrest of the Jews following an attack by a fascist group. At the same time, some neo-fascists are trying to stir trouble, tying their anti-Jewish sentiments to the imminent opening of the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem.

Police authorities who arrested the three Jews and four neo-fascists have forwarded a report to governmental judicial authorities, dealing with last Friday night’s clash. Jewish leaders here are resentful of the fact that the police arrested the Jews as well as their fascist attackers.

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