“The Jewish ghetto is heavily guarded by troops, but the ruins are still fresh and smoking. Many of the houses are completely deserted. The famous Algerian Jewish families Halini and Dadoun were completely exterminated by the Arab rioters.
“The Jewish printer Attali, whose children were all murdered by Arabs and who was severely injured, as was his wife, told me of the bestialities practiced by the Arabs during the pogrom, which he characterized as worse than the Inquisition in Spain.
“I myself saw two Jewish girls on the verge of death owing to the fact that pogromists cut off their breasts.
“The city is calm now, but the authorities are prepared for renewal of rioting.”
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