The Zurich city council has requested the government of the canton to issue a special order forbidding anti-Jewish demonstrations and banning anti-Semitic publications.
In Basle Chief of Police Buomberger revealed that anti-Jewish activities of members of the Swiss Front, Nazi political organization were the subject of prolonged debates in the city council there.
Basle’s Frontist organ, the Volksbund, was confiscated for inciting violence against the Jews. At the same time the paper publisher received a summons to answer charges of a similar nature in court.
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