General Francisco Franco, leader of the Spanish rebellion, today denounced the Jews as people “whom nobody wants because they are a Communist horde,” according to dispatches published here. In a victory speech to a crowd in Burgos, the insurgent generalissimo was quoted as stating: “While music is heard and our flag is raised there are wandering throughout the world the damned such as the eternal Jew, whom nobody wants because they are a Communist horde.”
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