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Comsomolskaya Prada Charges Anti-semitism Among Party Members

The Russian press expressed great dissatisfaction over the verdict of the court in the case of three anti-Semites, Morosov. Zaicev and Alexejev, who were tried for persecuting the Jewish family Kovunovsky who lived in the same house with them. Despite the court having established that the anti-Semites had beaten Mrs. (Continued on Page 4) (Continued […]

May 5, 1929
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The Russian press expressed great dissatisfaction over the verdict of the court in the case of three anti-Semites, Morosov. Zaicev and Alexejev, who were tried for persecuting the Jewish family Kovunovsky who lived in the same house with them.

Despite the court having established that the anti-Semites had beaten Mrs.

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Kovunovsky during their persecutions of the family, the judge decreed that the Jewish woman should pay a fine of thirty roubles. A fine of a like amount was imposed on the anti-Semites, the reason being given that this was not a case of anti-Semitism but merely a quarrel between neighbors.

The papers pointed to the persecutions which had lasted over a long period and which had the character of a systematic, anti-Semitic attack.

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