Anti-Jewish excesses were reported today in a number of cities in the district of Posnania, all of them not far from the German border.
In Oborniki, rioters ranged through the town smashing windows of Jewish-owned shops and shouting demands that Jews leave.
In the towns of Leszno and Wronki posters were put up urging a boycott against Jews. In Rawicz a mob attacked a number of Jewish homes, crying, “Bolsheviks, go back to Russia.”
A number of Jewish houses were wrecked in Czernkowo and several Jews were beaten up.
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