ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS
REPORTED IN VILNA
[by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.]
LONDON, November 2
Lithuanian reports state that during recent -riots in Vilna more than 100 Poles and a number of Jews were arrested. A .lew-hunt developed and more than.so Jews were injured, and many Jewish homes were sacked. Berlin sources admitted that the.re had been numerous courts-martial and shootings in Poland, most of them in the Corridor district. It is stated that Poles in Gdynia have been ordered to leave their homes, each family taking only 551 b of luggage. It is not known where these Poles are being sent. " PRICE OF BREAD TREBLED. KAUNAS, November 3. The German Press reports rioting in Vilna during the past two days. Demonstrations of Polish youths near Marshal Pilsudski’s grave forced the authorities to call out the cavalry. Rioting began in bread queues, when the crowds learned that the price was trebled. Jewish shops were looted.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GEST19391104.2.42
Bibliographic details
Greymouth Evening Star, 4 November 1939, Page 7
Word Count
153ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS Greymouth Evening Star, 4 November 1939, Page 7
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Greymouth Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in