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Flags of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were put to the torch during a rally at civic square yesterday protesting sentences given Soviet Jews convi(...)
Flags of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were put to the torch during a rally at civic square yesterday protesting sentences given Soviet Jews convi(...)

Flags of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were put to the torch during a rally at civic square yesterday protesting sentences given Soviet Jews convi(...)

Date12/30/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Flags of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were put to the torch during a rally at civic square yesterday protesting sentences given Soviet Jews convicted of trying to hijack an airliner; and Soviet anti-Semitism. [Incomplete]
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011676F
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