Toronto Mayor Forbids Display of Swastika 1933
- This publication, by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's archives, provides the newspaper bulletin (Jewish Daily Bulletin) from August 21, 1933, where it was announced by Toronto Mayor William James Stuart that the use of the Swastika would lead to "prosecution to the full extent of the law."
- This came after the horrors of the Christie Pits riots that took place days earlier and this act is remembered as one of Canada's first policies that prohibited the proliferation of hate speech.
- However, this riot was largely forgotten until the book The Riot at Christie Pits was published in 1987.
Citation
"Toronto Mayor Forbids Display of Swastika." Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) Archives, August 21, 1933. https://www.jta.org/archive/toronto-mayor-forbids-display-of-swastika
Further Readings
For the book: The riot at Christie Pits (1987): https://utorontopress.com/9781988326085/the-riot-at-christie-pits
For the original bulletin (also accessible via the link on the JTA website): http://pdfs.jta.org/1933/1933-08-21_2627.pdf?_ga=2.192842348.790617665.1657655347-509157458.1657655347
Overlapping Topics
Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity
Policy Sub-Topic
Policy Type
Newspaper Bulletin