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Leipzig Bans Half-breed Dogs in ‘racial Purity’ Campaign

October 20, 1933
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The municipality of Leipzig today imposed a heavy tax upon the owners of dogs of mixed breeds in order to force racial purity even among German dogs. The municipality was encouraged to do this by the recent government order against all intermarriages between Aryans and non-Aryans.

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