The boy-###t of German-made goods by the ###ge Jewish community in Shanghai ###growing very rapidly and gaining ###ch strength and popularity. Shang-### Jewry has been deeply moved by ### tragic fate of the Jews in Germany, and reveal their attitude by ###using to buy goods made in Germany.
Chinese store keepers, who are ac-###stomed to the boycott, which was ###ed extensively against Japan, are ###owing sympathy with their Jewish ###stomers and respect their desire ### avoid German goods.
A Jewish woman purchased a ###ck at a leading Chinese department store a few days before Yom ###ppur. When it was brought home, ### was discovered that the article ###as marked “made in Germany.” ###eling in the household was high, ###d the family insisted that it be ###turned at once. The clock went ###ck to the store where it was pur-###ased, with an explanation. The ###anager, an intelligent Chinese, who ###id he knew all about the persecu###on of the Jews in Germany, con-###eded the right of Jews to boycott ###erman goods and take what retali###ory steps they could. The money ###as refunded.
A local Chinese store in Nanking ###oad, which had traded for many ###ears under the name of the Berlin ###Vall-Paper Co., suddenly blossomed ###ut as the Paris Wall-Paper Co. ###nd assured its customers that no German goods was being handled.
Local Jewish firms are refusing ###o handle German stationery and Chinese staffs have been instructed ###ot to accept anything with a “‘made ###n Germany” label. Also travelling ###n German ships and booking freight ###n German freighters has entirely ###eased, insofar as Jews are concerned.
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