An attack on a directory of business concerns on a certain street in Vienna, which differentiates between the firms owned by Jews and non-Jews, is contained in a memorandum submitted to Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg by the Austrian League of Nations Union and signed by its president, Dr. C. Dumba, former Austrian Ambassador to the United States.
“We permit ourselves to draw the attention of your Excellency to a publication which is designed to endanger the prestige of Austrians abroad, and particularly in the League of Nations,” the memorandum states.
PUBLISHED BY HABERMAN
“This is the publication ‘Kenn Dich Aus,’ published by Ludwig Haberman of the Riepelgasse in Vienna. This publication gives the names of owners of businesses in the Mariahilfer Strasse.
“The firms printed in red belong to Jews, those printed in black are owned by ‘Aryans,’ and those with a red mark against them are only partly in Jewish hands.
“The object pursued by this publication is in flagrant contradiction to the new Austrian Constitution, and, further, it is in conflict with the protection provided in the legislation for the minorities living in Austria.
REFERENCE TO REICH
“To tolerate such publications puts us in danger of forfeiting the sympathies of the foreign world, since the idea might easly arise that we are trying to imitate the methods of a neighboring state, which are being rejected on all sides.
“Such publications are further designed to disturb our economic life and to hamper the great constructive work of the federal government. We therefore ask your Excellency to order the necessary steps to be taken to prohibit this publication which, under the cloak of national welfare, is pursuing a purely business interest.”
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