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Reich Firms Told to Fire Jews First

July 16, 1935
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Non-“Aryan” and half-“Aryans” are to be fired first whenever dismissals are in order, the Labor Court in Cologne ruled today.

From now on, the court order decrees, a German employer must hold on to his “Aryan” employees to the very end. If conditions should become such that it is necessary for him to lay-off part of his help, Jews and other non-“Aryans” must be the first to go.

Fifty-two more names were added today to the list of non-“Aryans” who have been deprived of their German citizenship by the Nazis. The report states that this number of denaturalizations took place in the provinces today.

DECLASSED INCREASES

The total of those deprived of their citizenship in the Third Reich is mounting from day to day, as the campaign to strip Jews and other non-“Aryans” of their rights continues to gain momentum.

In an article entitled, “Is the Jewish Problem Solved?”, the Deutsche Volkswitschaft, German economic organ, complains that while the Jewish problem in public life has been solved through the simple expedient of expelling the Jews, Jews are still allowed to carry on trade under the guise of anonymity.

Jewish businesses, the paper says, are being carried on under “Aryan” names and with “Aryan” employers, thus fooling the “Aryan” public to the greater profit of the Jews.

NAZI GENEROSITY

This, the journal says, only demonstrates again the great generosity and tolerance of the Nazi regime, which has taken no steps to eliminate this condition.

“Thus, the Jewish problem is far from being solved,” the paper emphasizes. It goes on to assail German Jewish businessmen who continue with their firms and do not show proper gratitude to the present government for not having confiscated their property, while

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