Jews Rush to Sell out in Germany; Prices Fall Sharply

A new rush by Jews to dispose of their commercial interests, precipitated by Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick’s announcement that the Government is formulating laws designed to oust Jews from commerce, has caused a further drastic depreciation in the market value of their holdings.

The new measures, it was reported here today, forbid Jews to own drug stores and to sell wines and tobacco.

Commenting on Frick’s announcement, Der Juedische Rundschau, official Zionist organ, recalls a statement made last February by Dr. Julius Lippert, Nazi Commissar for Berlin, before the American Chamber of Commerce here. Dr. Lippert, the publication says, assured the American body that Jews were definitely enjoying equal rights in Germany’s economic life.

The Frick announcement has given new impetus to the anti-Jewish boycott in various cities throughout Germany. In Harburg, the

Nazi district leader publicly announced that a display of anti-Semitic signs is not to be considered as “individual action against Jews,” against which high Nazi officials have recently been warning party members.

Newspapers in the cities of Ulm, Muenster, Harburg, Wuerzberg and throughout Franconia, Streicher’s stronghold, openly demanded today that the population refrain from patronizing Jewish shops and keep up the boycott against Jewish doctors.

A proposal to prohibit Jews from attending all theaters and cinemas was made today by Air Minister Goering’s newspaper Essener National Zeitung.

The recently organized Reich Union of Jewish Cultural Societies announced today that, according to a government decree, no Jews will be admitted to theaters operated by the Union unless they display identification cards bearing the holder’s photograph.

The Reich Commissar for Winter Relief today gave permission to the Jewish press to refer to the Jewish relief drives as “Jews Winter Relief.” Under no circumstances, however, are the campaigns to be described as “Jews Winter Relief Work,” the commissar emphasized, since the description “Winter Relief Work” is to be used exclusively for the general campaign.