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Anti-jewish Laws Urged on Sejm; Equality Called “illusion”

January 13, 1937
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Demands for special anti-Jewish laws on the ground that “equality before the law is a dangerous illusion created by the French Revolution” were made in Parliament today with the support of several deputies.

One of the bills, barring Jews from military service, will be introduced when Ministry of War budget estimates come up, Deputy Bakol announced, declaring that “Jews are bad soldiers” and “special laws are required for Jews, adapted to the Jewish mentality.”

In a debate on the Ministry of Justice estimates in Parliament, Mr. Bakol assorted that “compulsory exemption” of Jews from military service would greatly benefit the Polish state. Nationalist deputies supported his proposals.

A Polish deputy named Jablonski, however, retorted that “in Poland there must be one law for all.”

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