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Munich Parley Holds Fate of Czech Jews

October 16, 1938
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The fate of the 30,000 Sudeten Jews was to be determined today during conferences at Munich between Chancellor Hitler and Foreign Minister Frantisek Chvalkowski of Czechoslovakia. Some Quarters expressed the opinion that the meeting might decide not only the future of the Sudeten Jews, but the 340,000 of all Czechoslovakia.

Official dispatches indicated that Dr. Chvalkowski assured Chancellor Hitler of Praha’s “loyal attitude” toward Germany and that the statement was accepted by the Reichs- fuehrer “with satisfaction.” Well-informed circles here were convinced that Germany would demand a reduction of Jewish influences as part of the price for resumption of full economic relations. The request to eliminate “Communist and Marxist elements” directly effects the Jews since they are indissolubly bound together in the Fuehrer’s mind.

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