Prohibition of kosher slaughter has been ordered in Bohemia-Moravia by the civil administration, which took over the reins of government from the military authorities on Tuesday, it was reported here today. A similar measure is expected in Slovakia shortly.
Advises from Prague said that Jews who stood in line for hours at the Gestapo offices as result of an announcement that granting of exit visas would be resumed after a suspension of several weeks were finally turned away with the statement that the visas would not be granted for the time being. It was reported that transit visas were no longer being issued by the Prague representative of Slovakia.
The official Czech Party of National Unity, headed by President Emil Hacha, announced that applications for membership would be accepted only from citizens not having parents or grandparents of Jewish origin.
All Jewish shops in the Bohemian town of Neupaka have been marked by special signs in the German and Czech languages. “Jews Not Wanted” signs have been removed from non-Jewish shops because of the disastrous decline in the number of Czech customers that resulted.
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