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French Communications Ministry Fires 122 Jews

January 21, 1941
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According to a list published in the Journal Official today, 122 employees of the Communications Ministry are dismissed under the anti-Jewish statute.

The law barring naturalized doctors from practicing in France was extended to Algeria in a decree published in the Journal Official. The decree contains the customary exceptions for front-fighters and persons of special scientific merit.

Two Jewish barristers, Nordmann and Veilcuriel, were among a number arrested in Paris on charges of pro-British propaganda, it was reported today from Nazi-occupied France.

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