Twenty-seven Jewish physicians at the Rudolf Virchov Hospital in Berlin have been dismissed from their posts by the Berlin State Commissar of Health acting in conjunction with the Union of National Socialist (Nazi) Doctors, the municipality of Berlin announced today. Another twenty-six Jewish physicians will be dismissed from the medical services in the central district of Berlin beginning June 30.
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