The vigorous efforts which the Nazi propaganda machine is making to inculcate the French people with anti-Jewish feelings are having less and less effect with every month, according to a reliable report reaching here today.
The report states that despite the anti-Jewish laws proclaimed by the Vichy Government and the various anti-Jewish exhibitions and pamphlets in the occupied part of France, the population pays little attention to the argument that Jews are responsible for the collapse of France. Many French leaders, the report states, resent the anti-Jewish laws as a shameful act which will remain a black spot in the history of modern France.
In the medical school of the University of Montpellier, which was founded by Jews in the 12th century, the report reveals, students recently indicated their resentment of the anti-Jewish laws by openly demonstrating their sympathies with a professor who was dismissed under these laws.
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