The conclusion that “there is no place for the Jew in a Fascist world” is reached by Ludwig Lore, New York Post columnist, writing in the current issue of The Nation under the heading “Can a Jew Be a Fascist?”
After summarizing the progress of anti-Semitism in Italy from the early days of the Fascist revolution until the recently proclaimed “race credo,” Mr. Lore declares:
“Italian anti-Semitism will differ somewhat from the anti-Semitism of the Germans. It will not be as thorough. The wealthy Jew will probably escape many of the restrictions that will be imposed on other members of his race. For the intellectual, the professional, and the small business man, on the other hand, Italian fascism holds out no hope. They will be crushed under the wheels of the great authoritarian regime.
“On the Jews in democratic states Italy’s treachery imposes a solemn obligation. They must abandon all pretense of neutrality. They must recognize that there can be no truce with fascist nationalism and must accept the consequences of this recognition. There is no place for the Jew in a fascist world.”
Mr. Lore quotes dispatches by the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the United Press, International News Service and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, illustrating the development of fascist anti-Semitism through the years.
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