A number of “Aryan” cafes in the Kurfuerstendamm district, Berlin’s Broadway, applied today for permission to engage Jewish musicians and give Jewish programs, signifying readiness to abide by the rule limiting clientels to Jews and accepting the classification of “ghetto cafes.”
The owners complain that with Jews forbidden to enter “Aryan” cafes and forced to patronize only “ghetto cafes,” the business of the German establishments has suffered severely.
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