Declaring that the “aryanization” of Jewish enterprises in Slovakia is developing into a “public scandal,” the official organ of the anti-Semitic Hlinka Guardists, the Slovak, reaching here today, accuses officials of the Slovak Government of assigning “aryanized” Jewish property to their wives “rather than giving it to old party members.”
“Government employees,” the article states, “in charge of transferring Jewish property to Slovaks can be openly accused of corruption, nepotism, and of giving the Jewish enterprises away to their wives, while old members of Hlinka Party are being passed over. Some officials have even been convicted of despoiling enterprises they were assigned to hand over to non-Jews. The atmosphere is getting sultry.”
The article urges the members of the Hlinka party to communicate experiences they have had in connection with the “aryanization” of Jewish property” in order to obtain a full picture.”
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