Austria Acts to Dismiss Jewish Teachers from Private Schools

Teachers in private schools were ordered today to fill out questionnaires in what was believed to be a preliminary to purging these schools of Jews, as has been done in the public school system. In the questionnaires, the teachers were asked their religion, among other facts. Action against Jewish teachers was expected to follow swiftly.

In the Schwarzwald school, founded by a Jew and having mostly Jewish students, Jewish teachers have already been dismissed, on the initiative of the school’s authorities.

A bulletin giving the status of Jewish students was posted at the entrance to the main building of Vienna University. It reveals the hitherto unpublished fact that foreign Jews require special permission from the Ministry of Education to register in the university, and those foreign Jews already attending are subject to expulsion at any time.

The name of the Reinhardt Seminary and Dramatic School, founded and formerly directed by Professor Max Reinhardt, noted Jewish producer, has been changed to Schoenbrunner Art School. The school was formerly the chief source of talent for the famous Josefstadt Theatre, founded by Professor Reinhardt, which has been “Aryanized” since the Nazis’ advent to power in Austria.

For the moment the British Empire means only one thing for Austrian Jewry — Australia. Since the advent of the Nazi regime the British Consulate here has given out 12,000 applications to would-be immigrants. Applications for British territories other than Australia are almost nil. The applicants are from all walks of life, most of them middle aged or younger and most of them revealing by their questions that they do not seek opportunity so much as security. According to a consulate spokesman, not all taking applications will use them since many are unable to meet the financial requirements.