The first elementary Jewish school will be opened here by the Jewish community, according to a decision adopted today as a result of the recent order of the government segregating Jewish from non-Jewish children in the municipal schools.
The resolution was transmitted today by the Jewish community to the Austrian government with a letter explaining that “the establishment of the first Jewish school need not be considered by the government as releasing the State from its obligations to provide for the schools of the Jewish national minority.”
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The segregation of Jewish children from non-Jewish in the schools maintained by the government has created a situation similar to the one in Nazi Germany. Jewish children are embarrassed by the fact that they are segregated. In certain schools there is only one Jewish child on a separate bench entirely isolated from the other children in the classroom.
Under the existing international treaties guaranteed by the League of Nations, the Austrian government is obliged to grant equal treatment to the Jews and other national minorities of the country. These obligations are, however, being constantly violated in Austria despite the assurances of Chancellor Schuschnigg that the government does not discriminate against the Jewish population. The segregation of Jewish children from non-Jewish in the schools is only one of the many anti-Jewish discriminations in the country.
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