An agreement to bar Jewish actors, film directors and musicians from the film industry in Austria has been ##ached between the Austrian Film Corporation and the Nazi authorities in Germany, it was reported in the Austrian press today.
The agreement, it was learned hare today, is the result of the ultimatum which the Nazi authorities in Germany gave to film dealers in Austria that moving pictures made in Austria would not be permitted in Germany unless Jews were barred from producing them.
The Austrian Film Companies today refused to confirm or to deny the report that they have entered into a deal with the Nazis in Germany.
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