FRANZ BERNHEIM, WHO SUCCESSFULLY PETITIONED THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IN 1933 AGAINST RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN UPPER SILESIA, HAS BEEN DEPRIVED OF HIS GERMAN CITIZENSHIP, IT WAS REVEALED TODAY.
THE NAME OF THE SILESIAN JEW, WHO NOW LIVES IN PRAHA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, IS INCLUDED IN A LIST OF PERSONS STRIPPED OF NATIONALITY, MADE PUBLIC BY THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR.
DE-NATIONALIZATION OF BERNHEIM CAME A MONTH AFTER MEMBERS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES LOST THE PROTECTION OF THE EXPIRED POLISH-GERMAN MINORITIES CONVENTION UNDER WHICH HE HAD MADE HIS APPEAL TO THE UPPER SILESIAN MIXED COMMISSION AGAINST THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT.
THE BERNHEIM PETITION SUCCEEDED IN FORCING GERMANY TO GIVE OFFICIAL GUARANTEE TO TREAT THE UPPER SILESIAN JEWS AS A MINORITY AND LED TO CANCELLATION OF SEVERAL ANTI-JEWISH LAWS WHICH HAD BEEN INTRODUCED BY THE NAZIS IN THE TERRITORY.
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