A veiled threat against the Jews of Germany and a declaration that the anti-Nazi boycott will not divert Germany from her ideals were contained in an editorial published today in the Voelkscher Beobachter bearing the signature of Dr. Wilhelm Frick, Hitler’s Minister of the Interior.
“The boycott of German goods by our foes abroad will not induce us to offer the slightest concessions,” Dr. Frick wrote. “Our foes err in believing that they divert us from our aims by the boycott movement, which is a diabolic plot against the entire German people.
“The German government is determined to remove all consequences of the boycott by strenuous defense measures. The boycott does not harm us, but aggra-
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