Apparently with the purpose of counteracting protests by the British and American press against the growing maltreatment of Jews, Der Angriff, leading Nazi organ and personal property of Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels publishes a long article describing how Jewish recipients of relief are being included among the labor conscripts who are engaged in constructing sports grounds in the vicinity of Berlin.
Der Angriff declares that there are 420 conscript laborers engaged in this project and that 280 of these are Jews.
The majority of these 280, Der Angriff points out, are intelligent and were once wealthy.
The article describes them at work as follows:
“You can see among them one working in evening clothes, others still wear white shirts, some still wear tophats and some work with gloves covering their soft hands.”
The paper admits that all of the Jews work diligently with pick and shovel.
While working and during rest periods, the article states, the Jews are kept apart from the “Aryans.”
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