Instructions to “do away with mere formality and treat the Jews more severely to save millions of marks for Germany” have been issued to tax and revenue officials in Franconia by Julius Streicher, governor of the province, it was reported today.
The high priest of German anti-Semitism told a conference of tax officials at Nuremberg, according to the Fraenkische Tageszeitung, to levy as high taxes as possible against Jews in an effort to collect the emigration tax amounting to 25 per cent of an emigrant’s total capital in advance, rather than after he has liquidated his business.
“It is always better to get after a Jews in advance than send a warrant after him for unpaid taxes when he has already gone abroad,” Streicher was quoted as saying. “By energetically proceeding against the Jew in advance you not only save millions for the German nation, but help raise the standard of living of our German people.”
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