A branch of the notorious Frankfurt Institute for Research into the Jewish Problem has been established in Lodz under the direction of Adolf Wendel, who heads the parent institute, it is reported in the Litzmannstaedter Zeitung reaching here today.
According to reports from other sources, the chief task of the new branch will be to prepare “scientific justification” for the Nazi policy of exterminating the Jews of Poland.
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