Minister of Interior Wilhelm Frick today officially ordered the hoisting of the national swastika flag on German commercial steamers owned by Jews.
The decree added that in view of the laws banning display of the national colors by Jews, the Jewish-owned steamers may be deprived of the right by joint agreement of the Ministers of Interior and Navigation together with Rudolph Hess as Reichsfuehrer Hitler’s deputy.
The Arnold Bernstein ship, operating as the Red Star Line, will be affected by the order.
The instructions are believed to be the first exception to the law adopted by the Reichstag at Nuremberg on September 15 prohibiting Jews from displaying the national emblem, the swastika.
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