The Jewish boycott against Germany is spreading rapidly throughout Europe, although nowhere is there any sign of a definitely organized boycott. It is rather in the nature of a sporadic movement undertaken independently by Jewish traders as far apart as diamond dealers in Antwerp, importers in Jugoslavia, and merchants in Morocco, and Holland.
In Paris, there is being organized a League for an Economic and Moral Fight against the Nazis. The initiators are appealing to the public to boycott German films, for banks to refuse to discount German bills, for doctors not to buy German medicaments and for lawyers to decline German briefs so long as the anti-Jewish excesses continue. The seriousness of the growing boycott is evidenced by prominent headlines in the English press such as “Judea Declares War Against Hitler”.
In England, the boycott is being pushed by the fur, toy, and the silk trades. Other merchants too, are displaying boycott posters in all parts of London. In addition, motorcars are touring the streets, both in the East and the West of the city, appealing for a boycott on German goods.
Lord Robert Cecil, as well as a number of Members of Parliament have given notice that they intend to raise in Parliament the question of the treatment of Jews in Germany.
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