Bishop Meiser of Bavaria, a number of priests and other clergymen joined today in vigorous protest against a campaign being conducted by Julius Streicher’s pornographic anti-Semitic weekly, Der Stuermer, to have study of the Old Testament dropped from the schools because it is “full of dirty, sinful stories which can have only a demoralizing effect on Germany’s youth.”
Bishop Meiser, carrying the protest directly to Streicher, declared the Stuermer’s editors reveal “a painful lack of knowledge of the Old Testament.
The Stuermer replied that it would continue its campaign, asserting “German youth doesn’t need the Old Testament as an example of national self-consciousness.”
Meanwhile, the Lufthansa administration posted an order forbidding its employes to read the Stuermer on its premises or to erect Stuermer displays. The order warns the staff not to discuss the racial origin of General Milch, who is second in command of Germany’s air fleet and largely responsible for developing the country’s air mail system. General Milch is of German origin.
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