Difficult times are expected for German Jewry in connection with Sunday’s Reichstag elections as a result of which the Hitlerites, now the second largest party in the Reichstag, are expected to be encouraged in their ultimate desire to establish a dictatorship. What is disturbing Jewish leaders here most is the fact that even if the Socialists join a coalition government with the bourgeois parties the Hitlerites will nevertheless constitute a great power.
The tremendous election gains, proving that millions are backing him, may, it is feared, encourage Hitler’s known ambition for a dictatorship. While such an event today appeared to be improbable it has now become quite possible. Serious anti-Jewish events were forecast by Hitler at a public meeting in the course of his campaign, and he has even advocated the revival of the Inquisition against the Jews.
There is considerable anxiety in Jewish circles as to Hitler’s program when the new Reichstag meets, it being feared that the Hitlerites 107 deputies will try to rush through the policy which they proclaimed throughout the campaign that all foreigners who settled in Germany after the declaration of war should be deported. This de-
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