German Jews Prepare for Parliamentary Elections

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Jews should take an active part in the forthcoming parliamentary election campaign, Deputy Gertrud Klaussner says, writing in the “C. V. Zeitung,” the organ of the Central Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith.

All who are engaged in Parliamentary work, or follow it closely, she write know that Jewish questions are frequently involved. Attempts are often made to smuggle through clauses of an anti-Jewish character in the bills before Parliament and Deputies who would justly repudiate the suggestion of anti-Semitism might, unless the danger were pointed out to them in time, be trapped into voting for legislation which conceals anti-Semitic tendencies. Deputy Klaussner mentions the Schechita question as an instance.

The Central Union, she urges, should pay special attention to the books used in the public schools in order to see to it that wherever Jews are spoken of it should be in a spirit of objectivity and not with anti-Jewish bias, which would affect the attitude of the pupils towards Jews in later life.

Work of this kind should always be conducted, but during an election campaign it should be intensified. The Central Union should make it its task to keep in contact with those political parties which are fighting anti-Semitism and to support them in every way against the anti-Semitic groups.