Germany this week is abolishing a pricing law introduced by the Nazis to protect small shopkeepers against larger Jewish-run stores. Under the Discount Law, passed in 1933, retailers could not offer price cuts other than in set winter and summer sales periods, and had to limit discounts to 3 percent.
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