Jews who left Germany after Fuehrer Hitler’s accession were today threatened with arrest by the Gestapo, secret State police, if they attempt to return for the Passover holidays.
The threat was conveyed in a communication to the Jewish Community of Berlin advising it to inform emigres of the Gestapo’s decision.
Another Gestapo order advises central Jewish organizations which desire to bring Jewish leaders from abroad to help in their work, to secure Gestapo permits first or the visitors would likely be deported as undesirable aliens.
Deprived of the right to study music in State and private non-Jewish conservatories, Jewish leaders today announced the formation of the first “ghetto” conservatory under the supervision of the Jewish Cultural Union.
The conservatory, it was stated, will include a special school for cantors.
Reports that Georg Karoski, Nazi-appointed president of the cultural body, had been appointed commissar for the Jewish Community were denied today. He is only one member of a praesidium of seven directing the Community’s activities.
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