An official communique announced today that 29 more persons had been deprived of French nationality and a number of other denationalizations were pending, unless those concerned all of whom are now abroad, make an act of submission to the Petain regime and adopt an attitude proving their “goodwill.”
Jews among the 29 denationalized included Henry Bernstein, famous playwright now in the United States, Andre Kahn and Miss Nina Herzenberg.
At the same time, Philip Rothschild, who was previously deprived of French nationality, was reinstated, it now being considered that his departure from France was legitimate. Two other Jews, Mrs. and Miss Seitz of Biarritz, were also restored to citizenship.
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