Hitler Paper Impugns War Record of Reich Jews

Nazi newspapers and periodicals today resumed the anti-Jewish campaign on a wide front.

Das Schwarzc Korps, organ of Fuchrer Hitler’s black-shirted praetorian guards, publishes a full-page attack on the record of Germany’s Jews in the World War. It concludes with the demand that they never again be admitted to the Reichswehr. (About 12,000 German Jews, or two per cent of the entire Jewish population of Germany, were killed during the war.)

“The new German Army,” the publication declares, “must not admit Jews not only for reasons of sentiment, but because of the un- happy experiences we have had.” (A decree made public this week states that, while Jews are barred from the army in peace time, they shall be subject to draft in “Military Reserve No. 2” in the event of War. A later order forbids Jews of military age to emigrate without special permits signed both by the military and civil authorities.)

An editorial in Der Angriff, official Nazi organ, hails the recent broadcast in Poland by August Cardinal Hlenda in which he urged continuance of the economic boycott against Jews while urging cessation of anti-Jewish excesses. Der Angriff voices strong agreement with the Cardinal’s accusation that Jews are Communists.

At the same time the Voelkischer Beobachter, Fuehrer Hitler’s paper, makes use of the financial irregularities uncovered in the affairs of the Phoenix Life Insurance Society of Austria to deliver a tirade against the Jews. The paper describes the insurance company, the largest in Austria, as “purely Jewish.” (Former chairman of the firm was Dr. Wilhelm Berliner, a Jew who died more than a month ago. His post was filled by an “Aryan” and “Aryanization” of the company was instituted.)