The ban placed by the government of Palestine on the sale in that country of the “Brown Book of the Hitler Terror” is expected to be lifted soon as a result of the questions asked in the House of Commons by Colonel Josiah Wedgwood, Laborite.
The ban, it is understood, was aimed primarily at the German edition of the book, the cover of which depicts Minister of Propaganda Goebbels as an ape with his fingers dripping blood. The English edition, which was also banned, has no such decoration. Palestine authorities ordered a Jerusalem bookseller to remove the book on the ground that it was in violation of the Defamation of Foreign Princes Act. The German Consul General in Jerusalem was said to have complained to the government about the book.
Colonel Wedgwood asked in the House of Commons whether it was true that the government of Palestine had prohibited the sale of the “Brown Book,” while permitting the sale of “Mein Kampf,” Hitler’s autobiography. Malcolm MacDonald, Parliamentary Secretary for Dominions, answered that the government had no information on the subject, but would make inquiries from the Palestine authorities.
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