Intermarriage with Jews will be considered a crime against the state, government officials declared at a press conference today called by the Minister of Health. The conference was devoted exclusively to the questions of combatting intermarriage and stimulating race purification. The ministerial director emphasized that the government considers purification of the German race one of its most important problems for the future of the German people.
The ministerial counselor, Dr. Conti, informed the conference that the Government is preparing a special law to declare intermarriage a criminal offense.
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