Despite the fact that officially it is practically impossible for Italian Jews to boycott German-made goods, most Italian Jews refuse to buy such goods and systematically avoid all contact with Germany, it was revealed today.
An Italian Jewish professor head of an important state institution, was approached by a German firm and asked to buy a newly-invented German apparatus for use in his institution.
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