More than 100,000,000,000 francs worth of Jewish property in France has been “aryanized,” It was announced today by Darquier de Pellepoix, French Commissioner for Jewish Affairs, addressing a press conference in Vichy.
Broadcasting a report of the conference, the Vichy radio quoted Pellepoix as stating that in Paris alone Jews owned 3,500 businesses which have passed into “Aryan” hands. He complained that “Jews are being supported everywhere in France by non-Jewish sympathizers who are trying to sabotage the anti-Jewish regulations” and indicated that the Vichy regime intends to revise all naturalizations of French Jews acquired since 1870.
The Paris radio today reported that Pellepoix has submitted to Marshal Petain the draft of twelve laws further curbing the rights of Jews. Among the twelve bills, the broadcast stated, are measures compelling Jews throughout all of France to wear yellow Mogen David badges and barring them from marrying non-Jews.
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