Football matches between Jewish and “Aryan” teams are expected to be held here following the publication of a letter addressed by Herr Gloeckler, leader of the Brandenburg section of the German Football Association, to the Sport Association of the Jewish Ex-Soldiers Federation. Herr Gloeckler declared that games between “Aryans” and “non-Aryans” were not prohibited. “I confidently expect private matches can be played and that both sides will display the necessary restraint,” he declared.
London papers commenting on the story declared that it indicated clearly that the Nazis were fearful that Americans will boycott the Olympiad in Berlin in 1936.
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