The Nazi authorities have forbidden Jews to appear in certain sections of Cracow, seat of the Government General of Poland, it was disclosed today by the official Nazi organ, Warschauer Zeitung. The ban went into effect May 1.
Sections barred to Jews include the city’s “Inner Ring,” including all squares with the exception of those lying between the Hotel Royal and the General Post Office, and the “Old Market.”
The Warschauer Zeitung also reports that Jewish lawyers, notaries and law “interpreters” have been eliminated. The report is headlined: “Polish Jurisprudence Is Being Purged.” Apparently Poles are also involved in the purge. For instance, in Warsaw, 18 of the 31 notaries were discharged and only 11 of them were Jews, according to the paper.
Former Jewish lawyers and notaries who tried to earn a living as “interpreters of the law” have also been eliminated, the paper reports. Henceforth the position of interpreter can only be held after the issuance of a license, which “of course will only be granted after stringent investigation,” the Nazi organ states.
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