Jews Ordered to Quit Towns in Nuremberg Area As Nazis Extend Repressive Rules

The anti-Jewish feeling in the Nuremberg region culminated in the issuing of an official order forbidding the Jews to remain in the townships of Oberrosbach, Unterossbach and Rimbach. The order was signed by Mayor Lowe on behalf of the above named communities. At the same time, the municipality of Deberndorf also in the Nuremberg region, made a public announcement that no member of the community is permitted to trade with Jews. This is believed the first time Jews have been forbidden by the Nazis to remain in their home towns.

In Nuremberg itself it was officially announced that Jews are prohibited the use of municipal swimming pools and public baths. This was the first time that such an order has been issued in any of the larger cities of Germany. For the past week Nuremberg has been the scene of a reign of terror against the Jews led by the Nazi chief Julius Streicher, editor of Der Stuermer. As a result of the incitement in Der Stuermer there has been an exodus of terror stricken Jews from Nuremberg, many fled with only the clothes on their backs, leaving all their property to the tender mercies of the Nazis.

Following the lead of the Nuremberg Nazis, Mayor Gross of Erlangen, which is near Nuremberg, issued the following communique: “So far our baths have been spared the attendance of Jews, but now that Nuremberg has banned them, there is a danger that they will flock to Erlangen. I therefore order that no Jews be permitted to enter our baths. This order must be carried out immediately.”