The re-introduction of the medieval yellow sign for Jews was reported today from Munich, where the Nazi Boycott Actions Committee is situa#ed. All Jewish shops have been ordered to display yellow signs in the shop windows showing that they are Jewish. This rule is made applicable also to converts and cases in which either he proprietor or the wife is non-Jewish.
At Altona, the Police President has officially ordered Jewish shops to display a notice indicating that they are Jewish enterprises. Disobedience will be punished by fine or arrest. Similar regulations have been introduced in a number of towns for Jewish doctors and lawyers who are compelled to affix plates showing they are Jews.
At Breslau, the Police President ordered all Jews to surrender their passports, explaining that this was intended to prevent their escape abroad, where they might circulate false reports about Germany. In this case, too, the retention of passports applies to converts as well as to confessing Jews.
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