be counted in opposition to these offenses against civilization.”
Holding to the belief that the attacks “tell the story of an unrelenting policy of extermination,” both organizations asserted that “silence and inaction at this time will seal the doom of German Jewry.”
The friends of human liberty, the foes of Fascism, the proponents of human progress must be prevailed upon to break their silence. The great American public must be organized and united to halt the Hitler menace.
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