“Anyone trying to excuse the suffering inflicted upon German Jews is merely callous,” stated Mrs. Alfred Zimmern in an address before the local Council of Jewish Women which adopted a formal resolution boycotting German merchandise. Mrs. Zimmern is the wife of the noted British economist and, together with her husband, founded the School of International Relations at Geneva.
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