Jews who are desirous of leaving the Third Reich should be permitted to do so, but should be required to pay a “flucht” (flight tax, the Minister of Finance announced today.
This announcement came in reply to the Reich Department of Taxation, which had pointed out that Jewish emigrants maintain that they are not leaving the country voluntarily and should therefore be exempt from the tax imposed upon voluntary emigrants. The Department of Taxation cited an example of a German Jew who had 64,000 marks in his possession at the time he left for England. The lawyer who represented the emigrant claimed that he was leaving because he had been ousted from the profession in which he had previously been engaged and should therefore not be obliged to pay the tax imposed upon voluntary emigrants.
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