After the recent announcement by the Nazi Racial Political Office that the Nazi authorities regard the emigration of people of mixed Jewish and non-Jewish parentage as desirable, a German Court, it was reported here today has ruled for the first time that a child of mixed parentage is better out of Germany.
The ourt at Karlsruhe was called on to decide whether or not the application of a Jewish parent living abroad that he should obtain the custody of his 15 year old son from his former “Aryan” wife living in Germany should be granted. The court ruled that as a 50 per cent “Mischling” the young boy’s place is not in Germany because “the father’s plea that his son has no future in Germany cannot be gainsaid.”
The court added that since the Nazi authorities had assisted in the emigration of many hundreds of children of mixed parentage from Germany to England and other countries it must be clear that it was not in the interest of Germany to keep these half Jewish children even if they had not been brought up as Jews.
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