An anti-Semitic measure going back to the Middle Ages which provides that the Jews must pay a special tax instead of being enrolled in the army, was proposed in a radio address by the Hitlerite Deputy Hierl.
Hierl is scheduled to be the future Commissar of Labor and Army Conscription should the Nazis take over the power.
“Military service is an honorary duty which the Jews should not share,” the Nazi said. “Instead they should pay a special tax consisting of ten percent of their income until they reach the age of fifty.
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