In a fiery editorial, the West Deutscher Beobachter, leading Nazi paper in the Rhine region, today denounced the attempts of some German elements to protect small sections of German Jews and demanded the ousting of all Jews.
“The entire Jewish element must be cut out,” the Nazi paper said, “even if the operation does hurt and even if some Jews who never harmed Germany are affected by the process.
“In fighting the Jews we cannot distinguish between good and bad,” the editorial stated.
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