No confirmation is forthcoming here, so far, of the report emanating from Berlin that the Petain Government intends to establish Jewish ghettos in France. Usually well-informed sources here learned of this alleged plan for the first time today from German reports published in Swiss newspapers.
Jewish organizations in France are at present worried not so much over the question of whether or not ghettos will be established here, as they are over the forthcoming law merging all Jewish groups into one body under the supervision of the Commissariats for Jewish Affairs. Conferences of Jewish relief and philanthropic organizations are being held constantly, devoted to the problem of alleviating the growing hardships of thousands of Jews in France in connection with the coming winter.
Paris newspapers arriving here today report that the anti-Semitic exhibition “Jews and France” which was opened in Paris some time ago had its 200,000th visitor during the week-end. An announcement was made on this occasion that the exhibition, which was scheduled to close on November 23, will be prolonged for several weeks “because of its great success.”
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