Under the heading “Anti-Semitism in Germany,” the Manchester Guardian, well-known liberal newspaper, today published a column-long article stating that “not only is the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis still going on, in the sense of continual acts of violence against the Jews which sometimes culminate in downright pogroms such as occurred in Gunzenhausen in Bavaria, but the Brown Shirts are constantly reminded by their commanders that the Jew must be treated like a pariah.”
“The responsibility for the persecution of the Jews in Germany rests now, as before, not so much upon the rank and file of the Nazis, but upon the leaders, especially upon Adolf Hitler himself,” the Guardian declared.
REPRODUCES NAZI CIRCULAR
The Guardian described in detail the recent ousting of German Jews from the theatre and the film industry, pointing out that the “purge” of the theatres was not spontaneous, but was initiated by leading officials. The paper reproduced a confidential circular issued by the educational department of the Berlin storm troop division which lists theatres which storm troopers are permitted or forbidden to attend, because of the showing of Jewish films or the presence of Jewish actors.
“Films in which Jews acted or which were made by Jewish producers are undesirable,” the circular states. “All storm troopers are forbidden to attend theatres, cinemas, music halls or cabarets where Jews appear. It is incompatible with the Nazi attitude to attend performances where Jews appear as actors even if civilian clothes are worn,” the storm troop leaders ordered.
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