Local anti-Jewish measures are increasing in Dutch towns as a result of the dismissal of Dutch officials and their replacement by nominees of the Nazi occupation authorities, according to reports received here.
The discrimination takes various forms, the reports reveal. In some districts, the local Nazi authorities have posted notices that Jews are not allowed in certain villages. From time to time notices appear on the cycling paths of the woods of Baarn stating that Jews are not allowed there. In general there is a steady deterioration in the position of Jews in the Netherlands as a result of Nazi measures. Practically all large Jewish enterprises have been “Aryanized” and Jews have been eliminated from banking. All Jewish professors, civil servants and teachers have been dismissed, some, who were on contract, receiving a portion of their pay as compensation. Jewish doctors, dentists, chemists, pharmacists and lawyers were barred from acting for “Aryans.”Even Jewish peddlers and market vendors were banned.
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