The Paris Soir reports that Germany, in order to revive falling exports to the United States and Scandinavian countries, had begun sending Jewish commercial representatives to these countries. Their passports, the report said, were stamped with the letters W.W.J., meaning Wirtschaftlich Wertvoller Jude, or Economically Valuable Jew, signifying to the Gestapo that they were not to be molested within the Reich or on the frontier.
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