Although their business has been crippled by the anti-Jewish boycott, Jewish owners of large stores are being notified by local Nazi authorities that they may not undertake complete liquidation since that would adversely affect “Aryan” employes and increase unemployment.
It was learned today that a Jewish clothing firm in Koburg, employing forty “Aryans”, has received such a notification. The owner of the enterprise was forced to sign an agreement not to dismiss a single “Aryan,” despite the fact that he has been practically ruined by the boycott which has been successful in keeping “Aryan” customers from patronizing him.
An indication of the serious position in which the Jewish businessmen find themselves is contained in an official report showing that during the month of March an average of 170 Jews, most of them merchants, daily applied to Jewish emigration societies for advice.
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