clear to Dr. Schacht that the Jews are not wanted in Germany, no matter what the effect abroad may be.
Supporting this attitude, the leader of the Economic Political Office of the National Socialist party, Bernard Koehler, addressing a meeting of merchants in Hagen, South Westphalia, bitterly attacked the Jews and called upon his audience to continue the fight against them even in commerce.
“For a century the Jews have swindled and exploited the German nation,” the Nazi official said, urging them to avoid contact with Jews and to boycott Jewish firms.
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