People who own a few Jewish books, such as the Bible, and are quaking lest their homes be visited by storm troopers in search of forbidden literature of Jewish authorship, may rest quiet, according to the latest pronunciamento in regard to the May 10 book-burning. Surrender of books is voluntary.
The Ministry of Posts, however, is purging the shelves of postal libraries of all un-German, atheist, Marxist, or pacifist books. It has also purged the identification alphabet in use by telephone operators of the following Jewish names: David, Isidor, Nathan, Rebecca, Samuel, Zacharius.
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