The critical situation of the Jews in Germany resulting from the renewed drive launched against them by the Nazis was pictured here today by a number of speakers at a council session of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Prussia.
The council opened its session under fire of a new campaign of anti-Jewish propaganda conducted by the entire Nazi press, following the mass arrests of Jewish emigres who have returned to Germany.
CITES POPULATION DECLINE
Emphasizing that the Jewish institutions in Germany are in danger of being liquidated because of the decline of the Jewish population in many cities, Dr. Bruno Woyda, one of the leaders of the Berlin Jewish community, urged the merging of smaller Jewish communities and a complete reorganization of the activities of the larger Jewish organizations.
“The loss of government subsidies, coupled with the decrease of the Jewish population necessitate a systematic revision in our Jewish communal life,” Dr. Woyda said. He was supported by Dr. Alfred Klee, one of the leading Zionists in Germany.
The session was devoted exclusively to the cultural and spiritual aspects of Jewish life in Germany, The anti-Semitic restrictions newly imposed by the authorities were not discussed by the assembled representatives, fearing reprisals if they give voice to criticism of any government act.
FLOUT SCHACHT ORDER
While Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, economic dictator, is assuring the world that he will allow no discrimination to be practiced against the Jews in commerce, Die Deutsche Wochenschau, one of the leading and influential Nazi weeklies, today published a demand that Jews be ousted from the automobile industry in Germany.
An order was also issued today prohibiting Jews from participating in next week’s window display contest for. German boys and girls. On the other hand, the order provides that Jewish storekeepers should permit their “Aryan” employes to participate in the contest by dressing-up the windows of the neighboring non-Jewish stores, but under no circumstances of the stores in which they are employed.
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