Dr. Karl Severing, the Prussian Minister of the Interior, (since Parliament is unable to find a majority for a new Government, the Braun-Severing Government continues to be in charge) has sent a message to the Central Union of German Citizens of Jewish Faith, congratulating it on the tenth anniversary of the publication of its official organ, the “C.V. Zeitung”.
For ten years, he writes, your paper has been fighting against the infamy of antisemitism, against the propaganda of hatred and of incitement of mob instincts.
At times it may seem in the light of the political occurrences of the last few weeks and months, the Minister says, as if the fight has been without avail. But a doctor never gives up his fight for the life of his patient, no matter how high the fever, and the adherents of the ideas of humanity and justice must not give up their fight. One never knows when the fever will begin to subside. Our voices must continue to be heard despite of everything.
For that reason I send you my greetings on the occasion of the tenth anniverary of the “C.V. Zeitung”, together with the wish that you will not swerve from your just fight for the equal rights of all German citizens without distinction of their religion and race, that you will not retreat in the fight against calumny and racial incitement, till the day comes, in the near future, I hope, when the objective for which the Central Union and the “C.V. Zeitung fight is reached and held.
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