The Voelkischer Beobachter, chief Nazi Party organ, reported today that a “reorganization” of commercial insurance and brokerage would be undertaken shortly without the issuance of special orders.
In some quarters it was believed this would have the effect of eliminating the Jews from these fields on the grounds of “commercial unreliability” or “commercial dishonesty.”
A new purge of the acting profession will be made soon, newspapers reported. The stage section of the Reich Culture Chamber has ordered all members to prepare certified proofs of “Aryan” ancestry.
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