German Jews quietly observed Rosh Hashonah with services at synagogues which were heavily guarded by uniformed and plainclothes police.
Detachments of Jewish ex-servicemen patrolled the synagogue areas to prevent worshipers from congregating in the streets following the services, in accordance with special instructions issued by Jewish leaders in order to avoid possible unpleasant incidents.
Nazi newspapers took advantage of the occasion to remind Jews that the year just ended was one in which the Nuremberg racial laws had been promulgated and to express the hope that “the year of racial legislation had not passed in vain.”
A special article in Der Angriff, official Nazi organ, urges the following innovations be adopted with respect to treatment of Jews:
1.- More publicity for cases of “rassenschande” (racial defilement);
2.- Stricter punishment for Jews found guilty of “rassenschande”;
3.- An espionage system to watch German Jews traveling abroad, in order to ascertain whether they maintain relations with German women, and if found guilty to make them stand trial on their return to the Reich.
The Frankfurter Zeitung reported yesterday that a Darmstadt court has fined a 60-year-old Jew fifty marks for “rassenschande” because he gave shelter to a dismissed “Aryan” maid who had no home. The girl testified, expressing her gratitude to the aged Jew who permitted her to share a room with his two daughters. The court admitted he had been motivated by human kindness, but nevertheless found he had violated the Nuremberg laws and ruled he must be punished by a mild fine.
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