Ruling that her marriage to a Jew in 1934 was a violation of “German morality and honor,” a court today found against an “Aryan” girl who had brought suit against her father for withholding her dowry.
“According to the National Socialist viewpoint,” the court declared, “the marriage was nothing but a violation of the morality, honor and law consciousness of the German people.”
The court extolled the father for refusing to assist in “this immoral act” by giving his daughter a dowry.
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