Reich Jews Keep to Homes

German Jews stayed indoors tonight while the Third Reich celebrated the victory in Austria. At an early hour this morning there were no reports of anti-Jewish demonstrations or disorders. Orderly crowds watched parades on the Kurfuerstendammand Tauentzinstrasse. The many Jewish shops in the neighborhood were ignored.

The chief fear in the Jewish community here is the possibility that the Nazis in Austria, flushed by victory, might launch anti-Semitic demonstrations which would arouse the populace here to emulate them.

Field Marshall Hermann Goering, acting in his capacity of Reichs Forest Master, yesterday issued a decree banning issuance of camping permits to Jews. Henceforth, applicants for permits must sign forms indicating their “Aryan” origin.

The Cuxhaven local government announced that similar forms will be required of all seeking to use the town’s medicinal baths. The famous wine center of Iphofen, in Franconia, has posted “No Jews Wanted” signs at both gates of the town.

Departure of the last Jews from the town of Feuchtwanger was celebrated by a series of workers’ meetings throughout Franconia. Representatives of Julius Streicher’s Der Stuermer, addressed the meetings, asserting it is “our holy duty to educate the youth to the fact that the Jews are always profiteers and murderers of our people.”

The extent to which Jews have been forced out of the clothing industry is shown by figures of clothing exports published here. According to the statistics, the proportion of “Aryan” exports of clothing has increased from 26.7 per cent in 1934 to 43.7 per cent in 1937. A further reduction in the volume of Jewish clothing exports is expected in connection with decrease of the Jewish quota of raw materials.