Berlin correspondents of Scandinavian newspapers report that the Reichsvereinigung of Jews in Germany may soon appeal to Jews in America and other neutral countries to send clothing and shoes to Jews in the Reich and Nazi-occupied territories.
The action is planned, the reports said, because of an order issued by Economics Minister Walther Funk, but not published in the German press, which prohibits Jews in all German territories from acquiring clothing, shoes and shoe leather. The order also restricts Jews to purchase of 20 pfennig worth of cotton thread every three months.
The Jews’ central organization is starting a collection of old clothing and shoes among Jews themselves, but intends to send an appeal abroad, the reports said.
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