Two motion picture theatres in the town of Schoenberg were today ordered closed by the chief of police on a charge of having concealed their Jewish ownership.
Legal proceedings have been instituted against a dummy “Aryan” director of the two theatres. The actual Jewish owners are also being prosecuted.
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