tomers were invited inside to examine the certificates.
A few days earlier Hitler Youths, acting under Streicher’s orders, smeared Herr Hahn’s store windows with signs: “This is a Jewish Store.” Herr Hahn refused to remove the smears when ordered by the police. He countered by pasting his certificate of “Pure Aryanism” on the inside of his window.
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