Details published in the Beuthen Oberschlesischer Kurier about identification cards issued to members of the German race in the Government General of Poland reveal that the prerequisites for obtaining such certificates are more stringent even than the Nuremberg racial laws.
No applicant having a single Jewish grandparent, the paper reports, will be recognized as a German, whereas under the Nuremberg laws “quarter Jews” enjoy political rights if they are not of the Jewish faith. Applicants for the cards must also prove that they have never been connected with any national or cultural Polish organization or movement.
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