A scathing attack against Nazi Germany was delivered by Deputy Isaac Rubinstein during a debate in the Polish Parliament on ratification of the Polish-German commercial treaty. Deputy Rubinstein was called to order by the Speaker for insulting a friendly nation.
In his speech the Jewish deputy drew parallels between the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis and the preparations the Government is making to wage war against the world.
“The poison which cripples the German people’s spirit,” he said, “threatens not only the Jewish people but also all the weaker nations of the world. Goebbels produces anti-Jewish poison while the German factories are producing poison gases to subdue entire countries and peoples. The Nazis produce bestial hate bacteria against the Jews and the German war industries are producing deadly bacteria for the whole world. Parallel with the growth of the anti-Jewish blood madness is the increase in the production of the Krupp factories.”
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