Every municipality in Germany is given a free hand to introduce any kind of limitations for its Jewish residents on the basis of the new Reichstag laws, it was revealed today by the German press.
Today’s papers carry an article under the signature of Kurt Mueller, Reich’s expert on municipal affairs, explaining for the benefit of German mayors and municipal authorities how the phrase in the German Constitution proclaiming that “All Germans are equal before the law” is applicable in the spirit of the Nazi program.
“Equality is not applicable to Jews,” Mueller states, “because Jews are no longer considered Germans. Though Jews continue to pay taxes, they do not enjoy the privileges of non-Jewish taxpayers.”
“Any municipality,” Mueller further declares, “is fully entitled to prohibit Jews from entering municipal baths or other municipal institutions, or to issue anti-Jewish posters to deter Jews from entering the city.”
At the same time, Mueller counsels against displaying signs “Jews enter this city on their own risk.” Such signs, he says, are “apt to create the impression that the city is on the verge of terror, and besides, the ways of dealing with Jews are sufficiently unlimited so that it does not pay to display threats publicly.”
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