Six months’ imprisonment and a heavy fine in addition will be the penalty for practising Shechita in Prussia, if the new anti-Shechita bill introduced by the Nazi fraction into the Prussian Diet should be adopted.
The bill would prohibit Shechita not only for cattle, but also for poultry.
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