The Slovak Government has decreed that Jews must wear “distinguishing armbands,” it was learned here today.
Other new measures against the Jews forbid them to enter cafes, hotels and public baths. restrict them to special seats in cinemas, bar them from Bratislava’s main boulevards and allow them to make purchases in stores and markets only during certain hours daily.
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