On the eve of the Jewish New Year, it was announced today that Julius Streicher, Germany’s anti-Semite Number 1, would deliver another address in the Sportspalast under the auspices of the German Labor Front. The exact date of the rally has not yet been announced.
Every Berlin synagogue was crowded at New Year’s services, which began tonight and will continue through Sunday night. Every effort was made to prevent provocations for anti-Semitic disturbances. Services, for the most part, were simple.
The intensest gloom that ever accompanied a German New Year’s observance in recent times hung over Berlin tonight.
New Year messages issued by leading central Jewish organizations including the Patriotic Organization of Jewish War Veterans, pointed out that the year 5696 is commencing in the shadow of the new Reichstag citizenship laws and fears were expressed that even these laws might be revised.
The messages stress the seriousness of the situation and urge unity within Jewish ranks “in these hours of difficulty.” A pall of pessimism was reflected by leading articles in German Jewish newspapers, which appeared today with special Rosh Hashonah editions. These editions are the last which can be sold on newsstands, since the official order prohibiting public sale of Jewish papers goes into effect Oct. 1.
The C-V Zeitung, organ of the Central Union of Jews in Germany, reappeared today after three months suspension with a special 36-page issue, 13 of which contained solely advertising. The paper analyzes the prospects for the New Year and expresses the hope that the Jews will at least be given the opportunity to live respectably.
No longer permitted to display the German national flag, Jewish homes and synagogues today hoisted the blue-white Jewish national flag for the first time since the new Reichstag legislation was enacted.
On the occasion of Rosh Hashonah, the Hugenberg newspapers today featured articles attacking the Jews of America, particularly of New York. They complained that the Jews completely dominate New York, so much so that all stores are closed and business activity is practically at a standstill because of the holiday.
The papers also bitterly attack Mayor LaGuardia and Samuel Untermyer, leader of the anti-Nazi boycott.
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