The possibility that the whole Jewish community will be held liable if a Jew leaves the country without settling his tax bills has been advanced by Herr Mutschmann, Gauleiter of Saxony. Addressing a crowded meeting in Dresden, Herr Mutschmann alleged that a Jewish shop-owner recently succeeded in fleeing to a foreign country while still owing the State several hundred thousand marks.
“It is necessary to consider,” he declared, “whether in such cases all the Jews in the town should not be held responsible for losses of this kind.”
Herr Mutschmann’s address opened an unprecedented two-week oratorical campaign against Jews throughout Saxony during which 1,350 meetings were held in every town and city in the district. National Socialist Party orators addressed meetings on the subject, “Freedom or Jewish Dictatorship.”
At another meeting in Dresden, Julius Streicher, guest speaker, lanced at those Germans who, even after five years of National Socialism, still persist in buying from Jewish shops.
In the town of Tharandt, State Minister Lenk declared that “there is no such thing as an honest Jew. A Hebrew must cheat, deceive and haggle because these things are in his blood.”
A new decree banning Jewish dealers from public and private auctions was issued by the Mayor of Bamberg in Bavaria. The Mayor also announced that Jews will no longer be permitted to apply for loans at the municipal loan office.
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