Workers must not be dismissed solely on the ground that they are “non-Aryans,” Reichsminister of Labor Franz Seldte warned yesterday in a circular sent to the units of the Nazi Labor Front.
The circular also warned Nazi factory cells not to interfere with “non-Aryan” workers, since the German government’s toleration of German Jewish business concerns also indicates a desire to avoid discrimination against Jewish workers, he declared.
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