The increasingly acute political situation of the last few weeks and the growing spirit of enmity and of brutality compel us to issue this appeal, says a statement issued by the Central Union of German Citizens of Jewish Faith signed by Dr. Julius Brodnitz, the President, and Dr. Ludwig Hollaender, the Director.
We are threatened, it says, with political and economic annihilation. The boycott slogan is being invoked against us both in the cities and the small towns. Jewish cemeteries are being laid waste and our Houses of God are desecrated. At public meetings and in the newspapers people are openly incited to violence against Jews. The Boxheim documents reveal a mentality which hesitates at no vileness.
The Central Union of German Citizens of Jewish Faith has for years past been directing attention to these dangerous developments, the statement goes on, but short-sighted people pretending to know better tried to move the uncomfortable truth out of the way.
In spite of everything, the statement concludes, we do not lose hope for one instant. The justness of our cause our strongest weapon. Millions of Germans are fighting at our side against the incitement and violence that are the unholy alliance of our time. We are confident of the support of our friends in all parts of the Republic, and we are endeavouring to be worthy of this confidence. To the last breath we shall do our utmost to keep the evil thing from German Jewry.
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