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he accused the Polish government of leading the 3,500,000 Jews of Poland into a catastrophic situation. The statement described specific discriminations practiced by the government against the Jews. It emphasized the systematic ejection of Jews from Poland’s economic system. It accused the government of putting obstacles in the way of efforts to productivize the Jewish masses in the country.
“We are vitally disturbed and hit by the fact that the government is not making even the slightest endeavor to ease the fate of the Jewish population.” Dr. Thon declared in his statement, made from the parliamentary tribune. “The government behaves towards the Jews if not with complete hostility at least with a great measure of ill will.”
Dr. Thon then pointed out that while the government is not permitting violence against the Jews, it disregards the disgraceful insults and calumnies which the Jews are now compelled to face on many sides in Poland.
“It is the conviction of the Jewlish population,” Dr. Than states, “that the government desires to eliminate the last vestiges of the Jewish autonomy guaranteed to the Jewish communities under the Polish constitution. At present the government is planning to unjustifiably liquidate the administrations of the Jewish communities throughout Poland, though no one is able to understand the motive behind this consideration.”
Emphasizing that the Polish government hinders rather than assists the extension of the Jewish school system Dr. Thon declared that the Jewish population is being crushed under the weight of heavy taxes. Intimately bound to the State, the Jews have a right to claim full rights and protection from the government, Dr. Than said.
“I wish to place here on record that in every step and in every sphere of public life the Jews are being treated by the government like a step-child. It is therefore no wonder that with such a state of affairs the feeling of indignation and embitterment grows among the Jewish population, generating a condition of hopeless despair,” Dr. Thon concluded.
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