There are only twelve Jewish students left in German colleges and universities, the Voelkischer Beobachter, official Nazi party organ, boasts in an article today.
“Non-Aryans,” as distinct from full-blooded Jews, the newspaper discloses, comprise only .041 per cent of the total registration. Foreign Jews, the Beobachter points out, comprise only seven per cent of the total registration of foreign students as against twenty per cent formerly.
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