The City Council of Cologne has rejected the motion introduced by the National-Socialists (anti-Semitic party) to forbid Schechita, the Jewish method of slaughtering animals, in that large German city.
The National-Socialists who have recently been elected to the various City Councils in German cities, have been ordered by their leaders to introduce there bills prohibiting Schechita and establishing a numerus clausus for Jewish students in high schools.
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