German Commissioner Arthur Seyss-Inquart has prohibited registration of Jews in Dutch universities, the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported from Berlin today.
Responsibility for Jewish behavior in Amsterdam has been placed by the authorities upon two of the country’s most prominent Jewish leaders, Prof. Cohen and A. Ascher, the newspaper Stockholms Tidningen reported. The paper said they were appointed heads of the Jewish council which authorities established in Amsterdam following the isolation of the Jewish quarter by the Nazis in retaliation for anti-Nazi riots in the area.
The paper reported there were many casualties among police and rioters in the disorders, which allegedly involved attacks by young Jews on Nazi residents. Immediately, the Jewish quarter was isolated and non-Jews started leaving the area.
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