Gradual elimination of Jews from trade will follow their expulsion from public services and drastic restriction in the professions, Premier Josef Tiso declared today in a newspaper article.
A boycott of Jewish shops is being carried on throughout Slovakia. Jewish stars and the word “Jew” are painted on shop windows in both the Slovak and German languages and non-Jews are forcibly prevented from entering the stores.
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