LADY NANCY ASTOR, SAILING BACK TO ENGLAND TODAY ABOARD THE NORMANDIE, CRITICIZED JEWISH PROPAGANDA AGAINST GERMANY. DECLARING HERSELF NOT PRO-GERMAN BUT PRO-JEWISH, LADY ASTOR SAID SHE WAS ” APPALLED” AT THE AMOUNT OF ANTI-GERMAN SENTIMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
” I DON’T KNOW WHETHER THE JEWS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS,” SHE SAID, ” BUT IF SO IT IS SOUND TO REACT TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE.”
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