A statement by Dr. Ernest Hanfstaengel, chief of the foreign press section of the Nazi party, reported by the United Press, confirms almost in every detail the reports of the systematic boycott and drive against Jews in German businesses and professions.
Asked for the cause of the wave of anti-Semitism in Germany, Dr. Hanfstaengl said:
“In the last fourteen years Jewry has achieved positions of influence which it has grossly misused morally, financially and politically in an unheard of manner, with the result that the German people crumbled morally, financially and politically.
“The same Jewry now is seeking to smirch Germany’s renaissance.”
Dr. Hanfstaengl went on to say, says the correspondent of the United Press, that the ousting of Jews in Germany from influential positions will continue “until the house is cleansed”.
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