activities in Poland was indicated in a statement issued by the Jewish Merchants Association of Poland on October 24, when it was declared that reports charging certain Jewish businessmen with facilitating the import of German goods into the country were untrue. At the time it was also being said that German firms were using Jewish agents to approach Jewish merchants.
Observation of the boycott has become difficult for Jewish traders because of the rapproachment between Poland and Germany and the efforts of government agencies to improve relations between the two countries.
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