The Jewish Community of Vienna has decided to protest to the Austrian authorities against the adoption of an “Aryans only” policy by three choral societies in the Tyrol.
The societies were all Nazi organizations which recently obtained court permission to reorganize. All have adopted specific clauses banning Jews from membership.
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