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Puppet Plays Used in Reich to Teach Children Anti-Semitism

May 6, 1940
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Anti-Jewish puppet plays are the newest innovation in inculcating anti-Semitism in German children. The Nazi newspaper Muenchener Neuste Nachrichten reports that puppet performances are being given for children in the Reich "to illustrate how the Jewish problem must be solved." The play concludes with puppets dancing to celebrate the disappearance of the Jews after ruthless treatment by the Nazis.

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