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Reich to Cancel Licenses of Jewish Physicians

August 4, 1938
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All Jewish physicians in Germany are to be deprived of “approbations” – licenses to practice – by an order published in the official Reichs Gesetzblatt, the Associated Press reported from Berlin.

The order states that from Sept. 30 all such licenses will become void. It is furth stated that the Minister of the interior may grant exceptions allowing Jews to practice until further notice. The number of Jews this new decree affects is estimated at between 6,000 and 7,000.

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