French newspapers reaching here today from Vichy report that the German authorities in France are exercising increased pressure on the Vichy Government for intensification of anti-Jewish measures behind the front line.
As a result of this pressure, Jean Artignac, notorious anti-Semite, has been appointed as Commissar for Jewish Affairs by the Vichy Government.
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