The sum of five thousand marks was voted by the Thuringian Diet for the religious needs of the Jewish communities in the State. The amount of fifty-five thousand marks was voted for the Catholic Church.
After the vote Arthur Dinter, anti-Semitic leader and member of the Diet explained: “Germany is subjected to a Jewish Roman dictatorship.”
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