A new “racial code” drawn up under the direction of Benito Mussolini at his general headquarters was broadcast today by the Rome radio. it contains a decree establishing a special office at the Ministry of Justice to deal with complications arising from the anti-Jewish laws and with the legal position of Italians of mixed marriages.
The Rome radio also announced today that Fascist authorities have seized all the land, stores and houses belonging to Jews in the towns of Modena, Aviguana Fanaro, Kastigilia, Castelnuovo-Rangone in the Modena district.
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