The Archive · 1938

Jewish Trading Killed

A, new decree. promulgated this morning. by, the Reich's Ministry of Economics eliminates all Jews from the economic life of the country, All non-Aryan stores and business enterprises will have to close down, and their transfer to German hands only will be permitted to avoid any shortage of commodities, Jewish tradespeople will be forbidden to. sell their goods sto the public during the process of liquidation, the cost of which will have to be footed entirely by themselves. Aryan creditors will have to be given satisfaction in the event of a Jewish bankruptcy.

Jewish workmanship will also be eliminated. The news that Jewish gold-and-silversmiths would no longer be permitted to ply their trade was received in Nazi circles with a particular feeling of gratification.—Hav:

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