The Archive · 1939

Threat Against Holland's Neutrality Implied by Wilhelmstrasse Organ

Incidents Involving German Legation and Consular Officials in Netherlands Blamed on Jews

Berlin, Jar. 12 looked. Holland must consider when Stem warnings to Holland that! ther her open-heartedness to des-she is prejudicing her neutrality and her relations with Germany have been issued by the Diplomatische Korrespondenz," the semi-official publication of the German Foreign office.

This paper, and the rest of the German press, attributes to Jews or Jewish influence the incidents in which shots were fired at the home of a German official in Amsterdam and at the German Legation at The Hague.

The newspaper, "Angriff," describes the shootings, in a headline, as "Another Jewish Murder Attempt." Berlin Jews are anxiously asking themselves whether this is going to be "another von Rath."

The "Diplomatische Korrespondenz" says:—"World Jewry seems to have chosen a new theatre for its fight against Nazi Germany. The new shots in Holland cannot be overtructive Jewish influence can still be justified when it leads to endangering representatives of the German Government accredited to the Netherlands."—Reuter.

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