[Cz-L] 01.04.1933: Nazi Boycott of Jewish Businesses

Czernowitzers...

The Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany took place on April 1, 1933 as we learn from 02.04.1933/2011 weekend edition of "Der Tag - The Day":

http://czernowitzdaily.blogspot.com/

skoblinl is stating in his YouTube channel as follows: "The Nazis carried out the first nationwide, planned action against Jews: a boycott targeting Jewish businesses and professionals. The boycott was both a reprisal and an act of revenge prompted by Greuelpropaganda (atrocity stories) that German and foreign Jews, assisted by foreign journalists, were allegedly circulating in the international press to damage Nazi Germany's reputation. On the day of the boycott, the SA stood menacingly in front of Jewish-owned department stores and retail establishments, and the offices of professionals such as doctors and lawyers. The Star of David was painted in yellow and black across thousands of doors and windows, with accompanying antisemitic slogans. Signs were posted saying "Don't Buy from Jews" and "The Jews Are Our Misfortune." Throughout Germany, acts of violence against individual Jews and Jewish property occurred; the police intervened only rarely. Although the national boycott operation, organized by local Nazi party chiefs, lasted only one day and was ignored by many individual Germans who continued to shop in Jewish-owned stores, it marked the beginning of a nationwide campaign by the Nazi party against the entire German Jewish population. A week later, on 7 April 1933, the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was passed, which restricted employment in the civil service to "Aryans." This meant that Jews could not serve as teachers, professors, judges, or other government positions. Jewish government workers, including teachers in public schools and universities, were fired."

In order to illustrate this fateful day, I've uploaded two video clips to our Ehpes.com Blog:

http://ehpes.com/blog1/2011/03/29/01041933-nazi-boycott-of-jewish-businesses/

As everywhere else in the world, the Czernowitzer newspaper "Der Tag - The Day" joined the worldwide protest movement.

Edgar Hauster
Lent - The Netherlands

http://hauster.blogspot.com/

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