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Persecution of Jews gains steam in 1935 Berlin...
Persecution of Jews gains steam in 1935 Berlin...
Item # 725181
July 26, 1935
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 26, 1935
* Persecution of Jews in Germany surging
* Jewish holocaust about to grasp Europe
* Joseph Goebbels & the Nazi Party
The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "NAZIS PUSH DRIVES ON ALL THEIR FOES" with subheads. (see images) Other related reports on the same page.
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.
background: Hans Hinkel was the "bureaucratic face" of the July 1935 drive against Jews, serving as the bridge between the street violence in Berlin and the formal state policy that followed. In the exact same window that the Kurfürstendamm riots were peaking and the Mecklenburg Stahlhelm was being dismantled, Hinkel was promoted by Joseph Goebbels on July 25, 1935, to a dual role of immense power: he became both the manager of the Reich Culture Chamber and the "Special Commissioner for the Supervision of Jewish Cultural and Intellectual Life." While the SA was smashing windows, Hinkel was implementing "cold" persecution by stripping Jewish artists, musicians, and intellectuals of their livelihoods, effectively ghettoizing Jewish culture into the Kulturbund (Cultural Federation) where it could be monitored and eventually liquidated. His appointment in July 1935 was no coincidence; it provided the Nazi regime with a structured, "legalistic" method to mirror the chaos on the streets, ensuring that while the riots grabbed the headlines, the systematic removal of Jews from German public and cultural life became an inescapable administrative reality.
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