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Introduce Anti-Semitic Prayers in Schools of Thuringia

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Prayers directed against "aliens to our race, the Jews who demoralize the German people," have been introduced into the school prayers of Thuringia by Minister of Cults Frick. The prayer calls on the "Lord to protect us from people of a foreign element."

When the Socialist members of the Thuringian Landtag raised the question Minister of Cults Frick replied, "I sincerely declare that the prayers are directed against aliens to our race, the Jews who demoralize the German people." The Socialists then declared that the anti-Semitic prayers were contrary to the Reich’s constitution and that the Reich government must therefore prohibit them.

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