35.000 Jewish Enterprises in France Already “aryanized” Nazis Announce

About 35,000 Jewish-owned enterprises in occupied and unoccupied France have already been “aryanized” and liquidation of these businesses is proceeding rapidly, it was announced today by a Nazi broadcaster on the Paris radio.

The announcement disclosed that 31,700 Jewish-owned firms have been taken over by the German authorities in the occupied zone, 24,914 of which were in Paris. In the unoccupied area, the Vichy Government has “aryanized” 3,000 enterprises. In addition, 298 parcels of land belonging to Jews have been sold to Aryans by the Nazi authorities.

Sequestration of Jewish businesses continues, while liquidation of those already seized has started in Paris following the re-opening of the Bourse, the broadcaster stated. The Jewish properties are sold at periods when normal activity on the exchange has slackened. All monies realized through these sales are placed in blocked accounts. The former Jewish owners of the property may withdraw only sums not exceeding 15,000 francs monthly.

Meanwhile, Andre LaBarthe, a Fighting French leader and editor of “La France Libre,” which is published here, broadcast to the people of France over the British Broadcasting Company today attacking the recently intensified anti-Semitic persecutions in France. “Hitler wants to mobilize hatred in France,” La Barthe declared, “but it will never happen. Frenchmen are not anti-Semites, they are anti-Boches and anti-traitors. If Frenchmen accept for one moment the Nazi racial theories, they will be subscribing to Hitler’s statement in “Mein Kampf” that ‘ the French are bastards.'”