Evening star., 1933-08-12
BY HENRY ]. HASKELL.

BERLIN (SpeciaD An American
whcm I met in London was in Berlin
in April on the day of the Jew
ish boycott. Late in the afternoon
he made his way to the Office of a Jew
ish friend. The man had not been dis
turbed by the Nazis. He was sitting
alone. his head bowed, the picture OF
despair.
My family has been in Germany for
500 years" he said. Never from my
earliest childhood did think of myself
as anything but German. I loved my
country. I fought through the war.
Here are my decorations. Now I have
no fatherland. I am man without a
country"
This is a common tragedy in Ger
many today. What is to become OF the
nearly 100000 Jews who lived in the
Reich when the persecution began? AS
was said in a previous article, the phase
of anti-Jewish violence seems largely to
have passed. During that phase many
Jewish families left the country. They
went to Vienna, to Prague. to Warsaw,
to Switzerland, to Paris. There are no
accurate figures on the number OF emil
grants The estimates run about $4,000
If these estimates are correct, there
must be approximately one-haf million
they live?
No Hope for Future.
It would be grossly mistaken con-
ception that held the German Jews to
be fugitives in the Reich, driven from
pillar to post, fearing to appear on the
streets Jewish stores are still open.
Jewish lawyers and doctors still prac-
tice, A few Jewish professors still Teach
Io1IviSh rhi1Hrnn still AZ
tend school. Exceptions have been
made in discriminatory laws in favor OF
Jews who held public Office in 1914,
or who fought in the war, or who had
a brother or father who fell at the
front
But Jews are officially barred from
citizenship and so from public offlce.
This order extends to Germans who
may have had one Jewish grand
parent-and all sorts of restrictions are
put on their activities. Further. the
professions and opportunities for edu-
cation and advancement are virtually
closed to Jewish boys and girls.
In the atmosphere of Jewish hatred
that so long has been stimulated by
party propaganda. there Is little, ap-
parently, to which the Jew in Germany
can look forward.
Take the case of the lawyers. OF
$500 in Berlin. about $500 were Jews.
This proportion aroused wide resent
nent even before the revolution. AS
the Jews constituted only l per cent
of the population of Germany 1t was
proposed at first that only per cent OF
the lawyers in Berlin, or 35, should pe
Jewish. But gradually in one way ana
another the restrictions were relaxed
until about 1000 Jewish lawyers are
allowed to practice here.
But obviously Jewish lawyer would
have no chance before jury: SO Jew
ish practice largely is restricted to Oh
flee work.
Young German doctors. like young
German lawyers. saw their profession
largely in the hands OF Jews. Iney
complained that under Jewish manage,
ment hospital staffs were monoponZeo
by Jews and that non-Jews were dis
criminated against. The motive OF eco
nomic rivalry was plainly evident In the
Nazi program in dealing with the pro-
\ fessions as well as with business.
Jewish Doctors Dismissed.
Most Jewish doctors were dismissed
from hospital staffs and from the ex-
tensive social insurance work. They
NAV still practice privately. But as q
large proportion of families are entitled
to state medical attention as part OF
their social insurance, the barring OF
Jewish physicians from state service
automatically destroys considerable
part of their practice.
There is the further difficulty OF the
organized propaganda againstf them
The German Federation Of National So
CALLS t4Aoctors has issued an appeal 70
the plsudc not to patronize Jewish ooc-