Evening star., 1933-04-01
ONE-DAY BOYCOTT
Of GERMAN JEWS
STARTED BY NAz|S.
Troops Tour Berlin, Painting
Signs Identifying Sc
mitic Stores.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
WARNED BY GOEBBELS
Says Problem Will Be Handled
With aGloves Of" if Ban Is
Put on Reich Goods.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April Brown -shirted
Nazis with buckets. Of paint tramped
through Berlin's business section today,
stopping at each shop run by Jew
hnd splashing across the show window
! b sign identifying the place.
At their heels followed holiday
crowds. The day Of the boycott ordered
by the National Socialist party against
al Germany's Jews, coinciding with
rApril Fools day. and Bismarks BIRTH
day, brought more people downtown in
the balmy sunny weather than had
been seen for q long time.
Each time the Brown Shirts stopped
- hang up placard crowds clustered
1bout them. That's right" they said,
reeze them out. then well take over
heir shops"
There had been no disorder any,
khere up to the end of the afternoon.
There were few Jews to be seen, but the
test Of the populace seemed to accept
The situation in q. picnic spirit.
Nazis Use Imagination.
Nazi headquarters prescribed a black
placard with splash of yellow paint
to designate Jewish shops, but the boy
cotters used their Imagination.
The black and yellow quarantine"
Sign was frequently seen, but there
were others reading. "Danger--Jew
store" and attention the
jew" with a red skull and croNshones
scrawled below the warning.
|. On several Jewish shops the Nazis
hung placards reading: IF traitor
you would be. purchase from the jew
The boycott began on schedule at 10
o'clcck, but 81 that hour many Jewish
,ehopc ycM&ined open despite the signs
Sof u Nl1lduRs The big department
tStSElo end fke Jewish chain stores all
|oyeF 0ermazy Did not open.
nssostt Ends Tonight.
! - eoyernment order the boycott ends
ld1<}k xhcn.u the "atrocity propa-
- = pUhIlzhed abroad does not
&C. t11o caznpaign viii be renewed on
Ws11e1lny.
Yesterday Joseph GoebbeIs, govern
n1ent pe0paesnda cll1cf, said there were
indications tllat the reports abroad of
persecution of the Jews here were
ebbinG. The &atement was taken as
an Indication Tat the government does
net expect th8f resumption Of the boy
cott % "wednesday wtllsbe necessary.
4 The Boycott m0vement received
adj lnorotu4by Naming appeal from
the mn yZo14en's Federation to every
Gernl1u 1nin to join the movement
&c 11e dcstfuction OF Jewry.
a -, <5i,,rx ky,a Tau,~ ~. 49,
Gefman peoples mortal enemies and
payfng that only by an economic boy
cot can they be forced to their knees,
- appeal said:
You women must see to it that no
German frau buys from Jews. The
{flght Is inexorabie. Personal feelings
Emust be disregarded. You must edu-
lcate German womanhood to the fact
that the same Jewish atrocity propa-
ganda Gas was reported being spread
! now) Is also responsible for the result
{of the World War, for 100000 war
dead, for starved old men. women and
war guilt, for Versailles the peace
treaty., the Dawes and Young plans.
The jew must forever be eliminat-
u from our people and our state. Ger
man women, you are fighting a
! holy war"
Doors Closed to Jews.
Only small comfort was derivable from
the present limitations for a half mil
lion distracted German Jews. who to all
practical purposes already are ostracized
4 socially and professionally.
There were so many tragic aspects to
the situation that the boycott was only
another bitter draught
Isl Such permanent measures as barring
Jews from legal practice, removing them
from courts, hospitals and public insti-
4 buttons have been issued.
Il Doors were being closed to them all
around Jewish shop owners yesterday
were ordered to discharge Jewish en-
ployes. The big Karstadt Department
Store firm announced the resignation
OF Jewish members of the directorate
and the dismissal Of Jewish employees.
The National Socialist PHYSICIANS