The Nome nugget., 1942-08-26
Nazis Proclaim Internal Purge
 To Wipe Out Tepid War Backers
Political Foes Are Bracketed with Drunkards as Anti Social Elements - Campaign of Elimination Is
 Begun in Austrian Zone

LONDON, (Ho - All persons within the German Reich who deemed irresponsible, lazy, quarrel some, immoral or in any way dislncned toward whole hearted support of the effort marked down by the Nazi party for ruthless purge which already has gotten under way in Vienna and the Austrian Province of the Lower Danube. The internal campaign, scope broad that apparently the Nazls can imprson or otherwise dispose of anyone whose looks they do not happen to like disclosed in radio broadcast by DNB, the official German news agency. Elimination of this elemen of unrest of the first order said DNB is "very important, particularly in wartime
 Particular objectives of the purge "ant-social clements the agency sad, applying this epthet to anyone who, owing to criminal, ant-State or quer- eous incnations continually enters into conflict with the penal law the police and other authorities Other elements, winch it said were to be educated" by the Gestapo sent to forced labor camps to "Welfare institutions, included the "annunity loath to whoever tried to burden the community with his up keep and that of his children; whoever is particularly uneconomical and uncontrolled lacks sense of respon siblity and is neither able to run orderly house. hold nor raise children to become useful citizens the drunkard and, finally, persons who stand outside the national community by their immoral life their living by it
 The broadcast also made somewhat vague references to racial purity persons of unsound mind and persons having hereditary diseases Although hostility to the Naz regime long have been subject to harsh repreS- sive measures DNB indicated that in this intensified ton of the campaign against dssidentS and drOnes the NdL alone would De DOLn prosecutor ana judge
 Text of The Broadcast
 The text of the broadcast folloWs The fight against ant-socia elements always has been foremost prob lem of population policy. In some provinces of the Reich an attempt has been made to take active steps to fight those incapable of living in the com munity.
 The leadership of the National Socialist German Workers party for racial policy has welcomed and ap proved these steps Since antsocia persons represent element of unrest of the first order this work is very important particularly in wartime Certain uni fled directves ought to be followed and all provinces must agree on a system of grading Throughout the entire Reich there must be uniform conception of who is capable of living in the community To insure this uniform attude clarication of the term recently arrived at in the Gau Neiderdonau Lower Danube Province) has been made compulsory It conforms with directive issued by the Reichs Ministry of Interior con corning definition of hereditary diseases
 According to this leaflet, individuals incapable of living in community all those who owing to their mental attitude incapable of satisfying the mini mum requirements of the national community regard ing their personal social and national bearing The ant-socia therefore, is anyone who, owing to crim- ina ant-State querelous nclinatons, continually enters into conflict with the penal law the police ur