The Central Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith has issued a booklet, entitled “We German Jews” aimed to refute the anti-Semitic arguments of the Nazis.
German Jews are Germans, the Central Union declares. We have lived in Germany for over 1,600 years, we have developed under German culture, we speak German and we love Germany.
Yiddish, which is spoken by the Jews of Eastern Europe, it points out, is actually Middle High German, as spoken 600 years ago in Swabia and Frankia, so that German is actually the Jewish mother-tongue.
During the war, it says, at least 12,000 Jews gave their lives in battle fighting at the front for the German fatherland, according to official records.
German Jews have contributed to the creation of German culture and science in every field of endeavor, the booklet points out, drawing attention to the large number of Jews and those of Jewish origin among the 44 German Nobel Prize winners. The Jews of Germany have contributed, it says, to German law, medicine, physics, chemistry, astronomy, art, music and sport.
The Central Union emphatically denies the allegations that Jews are organized in a Jewish International, that Jews have invaded the Government offices or that the German Press is controlled by Jews.
It cites facts and figures showing that out of over 200 Ministers in nineteen post-war German Cabinets, there were only five of Jewish birth, of whom three had left the Jewish Community. And there is not a single Jewish daily in Germany, it says.
Jews have no political party of their own, it points out, and Jews are to be found in practically all political parties.
It is a libelous assertion to say that Marxism is a Jewish theory. Many Jews are opponents of Marxism, and Marx,although he was born a Jew, was baptized in childhood, and had no contacts with Jewish life.
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