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Bayer Aspirin Discharges “non-aryan” Employes in Hungary

March 16, 1938
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Bayer Aspirin Company’s representative in Hungary, the Hungarian Pharmaceutical Company, has discharged thirteen employes because they are of “non-Aryan” origin. Bayer Aspirin is a subsidiary of the German dyes trust.

One woman clerk who had been employed by the company for 14 years suffered a nervous breakdown as a result of her dismissal. Among the others discharged were the managing director of the factory and the director of its scientific department.

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