§ Mr. Noel-Baker (by Private Notice)asked the Prime Minister whether he can make a statement concerning the action taken against Jews in Germany since the recent attack on Herr vom Rath in Paris?
§ The Prime MinisterI regret to have to say that the reports in the Press of action taken against Jews in Germany appear to be substantially correct. They have, indeed, to some extent been corroborated by Dr. Goebbels to foreign Press correspondents in Berlin, and the measures taken by the German Government have now been published. No-one in this country would for a moment seek to defend the senseless crime committed in Paris. At the same time, there will be deep and widespread sympathy here for those who are being made to suffer so severely for it. His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Berlin has taken immediate steps for the safeguarding of British subjects. He has reserved the right to
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