Follow-up reports regarding the condition of German Jewry prepared by II 112, the SD Jewish Department, 1935-1939

Follow-up reports regarding the condition of German Jewry prepared by II 112, the SD Jewish Department, 1935-1939 Periodic bi-monthly, quarterly or annual reports according to areas; the reports are divided into subjects and sub departments. The main subjects under consideration in the reports: - Lists of Jewish organizations in Germany; - Anti-Jewish legislation, enforcement of the laws and their implications; - Changes in the membership in Jewish organizations by German Jews, political preferences, relations between the organizations, dismantling local groups, and so on; - Jewish emigration from Germany to Danzig and within Germany, change in the number of Jews in specific communities; - Jewish emigration abroad, summer camps offering professional retraining and more; - Jewish emigration to Eretz Israel (Palestine), the political situation in Palestine, changes in the emigration laws, Zionist leanings among the German Jews, activities of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, attitude of the Jews towards the political situation in Palestine and more; - Directive issued to the Jews employed at publishing and journalism to register and obtain a license for their activities; prohibition on continuation of their activities without a license after 01 October 1937; - Relations between Jews and other "political opponents" to the Nazi regime: the Free Masons, the Catholic Church, left-wing political movements and more; - Meticulousness (or lack of meticulousness) of German citizens, and especially high-ranking Nazis, regarding anti-Jewish legislation (racial pollution, the prohibition on employing Jews, prohibition on buying in Jewish businesses and more); - Persecution of the Bnei Brith organization, prohibition on its existence, its dissolution, arrest of its representatives and confiscation of its property; - Behavior of the Jews in Oberschliesien in anticipation of the expiration of the validity of the Geneva Accord regarding minorities, and their behavior afterwards; - Jewish and anti-Jewish intelligence; - Investigation of the Jewish Question by German historians; - Methods of struggle against the Jews in Germany; - Expressions of the attitude of the German Jews towards the Nazi regime and reactions to them; - The condition of Jewish businesses; - Reaction of the Jews to the prohibition on meetings, as of 10 June 1937; - Main subjects in the Jewish press during the period the report was compiled; - The Paulusbund (Association of Christians of Jewish Origin) and the situation of the German Jews who converted to Christianity; - The place of the Jews in the economic life of Germany; - The situation of the Jews abroad, Jewish mass events abroad; the attitude of the Jews abroad towards the fascist Nazi regime; the anti-Nazi boycott and more; - Statistical data regarding the numbers of Jews by division into area in Germany and according to the numbers of emigres, and more. Names to enter: - Leo Scherek, arrested after his anti-German speech by the regional SD station, p. 235; - Ludwig Rosenthal, Chairman of the Schneidemuehl branch of the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (CV-Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith), who called [on the Jews] to submit complaints to the Reichswirtschaftsministerium (Reich Ministry of Economic Affairs), and was put into protective custody by the police , p. 235; - Ignatz Meyer from Nuremberg, the owner of a weaving factory, p. 260.