[Boycott of German Economy I]

The file contains diplomatic correspondence between the German Foreign Ministry, represented by Vicco von Bülow-Schwante, and various German diplomatic missions on international boycott activities directed against Nazi Germany. The first part contains letters and reports from German diplomats regarding the situation of boycott initiatives directed against the Nazi German economy in their respective countries. Diplomats replied to a survey on the structure, the extent, and the people organizing or promoting economic boycott strategies, and specifically on the participation of Jewish people in these initiatives. The diplomats mainly reported on the activities of Samuel Untermyer and Wladimir Medem (not identical with the Jewish Labour Bund activist of the same name), as well as on the initiatives of the “Club Socialiste Ouvrier Juif” and “The World Sectarian International Council to Champion Human Rights”. The documents of the second part include letters between various German diplomatic missions (Paris, Brussels, Egypt) and the “Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda” , the Gestapo and the Foreign ministry regarding the World Boycott Week planned for January 1934. Furthermore, the second part contains leaflets in German and French calling for a boycott of German products. The third part contains letters by German diplomatic missions on the boycott activities in their respective countries. Furthermore, it includes the diplomatic correspondence regarding the role of the “American Jewish Congress” as well as a typewritten report of 13 pages on the German anti-Semitic policy’s repercussion in other countries. The parts 4 and 5 include diplomatic and political correspondence on the boycott activities of Josef Winternitz and on the World Jewish Conference held in Geneva in 1934 and publicly supported by the French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. Furthermore, they include documents on Jewish initiatives in Germany and Great-Britain against the boycott activities and on the question whether Germany should continue to collaborate with Jewish anti-Boycott initiatives. Finally, the sixth part gathers diplomatic correspondence on the First Jewish World Congress in Geneva in 1936.