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On March
16, 1935, the German government promulgated the Formation of the
Wehrmacht (German Army) Law. Although the law stipulated that
service in the Wehrmacht be performed on the basis of general
compulsory service, Jews would not be allowed to serve in its ranks.
In a letter to the Minister of War, Werner von Blomberg, on March
23, members of the Reichsvertretung complained that the law
deprived Jews of the right to be German soldiers. Their protest on
this account was to no avail.
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