Decision of the Executive Committee of the Central Association (CV), 25 January 1931 
 Decision of the Executive Committee of the Central Association (CV), 25 January 1931 
 Source : Central Archives of Jewish History, Jerusalem, cited in a sourcebook edited by Avraham Margaliot, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1972. 
 
 1. Now that the political situation has become vague, the Central Association of German Jews should not do anything that may help turn the Jewish question into a focus for public debate. 2. In defining its approach, the Central Association of German Jews should bear in mind that 6,500,000 votes were cast for the National Socialist Party… 3. It is only due to lack of choice that the Central Association has thus far intervened in the struggle against National Socialism as a comprehensive political phenomenon. In view of the enemy's astonishing growth, personal financial factors, and, above all, political factors, the Central Association should continue doing this only when this is absolutely necessary in order to support its special functions.... The Association should act vigorously to hasten the formation of an appropriate organisation that will respond to the significance of National Socialism with material and personal capabilities, and develop relations with it. The position of the Association's journal should be adjusted to reflect this. It is the Association's role to struggle more intensively against the anti-Semitic element of National Socialism. 4. To make sure that National Socialist anti-Semitism does not become an anti-Semitism of pogroms, the Association should take the initiative in all necessary respects and, in particular, should monitor the situation of Jews in rural areas and small towns. 
 
 5. The National Socialist Party received the votes of quite a few young people, and the falsehood of the anti-Semitic slogans should be demonstrated to them, as to rational Germans in general. Experience shows that practical action today is much more effective than [legal] self-defence. The following actions are recommended: a. greater participation should be allowed by members of the combined Central Committee of National and Local Associations, and by well-known people from the Central Association of German Jews, in national German missions in which our Association may be represented (on the Committee of German Associations, in protecting the graves of war casualties, in the Association of Trustees for Upper Silesia, in youth hostels, etc). b. Our associations' journals should present important contemporary German problems from the point of view of the Central Association of German Jews, and –insofar as it is feasible - design the Central Association newspaper (c.v Zeitung) so as to stress the German element of our entity with greater vehemence (by running articles on subjects such as the German fatherland, economics, and welfare). 6. Disseminate information about Jews and Judaism by means of the spoken word to a much greater extent and with better planning. For this purpose, any form of organisation is desirable (internal gatherings, private homes, personal relations with Christians, and so on). Our comrades on the Central Committee and our friends must give us perceptible assistance in this endeavour. Christian friends should be recruited in larger numbers than before and, although the work itself cannot commence at once, advance discussion should take place immediately. 7. The monthly edition of the Central Association journal should be distributed in a completely different version than it is today. Our next task should be to ensure the material needs for distribution. The issue of other publications should be reduced to a minimum.