Source: source: Eric Lucas. Die Herrschaft - Geschichte einer juedischen Grossfamilie im Kreis Aachen (Aachen 1980). p. 75.
Immediately afterwards, all the peasants were forced to sell their livestock to the co-operative and Jews were barred from the market. In this manner, the Aryan livestock traders took over the entire market. Trade continued to take place, without the co-operative and without the Jews. Long time friends among the peasants expressed regret, but asked the Jews not to come onto their premises again because people in high places could use this against them. Just the same, a few peasants came at night to buy or sell a cow, and customers here and there made arrangements to buy their beef where they had bought it for many years. However, the dangerous methods of the new rulers showed that they knew exactly what their goal was and how to attain it. Slowly but surely, a curtain fell between the community and the villagers. A curtain that solidified into an impenetrable wall.
