text: Hindenburg refused to sign this bill into law until it had been amended to exclude all Jewish veterans of World War I , Jewish civil servants who served in the civil service during the war and those Jewish civil servants whose fathers were veterans .
simplified: Hindenburg refused to sign this bill into law unless all Jewish veterans of World War I , Jewish civil servants who served in the civil service during the war and those Jewish civil servants whose fathers were veterans were allowed to stay in office .