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18,000 Jews Join Allied Legions in France

October 10, 1939
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More than 9,000 Jewish aliens have registered for Service in the French Foreign Legion in Paris alone, it was announced today by the recruiting offices of the Jewish War Veterans Association.

An estimated 8,000 Polish Jews have at the same time joined the Polish Legion which is being formed here. This number is growing rapidly, rapidly, with the new Polish Cabinet’s disapproval of the silent numerous clauses that some Polish Consulate officials had introduced against Jewish volunteers. The number of Jews in the Czech Legion being formed here totals about 1,000.

The Rothschild family has donated 600,000 francs to the French Red cross, it was announced today.

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