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500 Refugees Captured in Palestine Waters

January 9, 1940
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Reuters news agency reported today that more than 500 Jewish refugees from Germany and other countries were arrested in Palestine territorial waters and taken to Haifa, including 360 captured in a schooner and the remainder in a sailing vessel.

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