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2 Jewish Red Army Officers Slain in Brest-litovsk

February 4, 1940
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Assassination of two Jewish officers of the Red Army in Brest-Litovsk, Soviet-occupied Poland, was reported today by the Jewish Chronicle, Anglo-Jewish periodical. The Chronicle said the Soviet authorities were investigating and had made several arrests. It added that many cases of assaults against Soviet Jewish officials were being recorded in Lwow and that Ukrainian anti-Semites were suspected.

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