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Nazi Plan to Build Wall Around Warsaw Ghetto Reported in Paris

May 6, 1940
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The Nazi plan to expel Jews from Warsaw into the interior of Poland has failed and the German authorities are now planning to build a wall around the Warsaw ghetto, according to reports reaching Paris today.

One purpose of the wall would be to isolate any contagious diseases prevalent in the crowded ghetto. The authorities have begun a geographical survey of the Jewish section in preparation for erecting the wall, it was reported.

The same reports said that crossing of Jews from Nazi-held Poland into the Soviet-occupied area had virtually come to a halt.

Polish Government circles reported that panic prevailed in Soviet-held Galicia because the authorities were conducting raids on the wealthier Poles, Jews and Ukrainians, expelling them into the interior of Russia with only 100 kilograms of luggage and seizing the rest for distribution among their neighbors. Fearing such raids, many persons were reported to be selling their belongings.

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