A collective fine of 20,000,000 Russian rubles, nominally $4,000,000, has been imposed upon the Jewish population of Lamberg by the Nazi administration there, according to advices received here today by the Polish Government-in-exile.
Reliable reports reaching London from the Nazi-occupied part of Galicia previously held by Soviet Russia disclose that both the Polish and Jewish populations there are being terrorised by the Ukrainian militia which the Nazis have organized, and which is supervised by the Gestapo. In addition to utilizing the militia for anti-Jewish terrorist activities, Gestapo agents are conducting systematic anti-Jewish propaganda among the Ukrainian population throughout occupied Galicia. At the same time many Ukrainian nationalists are reported to be incensed over Hitler’s incorporating Eastern Galicia, including Lamber, into the territory of the Government General instead of proclaiming it a part of an Independent Ukraine.
The imposition of a collective file upon the Lemberg Jews to be collected in Russian currency is explained by the fact that Russian currency is the only one in circulation now in Eastern Galicia, since the Soviet authorities soon after occupying that part of Galicia declared the Polish currency there worthless and introduced the Russian ruble as the medium of exchange.
Information from Nazi-held Poland reaching London reveals that prices on foodstuff have trebled since the outbreak of the Russo-German war, thus increasing starvation among the population, especially the Jewish, which is classified in the last category to receive rationed food.
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