Germans Turn Poznan Synagogue into Swimming Pool for Hitler Youth

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April 13, 1942

ZURICH (Apr. 12)

The Nazi authorities in Poznan, in the German annexed section of Poland, have established a swimming pool for Hitler youth in the quarters of the Great Synagogue of Poznan, the Ostdeutscher Beobachter reports today. Bathing facilities for the general population have also been installed in the synagogue.

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