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Anti-Jewish Brigades Organized in Occupied France to Raid Jewish Homes

May 6, 1942
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The organization of special "Anti-Jewish Brigades" by anti-Semitic groups in occupied France for the purpose of helping the Nazi occupational authorities raid Jewish homes, was revealed today in a report from Paris stating that the first raid on Jews by these "brigades" was made yesterday in the famous Paris "flea market" where Jews come to sell their last remaining belongings.

The "flea market," where second-hand articles are sold, was surrounded by the members of the anti-Jewish brigade and each person there who appeared to be Jewish was asked for his identification papers. More than thirty Jews were arrested in the raid, the Paris report stated.

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