Among the seventy-two hostages executed by the Nazis in Holland last week were Seven Jews, it was reported today in advices reaching here through neutral channels. The majority of those shot were officers and intellectuals many of them members of the must prominent Dutch families. Dutch newspapers were forbidden to publish the names of the victims.
In London today Jews, Catholics and Protestants held separate religious services marking the second anniversary of the invasion of Holland by the Nazis and special prayers were offered for the executed men and their dependents.
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