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Avowal of Anti-semitism Exacted of Belgians for Service in Nazi Occupation Forces

August 17, 1943
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Belgian pro-Nazi must make a definite avowal of anti-Jewish opinions before they are accepted by the Nazi authorities for police service in occupied East European countries, it is reported in the Fascist Belgian newspaper Journal de Charleroi, reaching here today.

The paper carries an announcement offering those enlisting in this service a salary of 230 marks, abundant food, free lodging and other conditions designed to be highly tempting.

The Inbel, Belgian news agency in London, today reported that the Nazis have resorted to a ruse to frustrate those Belgians suspected of hiding Jewish children to save them from deportation. Requiring the vaccination of all children, in such cases where the Nazis suspect that the child is Jewish, says this news agency, the child is given a poisonous injection, bringing fatal results within a few hours.

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