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Polish Court Martial Charges Few Jews with Desertion; Majority Accused of Absenteeism

April 19, 1944
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The trial of thirty or more Jewish soldiers who left the Polish Army because of anti-Semitism and came to London to secure a transfer to the British armed forces opened before a Polish military court today “somewhere in the British Isles,” and is expected to last several days.

It is understood that only a small number of the men are now charged with desertion. The charge against the majority of the accused has been reduced to “wanton absenteeism which carries lighter penalties.

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