Nazi anti-Jewish action is becoming increasingly drastic in occupied France, particularly in Alsace-Lorraine where some 20,000 Jews who failed to escape face expulsion, it was reported here today.
Refugees arriving from Alsace-Lorraine estimated that 15,000 Jews succeeded in leaving the territory. They said the Nazis, before permitting them to depart, had confiscated most of their belongings, allowing them to take only 5,000 francs worth of hand luggage.
No Jew, Negro or North African refugee who previously resided in Alsace-Lorraine has been permitted to return home along with other returning refugees, it was stated.
Meanwhile, police raids are continuing on a wide scale in the occupied area, especially in Paris. A number of Jewish institutions, business offices and apartments have been raided, but few persons have been arrested thus far, it was reported.
Jews and Negroes are forbidden to enter well-known Paris cafes such as the Dupont, in the Latin quarter, and the Colisee and the Triomphe. Jews are banned from the Stock Exchange and the bank accounts of some prominent Jews have been blocked.
Conditions have been made so difficult for Jews, Negroes and North Africans in the entire occupied zone that the French authorities in the free zone have been compelled to advise these categories not to return home unless imperatively urgent.
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