A total of 52 Jews, including 24 women, were killed in Berlin in 1941 during British air raids on the German capital, according to reports reaching here today. The number of Jews wounded during these air raids is given as 72.
It was pointed out here that most of the Jewish casualties could have been avoided had the Jews in Berlin been permitted to use the general air raid shelters. The so-called “ghetto shelters” built by the Berlin Jewish community are not within easy reach of a large number of Jews.
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