Fifty-three Jews have been released from Acre concentration camp. They include 43 arrested near Yavniel on Oct. 5, 1939, for illegal drilling of oil wells; four of Ben Shemen arrested in May, 1940, and six Zionist-Revisionists arrested at Mishmar Haemek on Dec. 20, 1939.
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