About 600 Jews remaining in Luxemburg, of the 4,500 who lived there on the day of the Nazi invasion, will shortly be deported to Poland in order to make the Duchy completely “Judenerin,” according to instructions issued by the Nazi authorities, it was learned here today.
The Nazi officials have notified the Jews that they will be deported next month because they have failed to emigrate. It is reported that about 100 of them are able to emigrate to the United States if they can reach a consulate which is open and still issuing visas. The State Department has agreed to allow the Barcelona consulate to issue these visas but the Spanish authorities are unwilling to grant transit permits unless the State Department guarantees that the Luxemburg refugees will be granted visas.
There is no information available here as to the probable fate of 150 aged Jews in Luxemburg who were formerly supported in homes for the aged, but whom were recently assembled in the old Ulfingen monastery. It is not known whether the Nazis will permit them to remain in the Duchy or will force them also to make the gruelling journey to Poland. In notifying the 600 Jews to be prepared for deportation, the Nazi authorities also informed them that they will not be permitted to take along any heavy luggage with them.
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