The existence of concentration camps for Jews somewhere along the railway line between Leipzig and Breslau, was reported here today by an Allied war prisoner who reached England after escaping from Germany.
“When our train stopped at a small village station,” the escaped war prisoner stated, “we noticed alongside the railway line a camp surrounded with barbed wire in which were lying and standing several hundred Jews, including a small number of women. Both the men and the women looked as if they were starving. The war prisoners started throwing the Jews everything they had, including foodstuffs which they had just received from the Red Cross, cigarettes and even handkerchiefs.
“The Jews seemed extremely moved,” the war prisoner continued. “They ran to collect the things which we threw to them. But suddenly the guards unleashed dogs. We saw the Jews struggling with the dogs. They were shouting at us, but we did not understand what they were saying. In the meantime, the German guards ordered the train to leave immediately. The voices of the Jews could still be heard for several minutes after we pulled cut.”
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