Although the Government is taking energetic measures to combat anti-Jewish terrorists, a summary of anti-Jewish outbreaks which took place during the last month, which was published here today, reveals that attacks on Jews continue and that in a number of towns Jews are still being murdered by organized bands.
The report discloses that Jews were killed in the course of the last few weeks in the towns of Czenstochowa, Gniwosnow, Opatow and Starachowice. All these attacks were of an organized character. In some places the Jews were warned to leave town. In others, the bandits wore uniforms of militiamen. Some of the assailants were captured, the report says.
It was announced here today that in Lodz there are at present 19,872 Jews registered with the local Jewish committee. In the city of Rajchenberg – formerly known as Opola – in Silesia, a total of 5,400 Jews registered with the local committee. In Cracow there are 4,552 Jews registered, in Sosnowiec 3,002; in Katowice 2,152; in Czenstochowa 2,462; in Lublin 2,342; in Przemysl 1,231; in Bendzin 1,501 in Radom 959; in Bydgoszcz 872; in Oswiecim 790; in Chelm 572; in Piotrokow 372; in Tarnow 370; in Kalish 360; in Kielce 243; in Ostrowiec 187; in Tomaszow 149.
Also registered with local Jewish communities are 183 Jews in Lukow, 171 in Wioclawek, 162 in Dabrowa-Gornicza, 167 in Gleiwic, 142 in Radomsk, 146 in Pabianice, 142 in Dzialszyce, 147 in Sanok, 157 in Zawierce, 122 in Chirziw, 99 in Szydiowiec, 88 in Skarzysko, 82 in myslowiece, 70 in Wielun, 67 in Krynek, 63 in Sandomierz, 61 in Jedze jow, 61 in Chmielnik, 61 in Ozorkow, 50 in Kutno, 145 in Turek and 43 in Skierniewice.
There are also 43 Jews in Bialobrzeg, 45 in Chrzanow, 38 in Olkusz, 37 in Lowicz, 27 in Sieradz, 33 in Rawa-Mazowiecka, 30 in Konin, 28 in Myszkowice, 23 in Zabrze, 24 in Radziejow, 24 in Jedlin, 21 in Janow-Podlaski, 18 in Klodawa, 15 in Briese-Kujawski, 13 in Izbica-Kujawska, 10 in Opoczno, 9 in Kowal, 7 in Apt, 3 in Niezawa and 2 in Dabrowiec.
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