At least nine Jews were slain, five while in the custody of police or S. S. (elite guard) detachments, during the disorders attendant upon the suppression of the Roehm revolt, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency definitely established today.
The death of four Jews—three men and a woman—in Hirschberg, Silesia, was confirmed. The four had been reported shot “while attempting to escape.”
(Authentic reports received at Prague disclosed that the bullet wounds which caused the deaths of the four were found in the faces and temples of the victims, thus precluding any possibility of the “escape” allegation).
The four are:
Herr Foerster, an attorney.
Herr Charry, a merchant.
Dr. Zweig.
Frau Zweig.
Two other members of the Jewish community, included in the twenty-five arrested by S. S. men and horribly beaten in Nazi headquarters at Hirschberg, were also slain. One of them was named Jacobson. The name of the sixth victim could not be learned.
Fifteen of the twenty-five Jewish communal leaders have been released from custody. Police are still investigating the cases of the remaining prisoners.
Two Jews were also killed in
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