The districts of Cologne and Munster in Germany are almost completely “judenrein,” according to reports reaching here today.
Every Jewish family has been forced to give up its home to Nazi party officials. They were not permitted to take with them any of their belongings and were even warned to leave their homes in a spotless condition with fresh linen on all beds. In some of the small cities bordering on Munster, Cologne, Essen, Duesseldorf and other Rhineland sections that have suffered from RAF bombing, the confiscated Jewish homes are being rented to business men and industrialists who wish to obtain places of relative safety. As a result, the report discloses, some Nazi party officials are amassing fortunes.
Their activities, however, are arousing a feeling of disgust among the general population and have increased sympathy for the Jews, the reports add. The Nazis are not confining themselves to stealing Jewish property but in some places are robbing church property as well. There is now open hostility to the Nazis in many non-Jewish quarters in the affected areas, according to the latest information.
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