An enforced contribution of 400,000 zlotys was levied on the Jews of Cracow in Nazi-occupied Poland on Feb. 29, according to private advices received here today.
Two versions were current in Cracow regarding what was to be done with the money. One was that it was to be used for facilitating emigration of Jewish youth, the other that it was to be used for buying equipment, including boots and shovels, for those Jews in the compulsory labor corps who could not afford them.
Instructions regarding the procedure for recruiting Jews for forced labor through out the Polish Government-General have been issued in Cracow.
Every “Jewish council” must nominate a Jewish physician who will be responsible for medical examination of Jews liable for forced labor, the instructions state. Jewish doctors who declare Jews unfit for forced labor without the corroborating report of a German doctor are subject to severe punishment.
Jews between the ages of 12 and 60 must report to the recruiting commission equipped with two changes of clothing, at least two pairs of shoes, a pair of high boots, underwear and provisions for two days.
All Jewish employees of the Suchard chocolate factory in Cracow have been dismissed. The factory is now controlled by the German army. Jews are being evicted from their homes in Cracow to make room for Germans repatriated from the Baltic countries.
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