Three Nazi prisoners of war who had escaped from a British PW camp in Egypt were rounded up here by Egyptian police who scoured the slum guarter of the city for alleged Jewish extremists, it was learned.
It is reported that the police dragnet was set into motion following receipt of information from the Palestine police to the effect that supposed Jewish extremists had succeeded in infiltrating Egypt from Palestine.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
