The Czech city of Pilsen is to become “Judenrein” by the end of this week, according to information published in the Nova Doba, a Nazi-controlled newspaper in the Czech Protectorate, reaching here today.
The paper reports that a large group of Jews were transported from Pilsen to an “unknown destination” on January 15 and that two more transports will follow this week. The remainder of the Jewish population will be “moved” from Pilsen to neighboring villages and will be put to “useful work,” the report states.
The Nazi authorities in the Czech Protectorate have, according to other reports reaching here today, also started ruthless expulsions of Jews from other cities in Bohemia and Moravia. Der Neue Tag, the leading newspaper appearing in Prague, publishes every day a list of death sentences carried out in Bohemia and Moravia, from which it can be noted that a large number of Jews in the Protectorate are either being shot or hanged. The same paper publishes daily lists of Jews sentenced to various prison terms and fines for alleged violation of the food rationing laws.
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