The first transport of deported Hungarian Jews has arrived in occupied Poland for "liquidation," it was reported in a radio message received here today from the Jewish underground moement in Poland. The message was sent through Polish government channels and was addressed to the Jewish members of the Polish National Council.
The message also reported that 7,000 Czech Jews were recently brought from Terezin to Poland and exterminated by gas in the "extermination camp" at Oswiecim. Before their execution the victims were forced to write letters abroad stating that "condition in Poland are good." The underground communication urges Jews in Czechoslovakia to resist deportation by all possible means since transportation to Poland means certain death for them. It also appeals to non-Jews in Czechoslovakia to Help Jews evade deportation.
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