The first transports of Jews deported from Nazi-held Italy are crossing the German frontier, according to a reliable report received here today. The report said that all Jews up to the age of 75 are being rounded up for deportation to the Reich.
The Nazi Transocean news agency reports today that German police have raided many houses on the Swiss-Italian border in an attempt to seize Jews fleeing into Switzerland. Many persons have been arrested in the town of Como and neighboring villages on charges of assisting Jews and war prisoners to flee into Switzerland.
Transocean alleges that the police confiscated huge sums of money, automobiles and other valuables which the Jews had given the Italians in payment for being taken across the border. It adds that a quantity of arms were also seized.
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