The first twelve of a number of German Jews ordered expelled from the country by the Gestapo (State secret police) have already been deported, it was reported today on the basis of information from foreign consulates and travel bureaus.
The Gestapo, which summoned the Jews Monday to headquarters and ordered them to leave Germany without giving reasons and although all the Jews hold German passports, vouchsafed no information on the number already deported.
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