SEVERAL HUNDRED GERMAN-JEWISH CHILDREN WERE DEPRIVED OF A SCHEDULED SUMMER HOLIDAY TRIP TODAY BY ACTION OF THE GESTAPO (GERMAN SECRET POLICE).
THE GESTAPO BANNED VISAS TO THE CHILDREN TO SPEND THEIR HOLIDAY IN LITHUANIA. AS A RESULT, ONLY NINETEEN CHILDREN FROM KOENIGSBERG ARRIVED IN LITHUANIA OUT OF SEVERAL HUNDRED EXPECTED HERE.
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