The German Military authorities in northern Italy have established special tribunals in Rome, Florence, Turin, Milan and Genoa to try Jews accused of anti-Fascist activities, it is reported here today.
The Berlin radio today announced that 10,000 Jews have already been expelled from Rome and added that their homes would be used to shelter families whose houses have been destroyed by Allied air raids. The broadcast did not indicate to where the Rome Jews had been sent, but recent reports reaching here have indicated that most of them are being shipped to the concentration camp at Piacenza.
Regime Fascista, which, until Mussolini’s abdication, was a semi-official organ of the Fascist government, carries an editorial in a current issue received here today demanding that all Jews be forced to add Sarah or Israel to their names, as has been done in Germany.
The puppet Mussolini government, meanwhile, announced that the confiscation of all works of art belonging to Jews would be completed by this coming Sunday. The announcement said that the art treasures would be taken into “protective care.”
An unconfirmed report current here says that the noted Italian-Jewish ship-builder, Sacerdoti, who was managing director of the Cantieri Riuniti Dell’ Adriatico, has been arrested by the Germans together with his son.
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