Hundreds Wander on Highways; Three Groups Rule Warsaw

Large groups of Jews are wandering aimlessly about on the roads in the German-occupied parts of Poland, the J.T.A. here learns. They are all scantily clad and starving. There are many children among them who have lost their parents. There are also many Jewish refugees wandering from the Russian frontier, having failed to obtain permission to enter the Soviet occupied part of Poland.

The Hachsharah training centre near Bendin, the J.T.A. further learns, was recently raided by Nazis who killed two chalutzim, Judek Jurowski of Wloclawec and David Arnold of Wengrow.

There are three distinct Nazi administrations in Warsaw at present. The military commander is General Neumann-Neurode, whose headquarters are in Hotel Europejski. The civil administration is directed by an official of the Reichsministry of the Interior, a certain Dr. Fischer. He occupies the office of Col. Josef Beck, former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Bruhl Palace, the roof of which was destroyed by a German bomb. The third Nazi ruler of Warsaw and the most powerful one is Dr. Bartz, head of the Gestapo, whose headquarters are also in Hotel Europejski.

The three German administrations as a rule issue their orders independently of one another, which very often results in chaos. The administration is carried on by Germans from Lodz and Warsaw who have had no experience in civil affairs. The police officials are Germans from the Reich who are mostly very young people. They are all under the command of the S.S. terrorists. Their chief business is to look for securities, foreign bonds, foreign currency, gold and other valuables. They usually specialize in raids on Jewish houses and enterprises. There are no important industrial undertakings left in Polish or Jewish hands.