The first deportation of a Jewish refugee from Italy to Germany was recorded today when Paul Strauss, who was recently arrested for not obeying an expulsion order, was escorted to the frontier. Fears of deportation to the Reich are widespread among the remaining 3,200 foreign Jews since police have resumed their visits to homes of these aliens, warning them to leave in from two weeks to a month.
Informed circles believe that since the final alignment of the Rome-Berlin axis against the anti-axis powers, Italy is no longer concerned about the unfavorable impression abroad created by harsher treatment of refugees.
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