The Italian Government has issued an order drafting for slave labor all Jews between 17 and 50 years of age who were recently exiled from Genoa, Milan, Naples and Turin, it was reported here today.
The drafted Jews will be put to work under German supervisors and will be transported to the Adriatic coast to build fortifications there, the report said.
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