Beginning with Tuesday, all Jewish passports will be regarded as invalid for leaving Germany, except on business.
Jewish refugees from Cologne reported to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here that the Cologne police are going from house to house and collecting Jewish passports. This has enormously increased Jewish anxiety in the city, impelling many hundreds to flee towards the frontier in the hope of making their way abroad. Only a small number of these, however, have been able to cross the frontiers, as they have been turned back by the frontier guards. In this connection a number of tragedies have been reported. Among them is the case of Hans Sachs, a wealthy Jew of Chemnitz, who committed suicide on Friday. His passport had been withdrawn by Nazi troopers and his luggage confiscated just as he was crossing the frontier. Fearing arrest, he took his own life.
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