All Jews on the Aegean islands which have been taken over by the German military command have been deported to occupied Poland, the Swiss press reported today.
Swiss newspapers also report that anticipating a retreat from the Minsk area in Russia, the German military command has requested that more Jews be sent from Poland and other occupied territories to the Minsk district to work on fortifications, German settlers in that district were simultaneously ordered to move into the interior of the Reich.
The Swiss newspaper Volksrecht reports today that about 20,000 Dutch Jews are hiding from the Nazis who are scouring the country for both fugitive Jews and Dutchmen who have refused to report for work in Germany. The paper confirms that all other Jews in the Netherlands have been deported.
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