The pro-Nazi Quisling press of Croatia, received here today, carries prominent appeals to the Croat population to aid in the capture of the Jewish leaders of a strong guerrilla band which is operating in the mountains and making life extremely uncomfortable for the occupation and collaborationist forces. The Jews are described as Moses Piade, Rueben Weiss and the latter’s wife Yelka.
The Croatian newspapers also report that the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, who is now in the employ of the Axis, spent several days as a guest of the Naditch Government and visited the Moslem communities in Sarajevo and Banjaluka.
The Donau Zeitung, Nazi paper published in Belgrade, reports that a Bulgarian Christian who was wearing a yellow Mogen David badge to indicate his defiance of the anti-Jewish laws was killed by the police at Plovdiv. The dead man was seated in a cafe near several policemen when he suddenly drew a yellow star from his pocket and affixed it to his coat. One of the policemen asked him if he were Jewish, why he did not wear the star at all times, as the law required. In the ensuing altercation the policeman shot the wearer of the Mogen David. An official investigation later disclosed that he was not a Jew and had donned the star to show his contempt of the police and their anti-Jewish regulations.
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