Dr. Heinrich Stahl, the 70-year-old, president of the Jewish community of Berlin, one of the most venerable Jewish leaders in Germany, and his wife, were deported this week to Nazi-occupied Eastern territory, according to information reaching here today.
Fifty leading members and officials of the Berlin Jewish community have likewise been deported, the report said. The deportation to unknown destinations in Eastern Europe of inmates of the Jewish homes for the aged in Berlin is also reported, indicating that mass-expulsions of Jews from Germany have been resumed on a large scale.
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