“Yellow passports” have been introduced this week for Jews in Nazi-held Poland, according to reports reaching here today. The reports state that the Nazi authorities have started to issue passports to the local population in the Government General. Jews are receiving yellow passports, the Poles are given gray passports and the Ukrainians receive blue passports.
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