Following reports that the German authorities were planning to expel the Dutch Jews to the Polish Government-General, news was received here today that the ousting of Jews from the smaller towns of Holland had already been launched and that a new ghetto had been established in Rotterdam.
The first town to be “entirely cleared of Jews” is the Zaandvort seaside resort, reports the Amsterdam German newspaper, Deutsche Zeitung fuer die Niederlanden, which adds that “it is desirable that other resorts, like Scheveningen, Noordwijk, Katwijk and others should soon follow this example.”
The Rotterdam ghetto was ordered by the police, effective March 1, with a complete curfew going into effect at seven p.m. daily in the district. After that hour no Jew may leave his house and no traffic is permitted in the streets, except for emergencies, in which special police permission is required.
As in Amsterdam, institution if a ghetto followed alleged anti-Nazi incidents. It is stated that a stone was thrown into a window of a building where German and Dutch Nazi literature was sold.
A hint of Dutch opposition to the Amsterdam ghetto was seen in the Deutsche Zeitung’s statement that “the German authorities do not intend to allow the Amsterdam ghetto to prescribe the form of their cooperation with the Dutch population. The people of the Netherlands would do well to take note of this.”
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