The Nazi authorities in the Czech Protectorate are now conducting medical examinations of all Jews between the ages of 18 and 50 for the purpose of assigning them to forced labor battalions it is reported today in Czechoslovak circles here.
The report states that more labor camps for Jews have been established on estates taken over by the Gestapo near Nemecky-Brod and Terezin. The Jews are compelled to work long hours with little food and under bad hygienic conditions.
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