The Nazi authorities in occupied Poland are charged today in Dziennik Polski, official organ of the Polish Government-in-exile, with compelling Jews to dress in robes of Catholic priests and to participate in anti-religious mock processions.
This is being done by the Nazis, the paper says, with a view of outraging the religious feelings of the Polish population and at the same time inciting the Poles against the Jews by making it appear that the Jews are committing sacrilege.
The practice of driving Jews through the streets of the city forcing them to wear liturgical robes was first instituted by the Nazis in the town of Plock and has been going on there for weeks, the Polish Government organ charges. Most of the Jews were driven out of Plock soon after the Nazi Occupation of the city in 1959, but the few remaining Jews there were ordered to appear in anti-Catholic mock processions wearing robes which the Nazis confiscated from Catholic churches, the Dziennik Polski reports.
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