German authorities are combing farm-houses, forests and remote villages throughout Holland in an effort to discover fugitive Jews, it was reported here today.
The report expresses the fear that “large numbers of these Jews may be caught by the Gestapo’s manhunt which is the most brutal since the Nazi invasion.” The raids are being carried out in the provinces of Groningen, Friesland, Drente, Overyssel and Geleraland. Captured Jews are treated “in the most horrible way imaginable,” the report says.
Another report states that a German court martial in Ghent, Belgium, has sentenced a number of Belgians to long terms of imprisonment for aiding Jews to cross the frontier into France. One of the Belgians was charged with providing false identity documents to Jews who allegedly reached Switzerland via Paris.
The Vichy radio today reported that four Jews have been executed by the German authorities in Paris “for guerrilla warfare activities.”
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