Nazis Reported Planning to Expel Dutch Jews to Poland

The German authorities are planning a mass deportation of the Jews in Holland to the Nazi-occupied Polish Government-General, it was reported today by the Polish Telegraphic Agency, organ of the Polish Government-in-exile.

The report states that information came from Dutch sources in Stockholm.

An official announcement today by the Nazi-controlled Dutch news agency states Hollanders, irrespective of nationality, will be taken by the German military authorities for compulsory labor. This measure was proclaimed in retaliation for the anti-Nazi riots which occurred last week in Amsterdam and other cities of Holland. A fine of fifteen million guilders was also imposed upon the population as penalty for the riots.

Jews in various parts of Holland are rushing to Rotterdam, where there are United States Cuban consulates, which are granting visas to emigrants, it was reported. It is understood that emigration from Holland is possible along the same lines as emigration from the Reich. The American consulate is issuing immigration visas to applicants whose documents are in order. However, one of the essential conditions necessary to obtain this visa is that evidence must be submitted to the consulate that passage has been booked on a specific steamer.

Despite the fact that steamship accommodations from Europe to America are completely booked for the next few months, Jews in Holland register for visas in the American consulate with the hope that some arrangement will be reached whereby more steamers will be permitted to navigate to the United States. Immigration visas are valid for four months from the date of issue and the applicants are hopeful that within this period the transportation problem will be solved either by Jewish relief organizations or by the German authorities who are interested in having as few Jews in Europe as possible. Immigration from Holland would have to be conducted via Brussels, Paris and Spain under German supervision in sealed trains.