The German occupation authorities in Belgium have seized the property of all Jews in Belgium whom they have deprived of Belgian citizenship, the Kalundborg radio revealed today.
The disclosure came in an announcement that creditors of “denationalized Jews” have to present and prove their claims to the head of the German administration in Belgium and northern France instead of to the Belgian courts. All creditors are given a maximum period of six months in which to make their claims.
At the same time, German military authorities in Belgium ordered all Jews who still retain their Belgian citizenship to “liquidate” their business enterprises, including real estate. Jewish textile merchants have been instructed to report the amount of stock they have on hand to the Central Textile Office. Further decrees covering other specific goods will be issued shortly, it was announced.
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