Nazi elite guards are shooting 100 Poles for every German killed, it was reported today by neutral observers arriving here from Poland. Ten Poles are executed for every Pole found with a rifle, they asserted.
The observers reported that the Nazi authorities force terrorized Polish crowds to assemble in public squares to witness the mass executions.
Officers of the German Army were said to be indignant at the excesses of the Nazi guards and were quoted as threatening openly: “The day will come when we shall get rid of these brutes who dishonor the German name.”
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