THE NAZI AUTHORITIES HAVE DECIDED TO LIQUIDATE THE CONCENTRATION CAMP AT DACHAU, WHERE JEWISH PRISONERS ARE HELD, IT WAS DISCLOSED HERE TODAY. THE DECISION WAS MADE KNOWN THROUGH INSTRUCTIONS TO THE REICHSVERTRETUNG DER JUDEN IN DEUTSCHLAND, TO TAKE STEPS TO TRAIN JEWS IMPRISONED IN THAT CAMP FOR EMIGRATION.
OFFICIALS OF JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS, IT WAS STATED, WILL BE ASSIGNED TO GIVE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO JEWS HELD AT DACHAU TO PREPARE THEM FOR EMIGRATION WHEN RELEASED.
AMONG THE PRISONERS ARE A NUMBER OF JEWS WHO WERE ARRESTED AFTER THEIR RETURN TO GERMANY FOLLOWING EMIGRATION, AS WELL AS SEVERAL POLITICAL PRISONERS. THE EXACT NUMBER IMPRISONED AT DACHAU COULD NOT BE ASCERTAINED.
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