Outrages against the Jewish population were perpetrated by military officers, it is reported here. The attack occurred in the frontier village Ahalashovece, during military manoeuvers there. A number of officers entered the home of a Jewish resident at midnight. They broke into the bedroom where the wife and daughter of the houscholder slept. The husband was severely beaten, as was a neighbor who came to his assistance.
Captain Halub, who took part in the attack, called out to his men, “Hit the Jews until they are dead, just as the Russians did.”
The next morning when the case was reported to the gendarmerie, Capatain Halub was asked whether he recollects what occurred. In reply he said that “last night’s happenings will become unimportant in view of what we intend to arrange,” the report states.
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