Yellow ration cards have been introduced for Jews in Poland, according to reliable reports reaching here today.
Cracow Jews have long been receiving smaller rations than the rest of the population. Moreover, Jews are barred from shopping in all but a few shops specially reserved for them.
In Cracow, the Jews receive only one quarter of a pound of bread daily compare with half a pound for non-Jews. Nazis frequently raid Jewish homes, confiscating even the smallest food reserves, including bits of soap, flour, butter and sugar.
Among new anti-Jewish measures taken in Cracow is one evicting Jews from all new buildings. Jews in that city are still being subjected to sadistic treatment, of which the following is an example: A group of Nazi army officers, after dining in a Jewish restaurant, refused to pay the bill, forced the owner to undress and to dance naked in the snow-covered street.
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