A Jewish couple by the name of Blum, who have arrived at Kattowitz today, coming from Essen, relate that thirty armed Nazis broke into their house at Essen, where they had a furniture store. The man tried to telephone to the Polish Consul for help, but the Nazis tore his clothes from him and beat him into unconsciousness. His wife was shut up by them in a pig-sty from which she was released only 48 hours later, following the Polish Consul’s intervention.
Blum’s family, who lived at Duesseldorf, were ordered by the authorities to liquidate their affairs and depart for Poland at a half-hour’s notice. They have arrived at Kattowitz penniless.
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