Four hundred and twenty-three Jewish refugees from Luxemburg, expelled from Portugal, have arrived in Marseille. it was learned here today. This is the first expulsion of Jews from Portugal.
The transmigrants, who did not possess the necessary documents for continuing their journey overseas, were sent from Portugal to Hendaye, occupied France, from where they were expelled into the free zone. Fifty-one of the refugees are leaving shortly for the Dominican Republic and the others are completing preparations for emigration overseas.
Meanwhile, it was reliably reported here that a compulsory Jewish community has been established by the Germans in Paris. All Jews are obligatory members of the community and must pay a tax amounting to ten per cent of the State income tax.
The first president of the community, State Councillor Frank, was arrested after a few days in office and held for 15 days on a charge of using “inappropriate terms” in a letter to the German commander.
Incidents have occurred in the Vernet alien internment camp, where internees have complained of the insufficient weight of the bread rationed to them. A number of internees were arrested by the camp authorities.who claimed the protests were unjustified.
The director of the unified ORT-OZE committee. Dr. Jacob Frumkin, has left for Lisbon, where an ORT-OZE committee will be established. A banquet was given for him in Marseille before his departure with Dr. Aaron Syngalowski presiding.
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