A graphic tale of difficulties confronting German-Jewish refugees trying to find a haven from Wartorn Spain was told by one of them today on his arrival in Zurich.
Attempting to return to Germany, he said, he was stopped at the border and informed that he would be sent to a concentration camp if he crossed into the Reich.
He had proceeded to Germany from Genoa, to which port he had been brought by an Italian ship, on instructions from the German Consul there. When he informed the German border guards of the instructions, he said he was told that the German Consuls have now received proper instructions on disposition of emigre Jews.
The refugee finally received permission to enter Switzerland.
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