Two Moscow Jews have been arrested and committed to mental asylums in recent weeks, Jewish sources here reported today. They were identified as Illya Belau, who was arrested May 24, and Vladimir Wagner, arrested May 10. Belau, who has a 23-year-old wife, a 2-year old daughter and an aged mother, was sent to Mental Hospital 1 in Moscow. Wagner was sent to Matroska Dishena hospital.
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