Six percent of the soldiers in the Polish division being trained in Russia for combat duty on the Soviet front are Jewish, it is reported today by British correspondents in Moscow who this week witnessed a review of the Polish group.
The unit, which is called the Tadeusz Kosciuszko Division, includes members of the army of General Anders, who refused to leave when the Polish forces were evacuated to the Middle East, many persons released from exile in Central Asia, and former guerrilla fighters.
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