Sweeping measures against Jews in all parts of France are predicted in the Swiss press today in connection with information reaching here from Paris that the Gestapo has completed a compilation of lists of all Jews born in France.
It has been known here that the Gestapo had ordered all municipalities throughout France to submit lists of Jews born in each city. The work of compiling these lists has been going on for several weeks. Today a French news agency reported that the Vichy Government has officially asked the German authorities in France for copies of these lists.
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