Two Russian-born Jewish doctors are among the six “Jews and Communists” whose execution by the Nazis was announced last night in Paris by the German military commander General Ernest von Schaumburg, it was reliably learned here today. The two victims are Dr. M. Simkoff and Dr. S. Moldavsky. They had been living in Paris for over 20 years. A third Jewish doctor, M. Abrami, French-born, committed suicide.
Information reaching here today from Paris states that practically all of the 100 people who Gen. Schaumburg announced last night were slated for deportation to Poland are Jews. Their deportation as well as the execution of the six was explained by the Nazi general as a measure of retaliation for the renewed outbreak of violence against German soldiers in the French capital.
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