Polish Jewish emigres here have protested against a decree by the Warsaw regime banning Jewish emigration from Poland beyond Sept. 1, The Polish-Jewish ex-Servicemen’s Association and the Association of Polish Jews in Britain called the measure an anti-Jewish move that was put into effect ironically on the 30th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland. They demanded that Jews who applied for permission to leave Poland before the deadline be allowed to do so.
The Polish Government announced last May that it would stop granting exit permits to Jews of Sept.1st Up to that date, Jews who applied for Israeli visas at The Netherlands Embassy in Warsaw were allowed to leave although severe restrictions were placed on the amount of cash and personal valuables they could take with them. The restriction on emigration applies as well to non-Jewish Polish citizens.
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