The revolt of the Serbs against Yugoslav adherence to the Axis appears for the time to have saved 5,000 Jewish refugees there from falling again into the hands of the Nazis, Joseph C. Hyman, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee, stated today.
Hyman said advices from Zagreb reported that the JDC-supported refugee-aid committee there was caring for 5,000 persons, most of them from Austria and Hungary. These advices added that the pressure of pro-Axis circles in the Yugoslav Government had recently resulted in the deportation of three groups of refugees to their countries of origin.
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