Thirty-three hundred Bulgarian Jews have been mobilized for forced labor, according to an official announcement broadcast today over the Sofia radio. The Jews, who are between the ages of 20 and 46, will be used to build a railway between Sofia and the coal mining region of Pernik, the broadcaster stated.
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