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Bulgarian Cabinet Orders All Foreign Jews Conscripted for Forced Labor

July 31, 1941
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The Bulgarian Cabinet has ordered all foreign Jews between the ages of 20 and 46 conscripted for forced labor, the German press reaching here today reports. The order includes holders of Nansen passports.

More than 4,000 of the total number of Belgrade Jews remaining in the city, as well as 1,350 refugees stranded there, are entirely dependent on relief for food and clothing, according to reports received here by the Joint Distribution Committee.

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