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Jewish Woman Killed, One Seriously Wounded at Refugee Camp in Czechoslovakia

August 16, 1946
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One Jewish woman was killed and one was seriously injured when a guard at a camp at Broumov for Polish Jews allegedly accidentally shot them, it was reported here today.

A report from Vienna says that during the several days when the Polish-Czech border was closed the number of refugees entering Vienna dropped to 200 daily from the high of more than 1,000 who had been arriving every day.

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