Many non-Jews in Holland have responded to the call issued early this month by the Dutch radio in London and have donned yellow Mogen Davids in sympathy with the Jews who were ordered to wear this insignia by the Nazi occupational authorities, the Dutch news agency Aneta reported today.
A threat that “those who demonstrate sympathy with the Jews publicly will, without exception, be regarded as enemies of the occupying forces and will be treated accordingly” was broadcast last night by Max Blokzijl, a Nazi radio spokesman. He complained that “all kinds of people now act like Jews and evidence sympathy with them.”
In the South Limburg district, notices reading “Voor Joden Verboden” or “Forbidden to Jews” were torn down in several towns, according to a statement by Provincial Attorney-General Van Leeuwen, serving as temporary chief of police. Van Leeuwen announced in the newspaper Limburger Daghlad that “severest action” would taken against those discovered tearing down these notices.
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