The cabinet of the Nazi puppet-state of Slovakia has decided to assume direct control of the confiscation of all Jewish property in the country, the Bratislava radio announced today. At present the Hlinka Guard, Slovakian storm-troop organization, is in charge of enforcing all anti-Jewish regulations.
Jewels, furs, and other moveable possessions taken from Jews will be sold at public auction, the broadcaster stated, while works of art will be retained by the state. In Bratislava, the Slovak capital, 600 Jewish-owned houses, valued at two million kronen (nominally $680,000) are to be sold shortly, it was also announced
Two more Creek Catholic priests have been arrested in Eastern Slovakia for large-scale baptizing of Jews, the Gardista, Hlinka Guard newspaper reaching here today, discloses. Father Knapp of Maskovice and Father Andrej Toth of Hazlin were accused of aiding Jews to evade the anti-Jewish restrictions by accepting them into the Catholic church. Father Toth was sent to the concentration camp at Ilava on the specific charge of ante-dating the baptismal certificates of Jews so that they would not fall under the Jewish Code.
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