German authorities have rejected a proposal of the Swedish Government that they permit the Red Cross to take 40,000 Jews from Rumania, including 5,000 children, on a Swedish ship, it was reported here today.
The Swedish Government offered to send the Swedish ship “Bardaland” to the Rumanian port of Constanza in order to transport the Jews from there to Turkey, from where they could be transported overland to Palestine. The “Bardaland” has been engaged in bringing Red Cross relief to the people of occupied Greece. Other offers made by the Swedish Government to Berlin with regard to the rescue of Jews from Rumania have also been rejected, it was disclosed.
The Swedish press today reports that Paul Koren, a leader of the Quisling party in occupied Norway, fled to Sweden after being charged with embezzling 100,000 crowns received for confiscated Jewish property. Koren claims that he fled to Sweden because of his opposition to the Nazis.
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