Mounting evidence of the plight of Jews in German-occupied Poland was released by the Berlin correspondent of the Danish newspaper Politi Ken.
Kept behind barbed wire in huge camps called “reservations” men up to the age of 70 and women up to 55 were made to do 12 hours of forced labour a day with just one 30-minute break. Children were looked after by the older women where it was reported “concentration camp discipline prevails.”
By April 1 an estimated 650,000 Jews were expected to have been removed to this area.
“Where a German Jew has married a non-Jew, both are being forced to go,” the report continued. “This has led to many suicides, the Jewish husband or wife preferring to die, so that the survivor can continue to live in Germany.”
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