Evening star., 1938-06-19

from, the smaller toWns.
Hy the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June ia mercileSs Off
cial campaign against Jews, reinforced
by mob action, was extended to all
Germany today by secret police orders.
Jews were in panic. Foreign con-
sulates were besieged by men and
women trying despairingly to get per-
mission to go to other countries.
In Worms, famed as Martin LII
ting food because gentiles were afraid
to sell it to them.
Eyewitnesses in Frankfurt said old,
respectable families were routed from
their beds and taken to police head
quarters before dawn
Police raids hitherto were confined
to Berlin, where they were called off,
cially drive to capture anti-social
and criminal elements"
Official estimates of the number
arrested were lacking, except a report
given the controlled press today-the
first since the renewed anti-Semitic
wave started June 1-saying two raids
in Berlin resulted in the arrests of
460 Jews, of whom rs were found to
be heavily incriminated," 26 were
without nationality" and 81 were
foreigners without proper papers"
1,000 Believed Arrested.
Some observers believed, however.
that raids yesterday and today led to
500 arrests, and that an estimate of
1000 in Berlin in the last three weeks
seemed reasonable Besides, 1000
were estimated under arrest in the
provinces
Today's official stPtement said all
those arrested were "criminally Sus-
picious persons" and mo political or
other motives were behind these ac-
tions of the police, which were con-
Quoted in the course Of regular
check-ups"
"A number of Jews had to be taken
into protective custody for reasons of
personal safety" the statement added
Official quarters insisted police were
looking solely for social and criminal
elements
If Jew had even as much as the
equivalent of an ordinary American
parking ticket against him, that fact
was seized upon as an excuse for
gruelling grilling, even though the
cffense was old and minor.
65 Buses Nightly.
At Buchwald copcentration camp,
near Weimar. it was reported IS army
buses were arriving nightly from Ber-
lin, filled with Jews.
Other centers sent smaller con-
tingents to the camp.
A reliable source declared he had
seen a decree signed by Reinhard
Heydrich, aide of Secret Police Chief
Heinrich Himmler, ordering checkup
on Jews throughout greater Germany.
Reports from Frankfurt, Cologne,
Vienna, Munich and other cities cor
roborated his assertion.
The Characterization of Jewish
stores as Jewish must be carried out
80 plainly that there can be no doubt
about their nature" the Nazi press in
Cologne declared
81, witnessed the looting of a shoe
store" a middle-class tradesman re-
counted.
"I am so ashamed hardly dare look
o foreigner in the face. A few mob
leaders took down shoe boxes from
the shelves and handed box after box
o,,t tbro,1nh a c,,, a ched ,,d,dou,
After that, furniture and fixtures
were wantonly destroyed"
Boxes Boys Ears.
Demonstrating the swiftness of mob
action was the case OF Jewish mer-
chant in Berlin's exclusive west end
who dared box the ears of a member
Of the Hitler Youth Organization.
The boy had smeared "Out With
Jews" on the shop windows Within q
few minutes after the owner had
struck the youth, crowd gathered
and smashed windows not only of the
Jews shop, but those of nearby stores.
Anti-Semitic outbursts provoked a
curious counter-action in Katzbach
street, Berlin. Smeared r, across the
street in huge red letters were Com
munistic words, Nevertheless, the
Red Front Is Still Alive
A Jew who was taken to Berlin
police headquarters described his ex-
periences there thus:
There were 40 persons in the room
into which was pushed. There were
only six towels for the 40. We had
TO take turns catching few winks of
(See NAZIS, Page A-5.)