The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11

i emitting prisoners of war, well over 100000 men, women and children have been uphooted from theil homes and busted from their lands
 Prisoners of War
 Some of these" the statisticians say, "have fled terror in their na- tive land; others have been trans ferred as mere paWns of nationa- listic polcy: even more are being held in alien territories as drafted laborers or prisoners of war"
 In England. 1t is shown, approxi- mately a million civilians have been removed from heavily bombed areas to less dangerous ones, while popu- lation transfers have also been made in Germany. It is estimated that "the grand total Of foreigners, both prisoners and civilians, at work in Germany exceeds 100000.
 Of permanent migrations, the statisticians say that probably the largest number are persons who fled or emigrated from Germany and from the growing area dominated by 1t, since 1883. In excess of 300,- 900 have left Germany itself, and from the area since conquered there have gone an unknown number, probably scores of thousands. The outstanding example of so-called repatriation" was the transfer of Germanic people living in the Ball. tic, Polish, and Bessarabian areas occupied by Russia In 1889 and 1940. About 100000 persons were involved in these transfers. Actually many fthese families had not lived un- der German rule for generations.
 ITO make room for German set- tiers from non-G German territories, and for other reasons, large numbers of Poles, peasants especially, have been pushed out of their homes and transferred to other parts of Poland taken over by Germany" the sta tisticians explain.
 "Still another large transfer of population involved reported 50O,- 900 Films who inhabited the area ceded to Russia in 1940. Russia has also been reported to have trans ferred large numbers of persons from the areas which she has occupied since the outbreak of the war, par ticularly from Eastern Poland Gen. sorship has yelled the extent of these transfers, but one report puts the number involved at 500000."
 Millions of Refuges
 Concerning refugees fleeing from combat areas, the StatisticianS say that "the numbers streaming south- ward from Belgian and Northern France, just before and during the military operations in the area, will never be known but totalled many millions. Even today, in unoccupied France alone, the number of refu- gees is estimated to be as high as 2,500O00. In the Balkan countries also are tens of thousands of refu- gees, largely from Poland, but some from former Rumanian territories transferred to Russia.
 other large population nove- ments of the war have arisen from the more or less forced recruiting of laborers, especially from Poland but also from every area overrun by the Germans, for work on Ger man farms and in German factories From Poland alone the number of such persons is reported to be more than 450,O00, and in addition, 180, ,00O released Polish prisoners were. re- ported to be thus engaged. The workers recruited from other coun- tries Holland, Belguim, France Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and other countries. number well in excess ot 100000. Even Italy has contributed about 10000 workers and has prom ised 60,0O0 additional farm laborers Large numbers of prisoners taken by the Germans have been put to work on farms or on roads and, to some extent, in factories. The grand total of foreigners. prisoners and civilians at work in Germany exceeds 2,0O0, 600. About one-third are civilians Many of them, presumably volisn. aS Asss SacsRted employment