Evening star., 1942-08-17
Germans Hostage Lisi
IsLike a Who's Who
OF Occupied Areas
Possible Leaders of
eResistunce Declared
Singled Out by Nozis
BY IVES GALLAGHER,
Wide World

LONDON.--A definite pattern o.
death has been written by Hmm
ler's Gestapo firing squads in Occu.
pied Europe as the Nazis seek tc
break the will of the people they
have overrun.
Poets and politicians, professors
and doctors, churchmen and news
paper editors, army officers ane
pacifists have predominated in the
long lists of hostage shootings and
concentration camp deaths engi-
neered by the Gestapo
But If you study the lists you find
that "the Germans are trying to
kill all the leaders and intellectuals
who have the following and ability
TO. engineer any organized resist
arice," Czech government spokes-
man declared.
Spokesman for governments in
London agree the hostage slayings
and arrests are all designed to elimi-
nate the thinking element" in Eu-
rope as part of Hitler's grand plan
to reduce all conquered nations to
slave countries.
te List Of Victims.
A hostage list of those shot or
held reads like a European Who's
Who. Here are a few supplied by
governments now in London:
France (shot as hostages
Count Henri Honore d'Estienne
d'Orves, member Of famous French
family and naval officer.
Gabriel Peri, Communist Deputy
In Chamber Of Deputies; Fernand
Holweck, Sorbonne professor and
one of Frances most famous scien-
fists.
Leon Jost, president of Ex-Serv-
icemen's Association; Boris Wilde,
professor of science at the Museum
OF Anthropology.
Czechoslovakia (shot)-
Gen. Alois Elias, former Prime
Minister; DR.. Alois Klapka, Mayor
OF Prague and famous lawyer; zladi-
slaz Zamcura, nationally known
poet and author; Prof. B. Baxa OF
University of Prague; DR., victor
Felber, professor OF economies
Prague University.
Netherlands Arrests.
Netherlands (held AS hostages)-
,Jo Vincent, nationally known
singer: Marinnus Van Der Goes Van
Matters, Socialist leader; Titus
Brandsma, professor, Nymeyens
University; K. H. E. Gravemeyer,
secretary general of Dutch Reform
Church; DR.. Hendrix Colvn, former
Prime Minister.
Norway (shot)-
Viego Hanstein, legal adviser to
Norwegian Trade Union;
Hostages
Didrik Seip, president, Oslo Uni
versity; William Dahl-H Hansen, pres
ident of Norwegian Shipowners'
Association; Harold Greig. director
of National Theater;; Prof. Francis
Bull, literature expert. Oslo Uni
verSity.
Poland (shot)-
Kazimierz Bartel, former Polish
Prime Minister; DR.. Maciej Ratal,
speaker of Lower House Of Parlia-
ment and Peasant Party leader;
Mieczyslaw NiedNalkowski, leader,
Socialist Party; Prof. Roman Rybar-
ski, Warsaw University; Janus K,ls-
ocimski, olympic Games runner
who once defeated Nurmi.
Yuxoslav Victims.
Yugoslavia (held as hostages at
last reports
Bragutin Protic, governor of Ma
tional Bank of Yugoslavia: Milutin
Dordvic, former Minister Of Finance;
DR.. Alexander Belle, chairman OF
University Society of Science; DR..
Bragutin Antic, professor. Belgrade
University and nationally known
authority on medicine; DR.. Tihomir
Dordezic, historian.
Greece (held as hostages at last
reports
L. Roufos. former Minister of
Foreign Affairs: A. Athonassakis,
head Of the Greek Red Gross; Alex
ander Zannas former Minister of
Aviation and Liberal Party leader;
M. Fitsikis, dean, Polytechnic School
OF Athens.
The Belgian government was the
only one which said hostage shoot
ings and arrests had not followed
intellectual lines.
"Up until about a month ago
many professors were under arrest
but they were released suddenly"
. spokesman said. I'VE don't know
why they were released or why