Evening star., 1942-06-20
Germans Begin Purge
In Austria Of Foes
OF Nazi.ism
News Agency Intimotes
Campaign Will Extend
Throughout Reich

Campaign Will Extend
Throughout Reich
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 20.-A purge OF
"anti-social elements"-a eu-
phemism for all who disagree
with the Nazis-has begun in
Vienna and the lower Danube
province OF Austria, the German
news agency DNB reported to-
day, intimating the campaign
would embrace the entire Ger
man Reich.
In radio broadcast, DBN defined
the "anti-social' person as any one
who owing to criminal, anti-State
or querulous inclinations continu-
ally enters into conflict with the
penal law, the police and other
authorities
These, it said, represent IAN ele-
ment of unrest Of the first order"
so that their elimination was very
important, particularly in wartime"
Those arrested will oe sent either
to welfare institutes, to forced labor
or to Gestapo education camps"
the broadcast said.
Campaign Intensified.
1t indicated the purge included
persons deemed of unsound mind
or immoral but that it also was
taking in all persons deemed by
the Nazis to be incapable of living
in the community" for any reason.
While persons hostile to the Ger
man state have long been subject
to Nazi retribution, the campaign
against dissidents obviously is Deing
intensified.
1t appeared also that this might
be the first instance in which Adolf
Hitler. through his underlings, is
exercising the powers of supreme
judge which he arrogated to him.
self April 26.
Apparently the Nal party will b
prosecutor. judge and jury. leaving
only the sentencing to government
authorities.
Foremost Problem.
The fight against anti-social ele-
ments always has been a foremost
problem of population policy.
In some provinces OF the Reich
an attempt has now been made to
take active steps to fight those in
capable OF living In the community.
THE leadership of the National
Socialist NazD German workers
party for racial policy has well
coined and approved these steps.
Since anti-social persons repre-
sent an element of unrest of the
first order, this work Is very i'm
portant, particularly in wartime.
Certain unified directives ought to
be followed, and ali provinces must
agree on a system of grading.
Throughout the entire Reich
there must be . uniform conception
Of who Is capable of living in the
community.
ITO insure this uniform attitude.
clarification of the term recently ar
rived at in the Gau Niederdonau
dover Danube province) has been
made compulsory. It conforms with
directives issued by the Reichs Min-
istry of Interior concerning deflni-
ton of hereditary diseases.
Conflict With Law.
According to this leaflet individ-
uals incapable Of living in COM
munity are all those who, owing to
their mental attitude. are incapable
Of satisfying the minimum require
ments Of the national community
regarding their personal, social and
national bearing
The anti-social. therefore, is any
one who. owing to criminal, anti
state or querulous inclinations, con-
tinually enters into conflict with
the penal law, the police or other
authorities.
Additionally, the annuity hunter.
loath to do any kind of work, and
the insurance Sponger. or whoever
tries to burden the community with
his upkeep and that of his children; !;
whoever is particularly uneconomi-
cal and uncontrolled, lacks a sense
of responsibility and is neither able
to run an orderly household nor
raise children to become useful
citizens.
ALSO the drunkard who spends a
considerable part of his wages on
alcohol and endangers his family.
And finally. persons who stand
outside the national community by
their immoral life or earn their
living by it.
Persons incapable of living In
the community are considered dan.
gerous for our people.
Health Of Future.
They dlsintegrate the national
community, and by their numerous
inferior offspring threaten the health
of coming generations.
THE central ONCE for racial
policy has at the same time called
attention TO the exemplary prac-
tical fight started against these
individuals in Vienna and Nieder-
donau.
with the help of local group
leaders and labor offices. the per-
sons affected are being rounded up
in Niederdonau dover Danube).
COMMITTEES have been appointed
in districts and regions to deal with
these anti-social elements.
Their expert opinion will bind
administrative authorities. The lat
ter will decide whether an indi-
vidual will be sent to an institute
of welfare. to forced labor, or to
a labor educational camp of the
state police"
Meanwhile, the news service Of
the Polish government-in- Exile de-
clared here today that new wave
of mass executions had begun in
Poland and that more and more
women were falling before Nazi exc
cution squads.
OF Is persons said to have been
hanged recently in Poznan. the
agency asserted IL were women.
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