ARMY OF OUTCASTS
COOLIE STATUS FOR CZECHS,
POLES, AND JEWS
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, February 10.
Details, have just become known in London of a German decree of January 8 which in effect reduces to the status of coolies the Czech, Polish, and Jewish workers in Germany. The decree, which was published on January 15 over the signature of Herr Daeschner as Director of Labour, places in the special category of workers of the second class all agricultural workers in the Reich, who do not possess German citizenship, except those employed under S|^te contract. They will be paid at a lower rate and are not entitled to overtime.
About 1,500,000 Poles, several hundred thousand Czechs, and 10,000 Jews are affected. German workers incurring the displeasure of the regime run the danger of being sent to join the army of outcasts.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 36, 12 February 1940, Page 7
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140ARMY OF OUTCASTS Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 36, 12 February 1940, Page 7
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