NAZI TYRANNY

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 December 1939, Page 9

NAZI TYRANNY

GESTAPO ABUSE MONKS A story of Nazi brutality comes from Rotterdam. Recently members of the Gestapo suddenly invaded a I rutiuisvan monastry at Gronau, a >hort distance from the Dutch frontier and announced its dissolution. The monks were told that they must leave the monastery at once. They asked whether they could take anything to eat with them, but were

icfused, although the police were seen and threw at the rector’s feet. All the to fill their bags from the monastery’s store of food. An aged friar, who was telling his beads in thei garden, was seized by the beard, addressed as “Schwcinhund,” and asked what he war doing. The rector’s request to be allowed tc remove the Host was met with a flat 14,’usal until he told the police he would do so, even if it cost '’’im his life. Somewhat taken aback, the; th; n consented, and, smoking accompanied him to the chapel. Heic p request for a. suitable ciborium was refused. and the Host was .’mail:

i wrapped in a piece of paper which cne & of the officer ’ took from his pockss time the police maintained a stead., s flow of jeers and abuse. s The monastery had clore co " nv ' s tions from Brazil, from a e administered. It is monastery 3 is used as a ’j/'J.*