RETRIBUTION THREAT
SHOOTING OF DUTCHMEN NAZI CRIMES IN HOLLAND (British Official Wireless.) (9.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 16. Dr. Gerbrandy, the Netherlands Prime Minister, speaking in London on Saturday, said that five hostages had been arrested in the Netherlands because the perpetrators of the sabotage attempt on a German train had not come forward. “Sabotage is one of the real proofs that Hitler, even if he should win the war, would not be able to establish a real rule,” he said. “It is exactly the consciousness of this which makes this despicable tyrant seize the means of murdering innocent hostages. But the moment will come when the Netherlands Government, on its own territory, will have the power of trying those who committed war crimes.” The Hilversum radio says that General Christiansen, German commander in Holland, announced that five Dutch hostages had been shot for sabotage because the perpetrators oi the attempt to blow up a German train at Rotterdam had been too cowardly to give themselves up.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20864, 17 August 1942, Page 3
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