MANY ARRESTS
GERMAN POLICE ACTIVITIES LARGE NUMBER OF JEWS INCLUDED VARIETY OF CHARGES (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, June 1. (Received June 1, at 11.20 p.m.) Mystery surrounds a large number of arrests in Berlin and Vienna of persons who, it is alleged, have been engaged in smuggling opium and foreign currency, but it is significant that out of the 339 persons arrested in Berlin 317 are Jews. The police raided two restaurants yesterday and arrested 76 persons whom they state are criminals. Others are political suspects and other foreigners with defective passports. The arrests in Vienna in the past few days are believed to number 2000.. They include Jews and Aryans in many spheres, most of whom are accused of breaches of the currency laws. Others are alleged to be Communists accused of conspiring against the State. It is reported that more than 100 Jewish doctors were recently arrested, mainly on charges of performing illegal operations.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23516, 2 June 1938, Page 11
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