GERMAN EXODUS
Terrible Hardships On Trek From Poland British Official Wireless (Received January 21, 6.30 p.m.) BERLIN, January 20 A radio announcement stated that 55 persons died during the trek of 8000 Germans from Sovietised Poland. Terrible hardships were suffered during the compulsory exodus. All Germans have left the area. Thirtyfive thousand reached Germany and are waiting in camps prior to distribution throughout the country. The Nazi court at Posen sentenced three Polish men and five Polish women to death for the ill-treatment of two German airmen after they had crashed. Four youths were sentenced to 17 to 19 years' Imprisonment for the same offence. The Law Gazette publishes a decree signed by Goering, issued on January 15, and effective immediately, confiscating the entire property of the Polish State. “Insubordination against the political reorganisation” is punishable with death.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21558, 22 January 1940, Page 6
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138GERMAN EXODUS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21558, 22 January 1940, Page 6
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