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Below is published the concluding portion of a statement by a Jewish-Christian prisoner communicated to the Foreign Office in October. 1938, by a Charity Organisation working in Germany.
The 5. Men employed" in the guard shows self, e.g., in their camp were mostly very young men treatment of an old man, a lawyer The appointments of the aveot 17 to 20 who had been specially by profession, whose Jewish other members of the board have "trained" for the purpose. But they reatures were rather specially beea
terminated by Order in were already so brutalised and marked. He was made to stand Council. These retiring members sadistle that it was a constant like a statue on the top of a wall are the Rt. Hon. HL. Fisher, Caro-wonder to Herr Z. how it could six to eight hours on end as a line Viscountess Bridgman, Capt. have been brought about (and "monument" 'All the passers by Sr Ian Fraser,, Mr. J. J. Mallon, and what would their mothers think?.aughed heartily at this good joke. Miss Sara Margery Fry.
They seemed to revel in inflicting On another occasion
guard torture. One instance of it was the asked him whether he was feelmy tickling of a prisoner's face with a the heat, and when the lawyer straw. and then when the face assented, ten buckets of water twitched giving him a terrific blow. were poured over his head. Herr Z. The sadistic amusements of the himself fared relatively well in the camp. He attributes this to prayer by which he was able to overcome fear.
The question of the new, can stitution of the B.B.C. was raised in Parliament, when it was said by Lord Macmillan. Min ster Information, that he did not know.
the
of
exact position, after Lord Strabolgi had said the Board of Governors had "ceased to exist."
Certain powers vested in the Postmaster-General under the B B, C. licence and agreement with that Min'ster have now been transferred to Information.
GOVERNORS CONSENTED
MORE MACHINE
GUNS
MUCH STRENGTH "It
requires much physical strength and nerve power to carry
briskly all the out
exorbitant
the Minister of SUPPLY FOR ABROAD demands that are made upon one, and to get through the heavy SYDNEY.-Australia's output or labour and other physical ordeals These chiefly apply to programme heavy machine guns next year without faltering OT matters. hours of working, and the would be eight times that of 1938. Signs of weakness evidently ex- taching. possible control of the service in sald the Acting Minister for Sup-cite the sadistic instincts of the emergency. Broadcasting is subject cly (Sir Frederick Stewart) recent-guards. Thus when a man was on to the same censorship as the ly, after an inspection of Lithgow the ground at their feet they Press,
small arms factory.
would habitually kick him in the face.
The modifications
have been made with the consent of the board of governors after their consulta- tion.
Announcing
the change the Ministry of Information stated:
"Liaison between the Ministry
Besides meeting its own re- quirements of these weapons. Australla had accepted the re- sponsibility of supplying some of the needs of two other dominions.
"There were 800 men employed at
and
Herr 2. ased to
pray beseech God to let the victims die, us one bout of torture simply Fled on to another one. It would
more merciful to shoot them than have been so much simpler an
purposes had already |
and the B. B. C. has been provided the small arms factory, compared to allow a life, which for all for: by the appointment of Sir with a normal average of 270. As practical Kenneth Lee as director of the new plant came into operation been destroyed, to drag on to the radio relations and communications more men would be put on. As
prolonged infinite agony of the. division of the Ministry, with the the factory had completed Austro-victim. assistance of certain members of lla's requirements of rifles with a the B. B. C. staff."
reserve sufficient to meet. war wastage, it was concentrating on machine guns of three types.
Sir Ian Fraser one of the retired guvernors, said:
"The B.B.C. continue their ex- istence as an independent corpora- tion.
The camp held 10.000 prisoners. about half of them Jews (and some "Bible Seekers"). There were many deaths daily.
Herr Z. was only fourteen days; The Trappist Monks of Mount St. in the camp. He was one of a Bernard's Monastery, Charnwood' small number who were released "The dve governors resigned by Forest. Leicestershire, are to leave because agreement, because. the Govern- the seclusion of the cloister be- ready for their emigration. For all arrangements were ment had expressed the view that cause of the war. The Lord Abbot any prisoner, however, who bore Board was required in wartime. a smaller and less representative has offered the services of his scars release was Impossible.
monks to all the depleted ranks of "Parliament must see to it that parish priests. The Trappists lead broadcasting remains the servant austere lives within the stone walls that if a word was said as to what They were strictly threatened of the people, and the best way to of the monastery, and carry out they had seen or experienced in: secure this is to maintain an in- their duties in 'ellence according to the camp they would immediately dependent board."
the rules of their strict Order.
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"menti year ended June 30, 1939, and of 5024 Portion per cent, of the increase in incom 27 Sensible
of men remaining in civil practice, 31 Constellation If these prove inadequate, an 32 Covered with additional levy will be made or wax peacetime. incomes of participants 33 Indian of in the scheme, other than bene. aciaries.
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be put back. Herr Z. had asked leave to stay a few weeks before leaving the country in order to finish selling his possessions. It was made clear to him, however. that he would be rearrested,
A German pastor pleaded his case with the English Consul at the port and Herr Z. received his visa to leave the country at once. The sale of his car had pa'd for his ticket to South America, But his business had to be closed down and the 100 per cent. tax on ali possessions bought since 1933 prevented him taking away "most of his belongings (expensive pro- fessional instruments, &c.1. He finally came away with just 10 marks in cash.
Herr Z. had fought through the. war. But life in the trenches com- pared to that in a concentration camp, was a "sanatorium."
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