Men Executed for Espionage on Reich Frontier Berlin, July 24.
Two men, Josef Michnia and Paul Matischek. were beheaded to-day for espionage, according to a communique.
The n, the statement said, were inhabitants of a frontier district who were persuaded by bribes to enter a foreign espionage service.
Their behaviour, it was added, was "the more contemptible and danger-[ous to the State" because it was [revealed that they had planned and prepared military centres and defensive measures, "thus endangering the progress and effectiveness of the German Army."—Reuter 1
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