The Archive · 1940

German Harvests Rotting

It is stated that despite Nazi efforts at secrecy, harvests in many parts of the country are rotting where they lie ungathered in the fields, disorganization of transport so acute that sufficient workers cannot be taken to fields nor crops. moved to stores.

For example, at Magdeburg,. the gathering.of wheatend potato crops in: Saxony - has' been brought to a standstill.: This, it is stated, is causing concern to: farmers, who will be unable to, clear the- ground in time for next years'. planting.

Throughout Germany refugees are finding means to avoid the official ban and are evacuating themselves out of the reach of the long arm of the Royal Air Force.

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