The Archive · 1941

Czechoslovakian Food Situation Serious

Jerusalem, Aug: 11

Food.süpplies in ' Czechoslovakia are becoming steadily worse, accord ing to well-informed foreign circles Here, who state that even regular civil rations are frequently unobtain-Able. Tr Bratislava the position is so bad that angry housewives daily cause disturbances in front of the supply

soned IR Bakia in me last Dur eve us have been impri-have been imi weeks on charge Eo. Being it is reported. actual are communists, "the majority being faithful supporters of the Czechoslovak Republic..

Goods traffic has decreased by over sabotage. three-quarters during June owing-to E è has been published in Belgrade iühttoducing Soma labour for all between 17 and because German-attempts to persuade Serbian peasants and workers to go torwork for Germany on a promise to be well fed and well paid. have met with ho Suctess.—Reüter. apart from at ing the Nazis where slone of the tasks of the Ministry they: feel: it -most iw ty prepare for the welfare of Hitler's victims as soon as they are freed from his control, "Surpluses of essential commotiities are being built up so that supplies for the starving! peoples of Europe wilt be available at the moment they can receive them.

"Post war relief under the slogan of "Food for the Free' is a problem which: the: Ministry is attacking with the Cooperation of the British Com* monwealth of Nations and the Unites which-the people "Will be freed and "Total. blockade ig the wea ith the-best way to Melp them) is to free them' in the shortest possible time," observer in the After,

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