NAZI WAY

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 263, 24 November 1939, Page 3

NAZI WAY

( ZI'i'CII MASSAC RE STUDENTS SHOT TIIOI'SA NDS ARR ESTEID LONDON. Nov. 22. 'fbo Belgrade eoiTespomleiit of the Now Voik 'l’imes sn.is lliaL a neutral observer from Prague gave flu* billowing account ol events in Prague. “Three motorised columns of German State police (on verged on Prague oil November 1 (>- All students’ dormitories. both men and women, were I ire ken into at M a.m. and, without being allowed to dress, the. students were tied together in threes and dragged away. The homes and lodgings of students were systematically searched. About IUCO were arrested. “Students, who resisted!, or parents who tried I" shield their children, were immediately shot dead and lelt, or wounded and taken without medical attention. Children Taken “Liter in the morning. Hu* university lecture rooms wore entmed. Students and children alike were raidled and hoys and girls, aged II to 1(1 were arrested. “The university clinic was entered All patients won* expelled. Transport was provided only for those operated on during the previous night. “About SIX 10 prisoners were taken to the Rtiz.n barracks and the Sparta football stadium, where they were drenched with cold water and' left without food until the- evening. Shot Before Comrades •‘Then before the eyes of fellow students, \2o youths, beginning with the j.resident of the Students’ Association were shot dead. Next clay tin* icimiindcr wore sent in trucks to. lGeiiimn.x. All Gormans in Prague are now armed.” Tim Rome correspondent, of Tho Times says that the recent disorders in Bohemia have led to the renewal ol attacks against Roman .Catholics', whom the Nazis are indiscriminately persecuting. They arrested two priests •Hid It) laymen and charged them with communicating with Roman Catholics in countries hostile to Germany in otdief to foment disorders in Czechoslovakia. The Vatican is seeking explanation jn default of which it will protest to Berlin.