SAVAGE REVENGE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 May 1942, Page 4

SAVAGE REVENGE

TAKEN BY THE NAZIS — I FOR ATTACK ON HEYDRICH. THREAT OF FURTHER MURDERS OF HOSTAGES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, May 29. The “Standard” says that Hitler’s physician, Professor Sauerbruch, went to Prague and removed three bullets from Heydrich. The bullets had injured his spinal cord. A hundred persons were imprisoned in Prague yesterday in reprisal for the shooting of Heydrich. Himmler and twenty high Gestapo officials have been sent by air from Berlin to Prague to conduct investigations into the shooting of Heydrich. The investigations began with mass arrests of public leaders, including a purge of university professors and many high officials of the Hacha Government. Two hundred hostages have been selected to die in case the real culprits are never found. The Tass Agency says the streets of every Czech town are deserted except for German armoured cars. '■'' more victims. INCLUDING SEVEN WOMEN. « (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 1.5 p.rh;) RUGBY, May 29. A further thirteen Czechoslovaks—five meh, seven wdmeh and one youth —were executed this evening, according to the Prague radio in reprisal for the shooting of Heydrich. All were charged with harbouring unregistered persons . All their property was confiscated.