Show v e Nazis Order Hostages Hostages' Release In French Conciliatory Move Th PI VICHY April 23 UP The UP-The The re release release re- re lease of 20 hostages held in re reprisal reprisal reprisal re- re for assistance w which h i c h Frenchmen were said to have given B British r i t i s h commandos in their March 28 raid on St St. Nazaire was ordered Thursday by the Germans in in their second conciliatory move toward the French in two days The German gestures came after a series of outbreaks against occupation occupation occupation oc oc- oc- oc authorities in the Paris Pans area and parts of Brittany Normandy Normandy Normandy Nor Nor- mandy and the northeastern departments departments departments de de- de- de which resulted in the execution of at least Frenchmen Frenchmen Frenchmen French French- men since April 1 L Of these 96 were hostages French authorities were understood understood understood under under- stood to have intervened personally personally personally person person- ally in behalf of the hostages at I St St. Nazaire I Wednesday General Ernst von Schaumburg German commander in the Paris area announced that 20 other Frenchmen had been re reprieved reprieved reprieved re- re because civilians had handed over to police the persons responsible for killing a German soldier in Paris April 20 |