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Decree “ghetto” for Jewish Reporters Covering Rumanian Parliament

December 14, 1937
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A “GHETTO” SECTION HAS BEEN DECREED FOR JEWISH REPORTERS COVERING SESSIONS OF THE RUMANIAN PARLIAMENT, IT WAS ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY TODAY.

THE SECTION WILL BE INAUGURATED WITH THE OPENING OF THE FEBRUARY SESSION OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, CHAMBER OFFICIALS SAID, EXPLAINING THE MEASURE WAS MADE NECESSARY TO AVOID DISTURBANCES EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM AN INCREASED NUMBER OF ANTI-SEMITIC DEPUTIES. THE JEWISH REPORTERS, IT WAS ADDED, WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ENTER THE CHAMBER LOBBY.

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