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1,000,000 Yokes Jewish Land Confiscated in Hungary; Premier Claims Credit for It

January 19, 1944
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Premier Nicholas von Kallay of Hungary, addressing the Hungarian Parliament, announced that 1,000,000 yokes of Jewish land in Hungary have been confiscated under the anti-Jewish laws, the Budapest newspapers reaching are today report.

In making this announcement, the Hungarian Premier emphasized that he personality assumes the full responsibility for taking the land away from the Jews. “In connection with the Jewish estates, may I mention that the campaign was solely my work,” on Kallay is quoted as having declared.

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