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Slovak Government Exempts Small Farms from Restitution; 13,000 Jews Lose out

January 4, 1948
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The Slovak Government Agricultural Committee has accepted an amendment to the local restitution law which will exempt from restitution all farms under 50 acres, it was reported from Pratislava. In effect this amendment will prevent the return of farm land to an estimated 13,000 -20,000 Jewish former land-owners.

Simon Tresl, a cattle dealer, has been sentenced in Prague to one month’s imprisonment, on charges of having attempted to incite violence against Jews. Tresl pleaded that he was drunk when he insulted the Jews.

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