Another 3,000 Jews deported to Transnistria (in the Soviet Ukraine) by the Antonescu Government have been repatriated and 2,500 more are expected shortly, it was announced here.
In one group repatriated were 268 Jews who formerly lived in Madauti, Camplung and Dorohoi. All of them are being cared for temporarily in Dorchoi. Another group of 2,400, originally from southern Bukovina, have arrived in Jassy from Ungeni.
Memorial services for President Roosevelt were held in the Bucharest Synagogue yesterday. Representatives of the Rumanian Government and Lieuts. Bookbinder and Freedberg of the American military missions were among those attending. The synagogue was jammed and thousands of people stood in the streets outside. Chief habbi Shafran officated.
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