Jewish doctors and dentists in Bulgaria who are permitted to continue their practice must remove the Bulgarian-sounding endings from their names, according to an order issued by the Minister of Interior and published in the Sofia newspaper Zora which reached here today. The order permits the Jewish doctors and dentists to display their former names in brackets on their nameplates until December 31, 1942.
Nazi-financed Bulgarian newspapers reaching here today express dissatisfaction with the “lenient” way in which the Jews are treated in Bulgaria, and urge the Sofia government ” to show sincere conviction by deeds” in settling the Jewish question. Articles published in these newspapers complain that the anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria seem to be unpopular with the local population and that ” the Jewish problem is not regarded seriously enough.”
The “Vechera,” one of these pro-Nazi newspapers, devotes a special article to criticizing the present anti-Jewish regulations as “inadequate.” The paper claims that despite these regulations, Jews in Bulgaria are still “able to retain their former position.” “Apart from confiscation of radios, the imposition of the special levy on Jews, and the restrictions on Jews appearing in the street in the evening, practically nothing has been done to curb Jewish activities, “the paper writes, demanding the “complete eradication of the Jews.”
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