With all of Rumania’s energies concentrated on defense against possible attack, anti-Jewish propaganda has completely disappeared from the press under official orders banning press polemics against national minorities. The more serious problems which Rumania faces have thrust anti-Jewish activities into the background.
Thousands of men, including Jews disenfranchised under the recent naturalization revision, have been drafted for building fortifications. Jews work side by side with Rumanians, without friction, in the strengthening of the country’s defense.
The Government is reported to be quietly liquidating certain elements of the pro-Nazi Iron Guard. Among Iron Guardists recently arrested is the father of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Iron Guard founder who was executed last year.
The authorities are also keeping a close watch over the approximately 20,000 “tourists” in Rumania, whom the Government regards as German officers who could direct a putsch of the 600,000 Germans living in Rumania, most of whom are organized in local Nazi groups and 30,000 of who are fit for military service.
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