A description of the cruelties practiced by tax officials against the Jewish population in Northern Bukovina was given today in Parliament by the Jewish deputy, Ernst Marton.
The plight of the Jews is particularly bad in the town of Wishnitz where the poorest Jews are the principal sufferers. The officials have gone so far as to confiscate beds and beddings and whole families have been compelled to sleep on bare boards. Artisans, he said, have been deprived of their machinery although such confiscation is against the law.
Deputy Marton called upon the Minister of Finance to end the tortures applied to the Jews.
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