Charles A. Davila, Roumanian Minister to the United States, today informed the Jewish Telegraphic Agency of the report of the Roumanian police department concerning an attack upon a synagogue in Turnu Magurele, where, according to “Unser Zeit,” the Cuzists destroyed the Scrolls of the Law, the Holy Vessels, and smashed the furnishings of the synagogue.
Minister Davila declared: “The report of the Department of Police received today shows that a group of 15 students in Turnu Magurele, coming home from a party on the night of January 9th, broke 21 small windows of the synagogue and one window at a tradesman’s residence, named Nurenberg.
“The police identified six of them and referred them to justice to be prosecuted for destruction of property according to Article 352 of the Roumanian Penal Code. The six indicted students were set free on condition that they replace the broken windows. Later, the other students were brought to court for a hearing. The results of the investigation were forwarded to the Department of Public Education.”
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