The German official news agency, DNB, today reported that Dr. William Filderman, who was arrested a few days ago in Bucharest on the charge that he urged Jews in Rumania not to pay the special “Jewish tax,” will be deported to Transnistria, the Axis-held Russian territory where tens of thousands of Rumanian Jews have perished in exile under the Rumanian administration.
The order to deport the Jewish leader to Transnistria was issued by Ion Antonescu, Rumanian Premier, the Nazi news agency said. Antonescue was a school mate of Dr. Filderman at Bucharest University.
The introduction of a “special tax” on Jews, Poles and Gypsies in the Czech Protectorate has been announced this week in Prague. This tax is in addition to the special income tax which has been imposed on Jews regardless of their nationality amounting to fifteen percent of their income.
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