Rumanian Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen called for the extradition to Rumania of the two men responsible for the January 1941 massacre of Bucharest’s Jewish community The two are Bishop Valerian Trifa who now lives in Grass Lake, Michigan, and Father Vasile Boldeanu who is in Paris.
The call was launched last week during a memorial service for the program’s victims, many of whom were burned alive when Iran Guard mobs stormed through the Jewish quarter and put fire to synagogues and various Jewish institutions. Trifa is charged with leading the crowds and Boldeanu served at the time as the Iran Guard’s Secretary General, Rosen recalled.
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