The French Telegraphic Service today reported that professor Emile Terroine has been appointed by the Ministry of Finance as head of the department for the restitution of Jewish property.
Prof. Terroine’s appointment follows his work in restoring Jewish property in Lyons, where he was professor of physiology in the local university. Under the Vichy regime he was imprisoned and held in Fort de Montluck.
(“The New York Times reports today from Paris that yellow stickers adorned with black swastikas and inscriptions in red lettering are appearing on store windows in Paris and provincial cities reading “This establishment has been stolen by a profiteer under German occupation.” The stickers, which are identical in appearance with those displayed during the German occupation on shops owned by Jews, represent a protest against the delay of the French Government in returning to the Jewish owners property that was confiscated by both Vichy and the Germans, the report said.)
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