A flourishing racket that has sprung up in Rumania forces Jews to contribute to the support of anti-Semitic organizations whose primary purpose is to destroy the Jews.
Tough-looking, uniformed storm troopers enter offices of Jewish firms and demand substantial donations for their various Nazi parties on pain of disaster to merchants and their families.
The amount of the “benevolent gift is assessed arbitrarily. Since Nazi have a reputation for carrying out their threats, the victims usually comply with the demands.
The authorities have not acted to halt these rackets.
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