An order issued today by the Norwegian Minister of Justice instructs provincial governors to submit an inventory of all Jewish real estate in their districts. Other orders affecting Jews are expected to be issued in Norway some time before Christmas.
It is believed here that anti-Jewish legislation will follow the usual Nazi pattern, forcing the 1,300 Jews in Norway to wear yellow Mogen Davids, barring them from certain vocations and most professions and prohibiting them from entering public places, restaurants, etc.
In Oslo action has already been taken against Jewish lawyers. Some were deprived of their licenses to practice. In Trondheim, Heimann Abrahamsen, a Jewish merchant, was ousted from three businesses belonging to him. Although the total value of all three enterprises was 250,000 kroner, approximately $58,250, Abrahamsen was offered 750 kroner, approximately $175, in settlement. Members of the Hird, the Quislilng storm troops, have taken over the establishments.
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