The Brussels radio today reported that partisans this week attacked a Budapest-Vienna train and liberated 660 Jews who were being deported to Germany.
The Hungarian cabinet has issued a decree requiring that the proceeds from confiscated Jewish property be placed in a Sequestered account in the name of the former owner. The order, which is quoted in the government newspaper Fueggetlenseg, does not indicate what eventual disposition will be made of the funds.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
