Approximately 400 Jewish buildings here have passed into the hands of banks affiliated with the Ministry of Finance, it was reported today by the local press.
Hundreds of houses in Warsaw and in other cities of Poland are being offered for sale by Jews for small sums, but there are few buyers, Warsaw newspapers report. The owners of the houses have been reduced to poverty by the heavy taxation which hit Jews the hardest. In addition to being unable to meet the unjustified taxes, Jewish landlords also are unable to collect rent from their Jewish tenants, most of whom have been reduced to beggary.
OFFER PEASANTS FURNITURE
The tragic picture of middle-class Jews offering their household goods for sale to Polish peasants in exchange for bread or flour is pictured in the Moment, Yiddish daily. Emphasizing the destruction of Jewish economic life, this paper tells how their last pieces of furniture are being offered by Jews for a price barely sufficient to buy several pounds of bread.
“In the provincial cities,” the paper relates, “especially in the province of Wohlin, tables, chairs and other pieces of furniture are being sold at auction for paltry
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