Minister of Justice Lucretiu Patrascanu has issued an order to Rumanian courts that heirless Jewish property is to be surrendered to local Jewish communities, pending the issuance of special legislation by the parliament.
The order, which came as a result of the intervention of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Rumania, states that in Transylvania where separate Orthodox and Reform communities exist, the court shall untrust the property to the community of which the original owner was a member. Parliamentary action on this problem, which is compulsory under the peace treaty with the Allied nations, awaits formal ratification of the pact.
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