Gen. Sergei Vinogradov, head of the Russian Armistice Commission in Rumania, today informed Jewish leaders here that the first of the 9,000 Rumanian Jews who are to be repatriated from Transnistria to their homes in Rumania will leave Russian territory next week. The initial group will consist of 2,000 persons.
The repatriation of the Rumanian Jews has been instituted at the request of Jewish leaders in Bucharest who submitted a memorandum requesting the transfer to the Russian Armistice Commission. The Jews to be repatriated are the remnants of the thousands of Jews deported to Transnistria by the pro-Nazi Rumanian regime of Gen. Antonesou.
A commission appointed by the present Rumanian Government will receive the repatriated Jews and will assist in their readjustment. The commission includes representatives of the Union of Jews of Rumania. It is estimated that at least $400,000 will be needed to support the Jews during the first few months after their return. The funds are expected to be allotted by the Joint Distribution Committee.
Formation of a rabbinical school was announced here today by the Association of Rabbis from Poland, Hungary and Rumania. Among the teachers is the noted Rabbi Halberstram of Bobow in Poland.
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