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Soviet Deports 10,000 Former Rumanian Jews to Siberia

January 11, 1954
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Some 10,000 Jews living in former Rumanian territory have been deported by the Soviet authorities to Siberia, it was reported here today.

Meanwhile, the Free Rumanian Committee here reported that six more Zionist leaders are currently in Rumanian prisons following their trial and conviction last September. The six are: E. Kenner, Pascu Schaechter, Samuel Schittonowitzer, A. Horowitz, Iancu Tabacaru and Jean Cernauteanu.

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