Finding it impossible to pay the heavy license tax imposed on them by the Polish government, numerous Jewish shops in the Jewish district closed their doors today.
The license tax also affected petty Jewish merchants who display their wares in stalls on the street. They too, found it impossible to pay the fees and were forbidden to occupy their stalls.
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