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Changes Names of Jews Without Consultation

October 3, 1932
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The municipality of Czernowitz has recently undertaken to change the names of Jews on passports without consulting the persons to whom they apply, it is disclosed here.

The Jewish names are exchanged for Roumanian ones on passports and other personal documents.

The Jewish press demands court action against the municipality for these acts.

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