The resignation of the executive officers of the Union of Front Fighters in Hungary, as an expression of protest against the government ordered expel all Jews from membership in the war veterans organization, was announced today in Budapest.
In making the announcement, Count Joseph Takacs, president of the Union, said that all leaders of the provincial branches of the organization would also resign. He pointed out that the executive committee saw no reason why members who fought for Hungary at the front should be excluded from the organization only because they are Jews.
Reports from Budapest reaching here today state that the merchandise confiscated by the Hungarian authorities from “liquidated” Jewish enterprises is not being turned over to non-Jewish firms, but is being “reserved for air raid victims.” The reports add that many commissars appointed to “Aryanize” Jewish stores are utilizing their new positions for personal profit.
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