The Hungarian War Ministry has ordered the closing of all Jewish -owned hotels, taverns and restaurants in a 15-mile zone along the frontier, it was learned today.
Revocation of licenses was ordered under the authority of the National Defense Act, which permits rescinding of licenses of “persons of unreliable character” in the frontier areas, it was learned. No publicity has been given to the action.
The order affects hundreds of Jews. The only reason for the action that could be seen here– since its results would have been achieved ultimately by the anti-Jewish law–was that Jewish innkeepers were reported to be harboring refugees from German and Soviet-occupied Poland and other neighboring countries.
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