FORMATION OF A NATIONAL ANTI-SEMITIC FRONT OF SEVERAL POLITICAL PARTIES WAS UNDER WAY TODAY AFTER FORMER PREMIER NICOLAE JORGA, NOTED HISTORIAN AND ONE-TIME OPPONENT OF ANTI-SEMITISM, HAD URGED REVIVAL OF THE GHETTO IN RUMANIA IN AN ADDRESS BEFORE A CONGRESS OF THE RUMANIAN CULTURAL LEAGUE.
PROFESSOR JORGA DEMANDED SEGREGATION OF JEWS FROM THE REST OF THE POPULATION AND CREATION OF “PURE RUMANIAN ZONES” AROUND CHURCHES, CULTURAL AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.
THE SUGGESTION FOR RE-INTRODUCTION OF THE GHETTO WAS OFFERED BY PROFESSOR JORGA AS A RESULT OF A POLITICAL TIE-UP BETWEEN HIM AND PROFESSOR ALEXANDER CUZA, LEADER OF THE ANTI-SEMITIC NATIONAL CHRISTIAN PARTY.
PROFESSOR JORGA BEGAN HIS POLITICAL CAREER AS AN ANTI-SEMITE, BUT TURNED INTO AN OPPONENT OF ANTI-SEMITISM AFTER THE WORLD WAR. AS PREMIER HE ACCUSED PROFESSOR CUZA IN 1931 OF “POISONING YOUTH” AND ADVOCATED HIS ARREST. NOW, HOWEVER, HE HAS RETURNED TO THE ANTI-SEMITIC CAMP AND IS NEGOTIATING FOR MERGER OF HIS NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH CUZA’S NATIONAL CHRISTIANS.
MARSHAL AVARESCU, FAMOUS WAR COMMANDER, DR. ALEXANDER VAIDA VOEVOD, LEADER OF THE RUMANIAN FRONT, AND PROFESSOR GEORG BRATIANU, LEADER OF THE NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY ARE ALSO NEGOTIATING WITH PROFESSOR CUZA FOR FORMATION OF A NATIONALIST ANTI-SEMITIC COALITION WITH A VIEW TO FORMING THE NEXT GOVERNMENT FOR CARRYING OUT AN “ARYAN LEGISLATION PROGRAM. “
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