Zionist Movement Banned in Carpatho-russia by Soviet Authorities, Schools Closed

The Zionist movement was declared illegal by the Soviet authorities in Carpatho-Russia, the part of Czechoslovakia which was transferred to Soviet Ukraine, it was learned here today by the correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency from quarters close to the Soviet Embassy in Prague.

Children’s schools maintained by Zionist groups in Carpatho-Ukraine were similarly closed down, the same sources declared. The measure, they explained, is due to the fact that a considerable part of the Zionist movement is considered as being “anti-Soviet and reactionary” by the local Soviet authorities.

Soviet quarters in Prague, commenting on the ban on the Zionist movement in Carpatho-Russia, referred to reports published recently in the Moscow press charging the Zionist leadership in Palestine with “anti-Soviet activities in Palestine.” Neither Jewish organizations in Prague nor the Czechoslovkian government has any reliable information on developments in Carpatho-Russia since this former Czech territory became an integral part of Soviet Ukraine.