Final Report of the International Commission on the - Minority Rights ...
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view, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ministry <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Interior shall <strong>on</strong>ly carry out <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> actual deportati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Deportati<strong>on</strong> formalities shall be kept to a minimum, and in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> case that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> above-menti<strong>on</strong>ed type <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Judaic element is caught red-handed, his entire family shall be deported with him without trial. The<br />
Marshal wishes that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> decree or resoluti<strong>on</strong> should be applied retroactively and that no mercy shall be<br />
shown toward <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se elements. The required decree or resoluti<strong>on</strong> shall be presented to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Marshal no later<br />
than July 25, 1942.<br />
Chr<strong>on</strong>ology <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Romanianizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jewish Urban Trade and Industrial Property<br />
1940<br />
October 2: Jews may not rent pharmacies (Decree-law no. 3294).<br />
November 19: Jews may not sell merchandise produced under state m<strong>on</strong>opoly (Decree-law no. 3758).<br />
November 19: The Romanianizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> movie producti<strong>on</strong> companies, movie <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>aters and tour<br />
operators (Decree-law no. 3850).<br />
December 3: Nati<strong>on</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all ships bel<strong>on</strong>ging to Jewish companies and individuals.<br />
1941<br />
March 1: Beginning <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Romanianizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> steel trade and steel producti<strong>on</strong> (Decree-law no. 491).<br />
March 14: Beginning <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Romanianizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r trade and lea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r producti<strong>on</strong> (Decree-law no.<br />
655).<br />
October 9: Nati<strong>on</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jewish mortgage credits as well as Jewish hospitals and Jewish health<br />
centers. By August 1, 1943, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> NCR had taken over 564 mortgage credits worth 180 milli<strong>on</strong> lei.<br />
May 2: Nati<strong>on</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> bakeries, pasta factories, and equipment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cereal mills, breweries, drug<br />
factories, and mining and oil drilling companies (Decree-law no. 1120).<br />
November 28: Beginning <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Romanianizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jewish pharmacies, drug warehouses, and pharmacy<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fices (Decree-law no. 3275).<br />
1942<br />
August 6: The town <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Panciu (a center <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> brewing industry) was declared an ethnically pure<br />
Romanian city.<br />
1943<br />
November 10: Nati<strong>on</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mill Romania Mare in Bucharest (al<strong>on</strong>g with all its buildings,<br />
equipment, tools, merchandise, raw materials, and animals (Resoluti<strong>on</strong> no. 969 <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Presidency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Council <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ministers).<br />
The government established <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Romanian Credit Institute, an instituti<strong>on</strong> annexed to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Under<br />
Secretary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> State for Romanianizati<strong>on</strong>, Col<strong>on</strong>izati<strong>on</strong>, and Inventory, to address <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> perceived urgency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Romanianizati<strong>on</strong>, which demanded immediate capitalizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> new owners (April 29, 1941). The<br />
Romanian Nati<strong>on</strong>al Bank (Banca Nati<strong>on</strong>ala a Romaniei) helped <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> effort with a credit <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 3 billi<strong>on</strong> lei.<br />
The Legi<strong>on</strong>ary Approach<br />
After September 1940 <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Legi<strong>on</strong>naires occupied numerous Jewish factories, workshops, and stores at<br />
gunpoint. They forced <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> owners to sign sale c<strong>on</strong>tracts or mere receipts for “transfer <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ownership.”<br />
Official statistical data c<strong>on</strong>cerning Romanian territory (except Bucharest) showed that Jewish property<br />
worth 1 billi<strong>on</strong> lei was sold for 216 milli<strong>on</strong> lei, <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> which <strong>on</strong>ly 52 milli<strong>on</strong> was actually paid—and most <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
this m<strong>on</strong>ey had been robbed from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews. In additi<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Legi<strong>on</strong>naire robberies caused damages to<br />
Jewish property amounting to 380 milli<strong>on</strong> lei.<br />
After <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> removal <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Legi<strong>on</strong>naires from power in January 1941, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> property abusively taken from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Jews by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Legi<strong>on</strong>naires was transferred to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Chamber <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Commerce as part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> process <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>