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    "ocrText": "- 10 I\nOn the basis of reports available in JDC we know that\nsome 190,000 Jews in Romania are in need of relief. In the\nlight of the number of needy, it is easy to conclude that\nvery little was done to restore the Romanian Jews to their\nprewar positions. The JTA of April 10, 1945, reported that\nthe Romanian Minister of Justice, Lucretiu Patrascanu \"assured\nthe JTA correspondent that houses and apartments from which\nJews were ousted during the Antonescu regime will be returned\nto them on April 23, in accordance with the Decree on restora-\ntion of property issued several months ago. \" A Decree rein- -\nstating Jewish doctors and chemists dismissed from medical\nand insurance institutions for \"racial reasons\" was signed\nby King Michael. (JTA Passover Issue, 1945) .\nBulgaria\nThe JTA of December 5, 1944, reported that \"the Bul -\ngarian Government today promulgated a Decree rescinding the\nlast anti-Jewish measures on the statute books.\" The law\nprovides that \"all orders contained in laws, statutes and\nregulations issued after January 23, 1941, which limit the\nrights of Bulgarian subjects or those of non-Bulgarian origin\"\nare rescinded. It also states that Jews living in Sofia\non that date are entitled to reside there. Another section\nprovides for the restoration of citizenship to all Jews\nwho emigrated after January, 1940, and who were subsequently\ndisfranchised by the pro-Nazi regime. Such persons, however,"
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