Office of the Historian

871.4016/264: Telegram

The Minister in Rumania (Gunther) to the Secretary of State

Bucharest, July 1, 1941—7 p.m.
[Received July 2—11:30 a.m.]

599. An official announcement published today states that 500 Jews have been put to death in Iasi for having fired from buildings upon [Page 865] the German and Rumanian troops. It is also stated that Jews behind the Rumanian front are collaborating with Russian parachutists and that severe repressive measures are being adopted; also that persons who do not divulge information regarding strangers or other suspects to the authorities will be executed together with their families.

Gunther