On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:30 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> Joanna: Well, in Poland for example, the Jews were used to collect 
> taxes/tribute and to insulate the aristocracy from the anger of the populace. 
> The pogroms were one expression of that insulation.

I believe Lou Proyect's name originally meant something like "counting house of 
the tax farmer," right? I.e., one of those tax collectors.

Doug
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