Vol. V. No. 5 MAY 1950 INFORMATiat^, ISSUED tr THE. ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH REFUGEES IN GREAT BRITAIN 8. FAIRFAX MANSIONS, FINCHLEY ROAD ( fAiRFAxToAo) LONDON. N.W.3 Onk« and C^nmlting Hmurf 10 k m.— I p.m., 3—4 p.m.. Sundar 10 a-m.—I p.m Ttlu*"»- MAIda Val« «a«l (General Office) MAIda Vale 4449 (Employment Agency)
LESSONS OF A TRIAL HE trial against the Gestapo Official Baab in TAKING STOCK Frankfurt, which is reported in this issue, would T The General Meeting of the AJR, which took place lonely ones, who have to be cared for, and there are be of minor importance if it only referred to an a few days ago, marks the beginning of the tenth others for whom it creates unsurmountable diffi individual case. In fact, however, an entire system year of AJR activities. A long road lies behind us, culties to fill in a form or to attend to the simplest was under trial. There wpre hundreds of Baabs in and whilst many questions which in 1941 led to correspondence. the establishment of a central representation of the the offices of the Gestapo and in the guardrooms Jews from Germany and .\ustria, have been solved The United Restitution Office which deals with of the concentration camps. Each of them is meanwhile, other tasks of which we could not the third central task owes its existence to the responsible for the death and sufferings of innocent be aware in those days have come into the fore initiative of the AJR. It started as a Department people; some of these criminals have been caught, ground. The objectives ot the work have often of the AJR and was for about two years entirely others are still free and may perhaps never be tried changed, but never its importance nor substance. financed by the AJR. Even now, after the large Jewish Relief Organisations have made possible because their crimes have been forgotten or because Removal of restrictions against " enemy aliens " and naturalisation were the first goals to be reached. the establishment of URO on a wider international no witnesses are alive. At the same time, contacts with Jews from Germany basis, the AJR contributes to the maintenance of the Headquarters. Every. month, hundreds of Unfortunately, the trial cannot be considered as in other countries were gradually established and the " Council of Jews from Germany," under the claimants obtain adxace at Fairfax Mansions. The the concluding chapter of past history. Various presidency of Dr. Leo Baeck, was founded with its .\JR will also have to act in the interest of the Jews German papers recall the fact that the ground for Secretariat at AJR Headquarters. The most vital from Germany as soon as the distribution of the the unspeakable atrocities was laid under the problem to be taken up under the auspices of the heirless, communal and unclaimed property becomes Weimar Republic which did not take energetic " Council " and the AJR was that of restitution. possible. These assets are meant to be aBed for action against its opponents and encouraged them The organisational result was the creation of the charitable purposes, and the AJR, together with its sister organisations in other countries, has to by her leniency. There is, they say, a similarity United Restitution Office with its Central Office at .•^JR Headquarters. safeguard the interests of the emigrated Jews who between " harmless " incidents before 1933 which are in urgent need of old age homes and similar ultimately led to the erection of gas chambers, and All these achievements in the past are the founda institutions. tions of the present work which is centred around events in present-day Germany, such as the Hedler three basic problems : Representation and Advice, It is not intended to give a full catalogue of all speech or the recent disturbances during the Harlan Social Services and Employment Exchange, Resti the other AJR activities. Only one further task trial where the mob shouted " Judensau " at a half. tution and Compensation. deserves special mention—the co-operation with the Jewish witness. Such happenings would be un Jews in Germany. Those Jews in Germany, who, for There is no need to emphasise that, under various one reason or another, do not intend to emigrate, feel thinkable had not those who provoked them the aspects, the position of a foreign born citizen is cut off from the outside Jewish World. They con feehng that they did not take much risk. difierent from that of a British born subject. Only sider us as their outpost and expect from us advice a short while ago the echo of the Fuchs case served as and assistance in the manifold questions they have For the sake of world peace, let us learn from past an unpleasant reminder. Whilst fortunately there to face in post-war Germany. mistakes ! were in the recent past no incidents which directly affected our Community as a whole, individual acts Bond of Solidarity of discrimination called for the assistance of the .'VJR. There passes hardly a day at which the The AJR has never been a bureaucratic organis- HELP BEYOND THE CHANNEL ."VJR does not receive an " SOS," be it for advice tion. It keeps contacts with members not only by regarding the admission of relatives and friends, or giving them individual ad\'ice, but also by the HE Jewish Relief Unit from Great Britain journeys to and from Germany ; travel papers or publication of its monthly " AJR Information " T recently terminated its activities in Germany. certification of documents ; gift parcel regulations and by the arrangement of meetings. The AJR Trained in this country at a time when the end of or permit questions. Enquiries come from all has never aimed at competing with clubs and other the war was not yet in sight, Jewish volunteers left sections of the Community, rich and poor, em organisations for which regular meetings are the for the Continent and established Relief Centres in ployers, and employees, naturalised Britishers and main feature. Nonetheless, meetings in monthly intervals were held during the winter, with expert the Western Zone of Occupation and in Berlin after post-war immigrants who are still aliens and there fore subject to special rules. All these advisory speakers on various topical subjects. the end of hostilities. Their teams consisted of activities may be less conspicuous than public It is gratifying to state that the membership has social workers, lawyers, doctors and nurses, all of political actions, but they are indispensable. not changed in substance. This is a fine expression whom accompUshed their difficult work with of soUdarity so often experienced throughout the enthusiasm and efficiency. Expansion of Social Services history of Continental Jewry. As far as there were The second field of activities. Social Ser\'ices and losses, they were mostly due to emigration or death. The staff, which at the peaktime in 1941) con Employment Exchange, is in a process of constant There are, however, also cases in which members sisted of 100 volunteers, included a very high expansion. Mutual aid becomes increasingly urgent. feel unable to keep up their payments or to pay even proportion of Jews from Germany and Austria, who Many of the unemployed have lo be placed with a nominal fee. Here we face a problem whose considered it their duty to help those who had not refugee firms and must rely on the understanding solution should not be too difficult. Whilst usually had the good fortune of leaving the Continent in and solidarity of our friends in business life. The economic difficulties affect equally all sections of the help given by the local Labour Exchanges can only population, the position is somehow different time. be a limited one. Therefore, the AJR Employment amongst the Jewish immigrants from the Continent. Whilst at the beginning, the work for the D.Ps in Agency (anually licensed by the L.C.C.) is not just On the one side we have to expect an increasing 3 Belsen and other camps stood in the foreground, an agency which registers vacancies and employees. pauperisation of the older ones whose only capital A lot of initiative and imagination is necessary to consisted of their working capacity. On the other assistance and encouragement was also extended adapt employees to the type of vacancies available side, if many business and professional men would to the German Jews in the towns who gradually and to persuade firms to employ those who are sUghtly adjust their contributions to the increased built up new Communities. The achievement of desperately looking for work. Two courses for needs in the interest of the less fortunate members the Jewish Relief Unit m0y fill with pride the Jews adaptation of German to English shorthand have of the community, the AJR could concentrate still in England who, through the Central British Fund, been openetl free of charge by the AJR. Every firm more on practical help without being hampered by laid the financial foundations of the work, and all renders constructive help by informing the .\JR financial problems. Employment Agency of any vacancy. those who had the privilege of serving as relief No organisation is a purpose in itself, and the tasks workers. At the Consulting Hours of the AJR Social for whose accomplishment the machinery of the Services Department, day after day people ask for AJR has been built up may change in the future One can fix dates for the termination of organisa help, advice and encouragement. Many of them as they have changed in the past. Unchanged, tions, but not for the solution of problems, and the are exhausted, physically and mentally, after more however, is the need for an organisation which acts problems of Jews in Germany are manifold indeed. than ten years' life in an environment to which they on behalf of the Community, wherever and when were too old to adapt themselves. Much more ever our common fate has to unite us for common It is the duty of Jews from the Continent to make could be done in this field, if the necessary funds action. them feel that they will not be left in isolation.. were available. There are also the sick and the W.R. Page 2 AJR INFORMATION May 1950 RESTITUTION NEWS IN PARLIAMENT NATURALISATION TIME LIMITS PENSIONS IN AUSTRIA From March 1, 1949, to February 28, 1950, The foUowing time limits should be carefuUy The Austrian " Angestelltenversicherungsan- 9,689 persons were naturalised, said the Home noted : stalt " has ceased since the beginning of 1950 to pay Secretary. (During the calendar year 1948 15,108 Restitution Laivs for British Zone of Germany and any pensions to persons living abroad while up to certificates of naturaUsation had been granted.— for Western Sectors of Berlin : June 30, 1950. Forms that date in individual cases such pensions had been The ED.) to be sent to " Zentralamt fuer Vermoegensver paid into blocked accounts, if the person concerned waltung" Bad Nenndorf, Land Niedersachsen, had retained his Austrian nationaUty. This new * British Zone, resp. (for Western BerUn) to the practice affects adversely in particular Jewish In answer to a question by Sir W. Smithers " Treuhaender der amerikanischen, britischen und claimants living abroad who are not willing to whether, in view of the increasing menace to this franzoesischen Militaerregierung fuer zwangsueber return to Austria in order to obtain pensions which country of Communist infiltration the Home tragene Vermoegen," Berlin, W.30, Nuernbergerstr. are insufficient to secure even a very modest Secretary would tighten up procedure of naturalisa 53-55. existence. tion, Mr. Ede said that he did not accept the Conversion of Bank Accounts (" Uraltkonten ") premise outlined in that question. He also men Steps will now be undertaken on behalf of all tioned that now the procedure of naturalisation did in BerUn: June 30, 1950. Alternative arrangements claimants, whether they are still of Austrian for Soviet Sector of BerUn and for Soviet zone: not take long and that most applications could be nationality or not, to safeguard their pension rights. dealt with within 6 months of being received. December 31, 1950. (See below note on " Conver All such persons are therefore requested to submit sion "). at once to the World Jewish Congress (Legal ADMISSION OF ALIENS Compensation Laws in American Zone (not in Department) 55, New Cavendish Street, London, On March 31 the Home Secretary stated that in cluding American Sector of Berlin): The time limit W.l, their names and addresses, nationaUty and the years 1945 to 1949 100,857 AUens had been expired on March 31, 1950. The " Laender " are, details concerning their pensions' claims. admitted on compassionate grounds, as European however, under certain circumstances prepared to Volunteer Workers and in certain other circum accept appUcations until June 30, 1950. Claimants PAYMENT OF PENSIONS stances (e.g. marriage to British subjects). Most who so far only submitted emergency registrations, According to a statement by the Custodians of of them had come in 1947 and 1948 (45,000 respec have to send in the final appUcations with aU the the property of the " Reichsversicherungsanstalt tively 46,000). The majority had come from Eastern particulars until September 30, 1950 ; they should fuer Angestellte " pensions for AUied Nationals European countries, and about 9,300 from Germany. therefore immediately take the necessary steps for wliich are due on the strength of the Insurance Law In addition, 121,172 former members of the coUecting the details. for Employees may on application be transferred Polish Armed Forces and their dependants remain RESTITUTION AND JUSTICE to a blocked account. in this country and approximately 15,000 German, In answer to an article by a Wuerttemberg 8,000 Ukrainian and 1,000 Italian former Prisoners Deputy, who describes restitution legislation as SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS of War have also been allowed to stay. highly unjust, Rechtsanwalt Kuester, the State According to a report by the American High Finally, about 101,000 permits to AUens to come Commissar for Restitution in Wuerttemberg-Baden, Commissioner, a number of important restitution to the United Kingdom for temporary employment writes in the Stuttgarter Nachrichten : " The claims have been settled by amicable arrangements. have been granted. Some of them may remain, but Restitution Law does not imply that the purchaser They include Hertie G.m.b.H., consisting of a the great majority have returned or wiU return to of Jewish property, who acted in good faith, had number of Department Stores with a total value of their own countries. obtained possession by immoral means. The law 40 miUion Deutsche Mark with main branches in only assumes that a Jew who sold property after Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart, which were restituted MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS the date of the Nuremberg Laws, has acted under to Mr. Georg Tietz in U.S.A. and Mr. Martin Tietz The Minister of Labour stated that there are at threat. Does anybody doubt that Hitler's pro in Cuba ; ttie shares of the German Magnesit A.G., present 74 unemployed medical practitioners on the gramme was a threat ? Does anybody reaUy Munich ; the German Tafelglass A.G. (16 million Appointments Register. This number includes 36 beUeve that the Jew sold the property according D.M.) and 51 per cent of the shares of the Merkur foreign doctors, most of whom are Polish. to his free will ? " A.G. (8 million D.M.) in Nuremberg. AUSTRIAN PEACE TREATY FROM GERMANY CONFISCATED PROPERTY The Minister of State, Mr. Younger, said that According to the llth Order of the Reichsbuerger since November, 1949, the conclusion of a Peace DR. SCHLANGE-SCHOENINGEN gesetz, the estate of emigrated Jews was confiscated. Treaty had been prevented by the refusal of the The intended appointment of Dr. Schlange- The Authorities took the view that restitution Soviet Representative to discuss the wording of Schoeningen as first German General Consul in the claims had to be filed with the Zentralmeldeamt, some unsettled clauses. The Foreign Office will United States led to a strong protest by the " AUge- Bad Nenndorf, also in such cases in which, a real continue its efforts to secure at the earUest possible meine Wochenzeitung der Juden in Deutschland," estate still stood in the name of the original Jewish moment an agreement which will lead to the Duesseldorf. The paper quotes from an address by owner. According to a recent order of the High restoration of the independence of Austria. Dr. Schlange-Schoeningen in 1924, almost ten years Commissioner for the British Zone, the Zentralmel before the Nazis came to power, when the proposed deamt itself may restitute such property to the ARRESTS IN AUSTRIA first General Consul appealed for the boycott of original Jewish owner without passing on the Asked by Professor Savory whether the Foreign Jewish stores and described the Jews as the main restitution claim to the Restitution Agencies. Secretary was aware that 750 Austrian subjects had culprits of the first world war. been kidnapped and carried off by the Russian In a letter to the Editor of the " Allgemeine 250,000 CLAIMS IN U.S. ZONE Authorities in Vienna, the Minister of State, Mr. Wochenzeitung," Dr. Schlange-Schoeningen states About a quarter of a million restitution claims Younger, replied : "I am aware that since 1945 that after the first world war he held views which he have been submitted in the American Zone. So far considerable numbers of Austrian citizens have been later on condemned. His positive attitude to the about 10,000 cases were settled. The Jewish arrested by the Soviet Authorities in Vienna and in Weimar Republic, had made him leave the German Restitution Successor Organisation (IRSO) has the Soviet Zone. Many have been summarily National People Party in 1928 and he joined the lodged more than 163,000 claims, 50,000 of which sentenced and deported to the Soviet Union." government under Dr. Bruening. Dr. Schlange- were withdrawn because the claimants, respectively Protests, he went on, had so far been rejected but Schoeningen also points out that under the Nazis their heirs had submitted the claims as well. wiU be made also in future as the occasion demands. he had assisted persecuted Jews. The number of claims based on the West BerUn It is now intended that Dr. Schlange-Schoeningen Restitution Law amounts to about 20,000. MILITARY FORMATIONS IN SOVIET ZONE be appointed first Consul-General in London. Mr. Blackburn asked the Foreign Secretary what information he had received as to the estabUshment LEGAL STATUS OF COMMUNITIES CONVERSION OF BANK ACCOUNTS of para-miUtary formations in the Soviet Zone, in The law concerning the legal status of the Jewish According to an announcement of the Foreign particular as to the " Freie Deutsche Jugend." Communities in Northern Rhine-Westphalia was Office (Board of Trade Journal of 25th February, Mr. Younger repUed that the latest reports on not approved upon by the Regional Commissioner, 1950), balances eligible for conversion are those the expansion, equipment and training of para- Major-General Bishop. It is understood that the which were maintained in a bank in any of the four miUtary forces in the Soviet Zone were being objections refer to one clause which describes the sectors of BerUn by account holders who on October carefully considered by the Western Powers. newly estabUshed Jewish Communities as the legal 2, 1949, were United Nations Nationals or Nationals successors of the former Communities in the district. of a State not having been at war at any time since Such a conception might, in the view of the occu September 1, 1939, with any of the United Nations. pation authorities, impair the interests of those The conversion will be at the rate of 1 Deutsche klK Meeting German Jews, who are now living outside Germany. Mark for every 20 Reichsmark and will be made in TUESDAY, MAY 16th, 8.15 p.m. The Regional Commissioner expressed his readiness three equal annual instalments. For the present, "BLUE DANUBE CLUB," to consider a new draft in which these objections the balances so converted will remain subject to are taken into consideration. 153 FINCHLEY ROAD, N.W,3. the usual blocking provisions applicable to accounts (between Finchley Road and Swiss Cottage Underground * of non-residents. Forms for the appUcation of Station) Berlin.—The election for the Berlin " Represen- conversions may be obtained from the Western tantenversammlung" on March 26 had to be Sector Branch of the Bank in which the account is ERNST PERL, Ph.D. declared invalid, because, according to a statement held. AppUcations must be submitted by June 30, u by the Jewish Community, the poUing boxes of one 1950. How to Improve your district were forcibly seized by a gang of 8 to 10 Alternatively, holders of accounts in the Soviet Jewish men and carried away by taxi. Sector of Berlin or in the Soviet zone of Germany English *' Ansbach.—The Jewish Community was re Further details may be seen from the note on page 6 of may apply for the conversion at the rate of 1 East- this issue. established recently. The Board consists of Mr. mark to every 10 Reichsmark. These applications AJR Members and their friends are cordially invited to tht Hans Schnog, Mr. Adam Kostecki, and Mrs. have to be submitted to the Banken-Kommission Meeting which will not take place at I Broadhurst Gardens, Rosenstein. Berlin, W.8, Taubenstr. 26, by December 31, 1950. but at 153 Finchley Road. AJR INFORMATION May, 1950 Pa^cS ANGLO-JUDAICA Erlse Dormitzer : Votes for Women From time to time, the generaUy and pleasantly orthodox stream of Anglo-Jewish life throws up an anomaly of almost revolutionary calibre. Con THERESIENSTADT FIVE YEARS AGO vention is not even then entirely overlooked, and a For years, we had been condemned to a timeless, of their King and countrymen, had always been in a drastic effort, for example, to abolish the chronic hopeless life. We were cut off from the outside somewhat privileged position, were fetched home deficits which afflict nearly all the communal world : no newspapers, no radio, no communica- with the help of the Swedish Red Cross. Further organisations, would not be good form. But such cations from relatives and friends. An epidemic of more, the representative of the Swiss Red Cross, events as the fierce controversy not long ago paratyphus, which could not be fought for lack of Paul Dunant, a descendant of the founder of the 'twixt Orthodox and Liberal, conducted in the doctors, nurses and medicaments, spread all over Red Cross, had taken charge of the hospitals. time-honoured fashion of a medieval disputation, the camp, the food was at starvation level. Nevertheless, after all the disappointments we had certainly was a memorable sight, and now history has been made by the not otherwise unduly There was spring time, but how could we, with gone through, we could not beUeve that the hour of our Uberation was near. modernising Sefardim who elected as one of their our broken souls and bodies, enjoy the beauty of Elders a lady. nature. Still, there were two rays of hope : the Then, on May 8, at about 10 o'clock in the No such thing has ever happened in the syna Danish Jews, who, thanks to the generous attitude morning, machine-gun bullets were fired into the gogues of England. The reason does not seem as streets of the Ghetto, and everyone took cover. plain as perhaps it might be. It is of course under EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS Nobody knew where the fire came from, and only stood that women take no part in the synagogue later we learned that it was a farewell salvo of the services ; Miss Lily Montagu remains a lonely Haifa, April, 1950. S.S. guard, who, before leaving the Camp, took pioneer. But if women are to be barred from the The educational system in Israel is one of the few pleasure in shooting at its inmates. In the course management of synagogues too, then it seems time complexes which remained unaltered when the of the day, we heard detonations in the distance. to resurrect the ghost of the Suffragettes, though as State was set up. The main parties forming the We spent the following night undressed on our beds. yet no miUtant Jewess has troubled to make life a the Government block. Labour and Orthodoxy, Water and light were not available any more. little uncomfortable for the powerful Parnassim. were and are reluctant to attack this sore problem ; There was a horrible feeling—what will happen At present, a vote on " Votes for Women " would the one desires a unified school, based on socialist next ? In spite of the curfew after 9 p.m. some split the United Synagogue from top to bottom, thought, the other wants to submit school educa dared to go out. Russian tanks were passing the said its Vice-President, Mr. E. Montagu, K.C. tion, as life generaUy, to traditional religious law. township in the Prague direction. Was our area to -Apparently it is felt that no lesson can be drawn The smaller parties of the middle, favour a neutral become a battlefield ? New fears, new sorrows, this from the fact that even the tradition-laden House Unified school system with certain supplementary time, however, fortunately unjustified. of Lords is now prepared to admit women peers. classes. Should Girls be " Consecrated " ? The Nightmare is over Another matter affecting our females and gravely Thus, there are still, as in Mandatory days, four On the following day the Russians occupied exercising our males, are the suggested " Conse kinds of schools in the " network " subsidised and Theresienstadt. We were free ! It is impossible to cration Services " for girls. The Chief Rabbi thinks Supervised, but not owned by Government : describe our feelings. Happy, as we were, we that such services may be held. They had already General, Histraduth (socialist), Misrachi, and Aguda could not forget our dearest ones who had perished been authorised by his predecessor in 1924, but schools. Children are thus, from a tender age, here and who were not permitted to see this day of during the interregnum from 1946 to 1948, the stern imbued with party thoughts, and an undesirable liberation. We were also worried about the fate of justices of the Beth Din frowned upon the practice separation is maintained. A first breach in this those whom we had left behind when we were and their disapproval persists. The champions of System has recently been made, after a lengthy deported. an uncompromising orthodoxy feel that the whole debate in the Knesseth, by the setting up of state- idea is an innovation which has no basis in Jewish owned schools in some immigrants' camps. Labour Within a few hours, the whole place looked law, tradition and custom, an " un-Jewish farce " schools in one, orthodox in others. This is a very different. All the streets were full of excited people, which is really a Chukath haGoi. Still, the authority small beginning, and the violent discussion pre embracing and kissing each other. The Czechs in of the Chief Rabbi is likely to override this oppo ceding it proved that an effective school reform can particular were overwhelmed by the joy at the sition, especially since these services are beginning only be attained after a kind of " Kulturkampf," liberation of their country and kept on singing their to become popular. A striking precedent was set at which under present circumstances no party is National Hymn. The German posters in front of Sheffield where in a service of solemn and appropri willing to start, but which eventually can hardly the public buildings were torn off. Loudspeakers ate ritual, 16 girls were made " Batmitsvah." be avoided. announced the capitulation. Special communiques There is general agreement that though the time is The very discrepant state of ciilture among the informed us about the latest war events, and it was indeed past when a girl had to be content with various classes of immigrants, partly with proper only now that we learned about the complete " a very little reading, less writing, plain work, school education, partly with a very primitive way victory of the Allies. We felt as if we were dreaming, pudding making and pickling," the importance of a of thinking and no, or very Uttle, school education, but it proved to be a wonderful reality. girl's religious education is even now insufficiently has prompted the military authorities to suggest The Russians turned out to be masters of the appreciated. It is believed that in paying attention the nomination of officer-teachers whose work will situation. They immediately took the necessary to this particular problem, much will be done to aim at a common minimum level of elementary steps to avoid chaos. Medical help was brought in, stem a certain drift from Judaism. knowledge among^ the recruits, thus fulfilling the flour and other food was made available, and for Wanted—Jewish Nurses difficult task of cultural amalgamation, at least to a the first time we had sufficient to eat. The Com But it is not only their religious education that is certain degree. A practical system of educating mandant was accessible to everybody. He appealed causing concern : Jewish girls have come in for young people wiUing to go to sea has been intro for calmness, discipline and cleanliness. He also some critical comment because of their by and large duced by admitting boys, especially of the " Gadna," promised to clear the Ghetto as soon as possible unhappy choice of trades. The Sabbath Observance the youth battaUons, to learn and work on board and to repatriate the inmates to their home Employment Bureau, in its last annual report, of ships, thus promoting interest in seafare,acquaint- countries. points out that girls invariably become clerks, ing them with the kind of work demanded of sailors, shorthand typists and sales-ladies. .Apparently and gradually producing a generation for the service The Way Back dressmaking, milUnery and tailoring is no longer as in na\-y and marine. This gave reason for new worries to those German popular as it used to be. But what has become a Jews who had been brought here from Holland and seriously noticeable grievance is the lack and almost Lastly, an important problem is the education to other occupied countries. They were frightened of citizenship of large parts of the population. Many complete absence of Jewish nurses. Jewish con the idea to be sent back to Germany. Fortunately valescent and children's homes find it almost im of the new immigrants, but also large numbers of it was soon decided that everybody was to return people settled in the country for long, have still to possible to obtain Jewish staff ; one of the foremost into the country from which he had been brought Anglo-Jewish charitable organisations, the Board of learn what it means to have a state and a govern to Theresienstadt. ment of their own, and that its laws and regu Guardians, is constrained to employ 99 per cent lations are not to be disregarded in the interest of the The transport difficulties caused considerable non-Jews. A striking opportunity seems to offer indi\'idual. Many of the older generation have delay in the dissolution of the Camp. First the here of bringing some order into the disjointed experienced, during their whole life in the Golah, Czechs could go home, later on the Slovaks and the arrangement of trades among Jews. By the time persecution and disdainful treatment, causing them Hungarians. Those of us who had come from that difficult work is done, however, most girls may to see in the state and government hostile institu Holland had to wait for more than four weeks. be seeking a future overseas, probably in Israel. tions. During the Mandate, the more or less Then they were assembled at the so-called " Little " Jewish Women's Week " clandestine fight against the authorities was often Fortress," where so many of our fellow-sufferers Many of them will probably be attracted by the more or less considered justified. The sudden had been tortured and put to death by the guards. Jewish Women's Week which wiU be held from change, the setting up of a Jewish state, has not From there coaches, which turned out to be buses May 7 to May 14 for the purpose of helping to yet been sufficiently understood, nor the position from London, brought us to Bamberg. After a very rebuild the family life of the thousands of immi of the citizen with regard to the authorities properly strenuous journey in cattle-trucks we arrived in grants now arriving in Israel. This " Week " is a reaUsed. HoUand, where we were first kept interned for more joint effort of the principal Anglo-Jewish women's than three weeks. organisations and has been launched by the largest The paedagogic influence of kibbutz Ufe may be of them, the WIZO, which has a membership of emphasized in this connection. There, individual Only later we learned that by special order of 12,000, no mean proportion of the 400,000 British interest is voluntarily submitted to the general Himmler a gas chamber had already been built in Jews. The financial target is /50,000. There is no interest of the community, and the setting up of Theresienstadt and that the Nazis had intended to doubt that, in the words of Mrs. Rebecca Sieff, the communal and collective settlements thus con kiU us before the arrival of the Allies. Only the redoubtable Anglo-Zionist leader, " the Jewish tributes to the formation of a really democratic speedy approach of the Russians prevented them women of Great Britain, conscious of their responsi- Society. from carrying out their plan. Thus, after a narrow biUties towards their people, will do their share in HANS MOSB.ACHER. escape, we were free human beings again. the colossal task " now before them. Page 4 AJR INFORMATION May, 1950
names. All the names the Jews of the province J. Jacob " Kurmark " had chosen—2,700—were published acobson : in 1814. Frankfurt/Oder comprised 278 and Berlin 1633 of these 2,700 items. No names of the wives OLD BERLIN FAMILIES and generally none of the children were included in these numbers. Considering that at that time there Frederick the Great did not care much for the The last of his sons, a high ranking judge in East were no more than 3,000 Jews in Berlin one can see Jews. Nevertheless during his reign a good many Prussia, was permitted to drop the name Cohen and how far the unmarried outnumbered the married. Jewish bankers and entrepreneurs could rise to from then on was known as " van Baren " only. This of course was due to the marriage restrictions economic importance. These members of the -And so disappeared the last trace of the Jewish of the pre-emancipation law. Jewish upper class became leaders in the fight for origin of this Dutch-German family. emancipation. After the defeat of Jena and -Auerstaedt, the After Emancipation Many of them had become sceptics in religious Prussian Government introduced fundamental Like the parents of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, matters and did not consider the ceremonial laws reforms, among them the Municipal Corporation those of Giacomo Meyerbeer belonged to the upper to be of great importance. They wanted to get rid Act (Staedteordnung) of 1808. It opened to the class of the Jewish Community of Berlin. • His of the idea of Jewish nationhood and of all peculi Jews, even before the full emancipation, the way mother, a dignified benefactress, was the daughter arities and prejudices that stand between man to civic rights and honours. In 1809 approximately of Liepmann Meyer Wulff (Hebrew name Tausk), and man. 300 Jews were granted citizenship of Berlin. the " Croesus of Berlin " and one of the leaders of Among those who were then baptwed was the David Friedlaender (1750-1834), silk manufac the Jewish Community. He held a private service well-to-do merchant Johann Mathias Magnus. One turer, writer, and collector of coins, became the first (Minjan) in his house in the Koenigstrasse. To of his sons was the painter Eduard Magnus, another Jewish -Alderman (Stadtrat) in Berlin. He was the honour his memory his widow added an institute one was Heinrich Gustav Magnus, the famous driving force in the endeavours of the Prussian for Talmudical studies (Beth Hamidrash) and from physicist and analytical chemist of the BerUn Jews for emancipation and cultural assimilation. both origins sprang the strictly orthodox Lippmann Umversity. The first Jew to become a City Councillor (Stadt- Tausk Synagogue in the GoUnowstreet near Meyer In 1800, shortly after his father had died in verordneter) in BerUn was the banker Salomon beer Street. Meyerbeer's father, however, the -Amsterdam, Ephraim Cohen, afterwards named Veit, brother-in-law of Dorothea Mendelssohn. As banker Jacob Herz Beer, took a very different view. Ernst Gustav Wilhelm Cohen, became a Christian. far as can be ascertained the well known Veit- Together with Israel Jacobson, formerly President He was called the " EngUsh Cohen " because he Simon family traces its origin back to him and his of the " Konsistorium " of the Israelites in Kassel, had many social and commercial relations to brother Philipp. The other root of this double name he started the first Jewish service in Berlin along England. One of his sons was Johann Eduard can be found in the Simon family which also the lines of decided reforms. Young preachers, Cohen, later " Medizinalrat " in Posen. He married appears among the ancestors of Bismarck's banker among them Leopold Zunz, delivered sermons in Ottilie—and after her death her sister Bernhardine— Gerson von Bleichroeder. German, the prayers were shortened and partly in von Beneckendorff and Hindenburg. Thus he is the Shortly before the beginning of the war of German. There were hymns whose melodies were uncle of the General Fieldmarshal and President liberation, in the period of the Prussian reforms, composed by Zelter, the friend of Goethe and of the German Reich Paul von Hindenburg. the fight for emancipation finally reached its Director of the " Singakademie," and they had Attempts to have his name changed to von Hinden successful conclusion. On March 11, 1812, the organ accompaniment. This liturgical reformation, burg were unsuccessful. But Dr. Cohen was per famous Emancipation Edict was issued. One of its not to say revolution, was of course vigorously mitted to adopt the additional name " van Baren." orders was the adoption of permanent family opposed by the traditionalists. They, headed by the Chief Rabbi Meyer Simon Weyl—an ancestor of Professor Gotthold Weyl—were successful in their resistance. By order of the Government the Beer- LAW and LIFE Jacobson Temple had to be closed in 1823. But it was one of the ironies of history that the composer Leged Advice Hoursifor persons tvith limited means only): Sunday 11 a.m.-12 noon. I Meyerbeer, whose daughter became a Baroness Korff, was bound by the last will of his grand DISTRIBUTION OF GERMAN ENEMY regrettable that the Government on the one side parents to maintain the orthodox Lippman Tausk PROPERTY have rightly enacted a Restitution Law in their Synagogue. Even his heirs fulfilled this duty. .At the end of last year, a long expected law, the Zone of Germany as a matter of justice, but do not An interesting personality was Meno Burg Distribution of German Enemy Property Act, 1949, apply the same principles in those restitution cases (1789-1853). During the war of Uberation, refused has been enacted, and as many erroneous views on where their own financial interest is at stake. as a Jew by the Prussian Guards, he volunteered the meaning of that legislation can be heard, it is To whom is the ' German Enemy Property " to for the artillery. He won the favour of the Prince as well to make its contents clear. be distributed ? The answer to this question is a August of Prussia and therefore was allowed to What " German property " is to be " collected, very disappointing one for many refugees, now continue his career as an officer in the Prussian realized and distributed " ? It is property which British subjects, who had hoped that they might Army, and became a teacher at the Military at the beginning of the war or at a later date be able to recoup part of their German losses by Academy in Berlin. His career was full of tempta belonged to, or was held or managed on behalf of claiming against the German property in this tions and humiliations and though it made slow (a) the German State, (b) a German national country. A claim can be made on account of progress, he finally became a Major, the " Juden- resident in Germany or other enemy territory (say " German enemy debts," i.e. sums due in respect of major " of BerUn. This surely is " an exception to Italy), (c) a " body of persons " incorporated or an obUgation incurred before September 3, 1939, the rule " too. For some time, Meno Burg was one constituted in Germany. which on that day was an obligation of the German of the Elders of the Jewish Community. These terms show that generally property belong state, a German national resident in Germany or a Prominence in quite a different field was achieved ing to Jewish refugees has nothing to do with the German " body of persons " to a British subject. by the Israel family. With Israel Jacob (1709- .Act. There are, however, three groups of cases The opinions of lawyers on the interpretation of 1786) begins the story of this family in BerUn. He where the interests of Jewish refugees are involved that clause differ and nobody shall be prevented had come from Pila (Schneidemuehl), went first to and where it was hoped, and is still hoped, that from pursuing such rights as he thinks he has. But Potsdam and from there to Berlin. Therefore the their special position will be taken into regard. to the present writer it seems quite certain that at Jews of Berlin called him Isserl Potsdam. Like his There are cases where (a) the refugee owner of any rate the intention of the Government was son Jacob Israel (Koppel Potsdam) he dealt in the property was able to emigrate from Germany to restrict the group of claimants to those who had clothes. Jacob's son Nathan Israel (1782-1852) after the outbreak of the war only, (b) the owner been British nationals on September 3, 1939. Only started in 1815 the flourishing business which, as perished in Germany or at a place of deportation a few out of our own group were lucky enough to one of Berlin's leading department stores, remained and his successors-in-title are refugees, (c) the , have been British nationals as early as all that, a family concern for nearly 125 years. Nathan's property belonged to a firm in Germany which is whether by naturalisation or marriage or otherwise. son Jacob Israel was the son-in-law of the Chief Rabbi N. M. Adler of London. now restored to a refugee by way of restitution It is expected that the property available will procedure. not make it possible to distribute to claimants a In I8I2, Bernhard Wolff was born in BerUn. He As regards groups (a) and (6) there has been a higher quota of their claims than about 12 per cent. studied medicine, was joint partner of the Voss constant practice of H.M. Government, based on Obviously, the "pre-war British " claimants are book shop, and finally founded the Wolff's News an international agreement and first published by a not keen on having that quota reduced even -Agency (Wolffsches Telegraphenbuero). circular letter to interested parties on May 18th, further by the concurrence of the claims of the I conclude this brief review with Meyer Magnus, 1948, to release such assets ex gratia to the person recently naturalised and used their influence to born in Berlin in 1805. He was President of the entitled under certain conditions. One of these that purpose. Elders of the Jewish Community at the time when conditions, unfortunately, was apt to work con the antisemitic movement, the so-called " Berliner siderable injustice : it was the requirement that There are two possibiUties for claimants : they Bewegung," was at its height. On the occasion of the owner had been " deprived of liberty by the may claim against the German assets in general or the antisemitic agitations by the Court Preacher Nazis." Quite a few cases have occurred where the against the possible assets in this country of their Adolf Stoecker, the German Crown Prince Frederick owner had been persecuted by the Nazis as every individual debtor in particular. They have to choose called antisemitism " the disgrace of the century " other Jew in Germany, but not just imprisoned, whether the one or the other seems more profitable and later authorised Meyer Magnus to whom he perhaps because he had chosen to live dangerously to them. addressed this remark to make it known to the in hiding and had not been caught.—The time limit Regulations on the manner of making claims and public. Shortly afterwards (1883) Meyer Magnus for applications for ex gratia release has now the deadline to be fixed are still expected and will closed his eyes for ever. expired, but from the declarations made by the be announced. Next to his grave is that of his grandson who at Government in Parliament it can be taken that the Who claims in accordance with the .Act is not least in his death returned to his forefathers. He practice, at any rate the limited extent set out in prevented from making another claim abroad, say died in 1942 a victim of the Hitler era. When the the mentioned circular letter, is to be continued. under a restitution law, but it can be assumed that Gestapo called to arrest him he outwitted them by On the other hand, it does not look as if the his claim will be barred if and in-so-far he gets taking the poison, which he, as a botanist, had Government were prepared to make a concession payment abroad, even if in non-transferable prepared for himself for such an eventuality. Only in the cases mentioned under (c), It is rather German currency. three people were present at his burial. AJR INFORMATION May, 1950 Page 5
]Vl.oslie W^al Jmann : Old Acquaintances It's That Man Again :—One year after his A JEWISH GESTAPO - SPY acquittal, Veit Harlan stands again for trial in Hamburg. Norbert Wollheim, Vice-Chairman of the Jewish Central Committee, refused to appear as When Hitler came to power in 1933, the Jewish valuable warnings and information to Jewish a witness because he lost confidence in new German officials in the poUce headquarters, BerUn— organisations, but on the other hand he was directly justice. Harlan is getting active. To prove that .Alexander Platz, were dismissed. Only a very few responsible for some of the " Aktionen " against nobody could resist the late Dr. Goebbels he asked remained for some little time in their positions after Jewish institutions and personalities. I used the the court to read a Goebbels biography by Kurt the 1st -April, among them Dr. Arian, who now opportunity in Geneva to get acquainted with this Riess, who is working now as a foreign correspondent holds a position with the Israel Government, and man on whose whims the weal and woe of many in Germany and definitely not pro-Harlan. Not Dr. Kaiser, who some time ago died in Palestine. Jews in Germany depended. waiting for the verdict, the German press tries to The only one who stayed on in office was a little At Zionist Congress acquit the defendant in advance, printing aU official called Beneber, who acted as Gestapo spy_ cuttings from foreign papers to show how successful When, in summer 1935, the Zionist Congress was Harlan pictures still are. Beneber hailed from a good Jewish family in convened in Lucerne we expected Beneber to Upper Silesia and in his early years was even a accompany the delegation from Germany. In order member of a Zionist youth movement. When the London Netvs :—Hans May scored successfuUy to prevent undesirable spies from intruding into " Guilt is my shadow."—AUan Gray finished com Nazis in .April, 1933, raided the Jewish centres in Congress, instruction was given that visitor and Eastern Berlin and found in one house small rolls posing " The' Reluctant Widow."—Paul Tabori pre II press cards would be issued only on authorisation paring publication of a new digest, " Man and of parchment with Hebrew characters, they thought by the Congress Bureau. One day I was called to these were secret messages which the Jewish would \\'oman."—Charles Goldner played successfully the the office in order to decide if a certain Dr. Schwar- lead in " The Man with the Umbrella."—EUzabeth send abroad by pigeon post. The news of the zinger was to receive a visitor's ticket. To my " sensational " find spread throughout police head Bergner, who gave thirty charity recitals in Israel, surprise I found that Dr. Schwarzinger was none passed through London.—Erich Kaestner will come quarters. \Mien Beneber heard about it he knew, else but Beneber. I gave him the visitor's card as of course, at once that they had found nothing but to England at the end of -August.—Carl Jaffe was in requested and suggested he should not come to the " The Dancing Years," the film version of Novello's mezzuzot. He informed his colleagues and his Congress building too often for, I said, I could not interpretation was later confirmed. In the eyes of stage operetta.—Martin Miller and Nelly Arno guarantee for his safety if his identity became played in Kafka's " Trial " at the " Wintergarten." Nazis, Beneber rose to the rank of an expert for known. I promised to send all the circulars and Jewish affairs. —Lilly Veidt, Conny's widow, expected to arrive literature to his hotel. In addition, I arranged that here during the summer months.—Lilli Palmer, who He was transferred to the department for Jewish he received an anonymous letter warning him to still plays in " Cesar and Cleopatra " on Broadway, affairs, not in a leading position, but more to leave Lucerne at once. He came yery excited to ask will come to England to be in a picture, " The Long Supervise and report on the activities of the Jewish for my advice. I pretended to be surprised and Dark HaU," together with her husband Rex community. The reasons why he accepted such an counselled him either to remain in his hotel or to Harrison.—Fritz Busch, the conductor, and Carl assignment are doubtful ; he said later that he had make trips to the countryside. Beneber said the Ebert, the director wiU work together again when stayed on only in the hope of helping his fellow Jews. Gestapo did not trust him and he had to be very the Glyndebourne season starts this year. WTiatever the motive, the fact is that Beneber, cautious not to arouse suspicion that he made attached to the office of Kuchmann, and later common cause with other Jews. He assured me Vienna :—Rudolf Forster was sacked by Dir. Eichmann, remained in the employ of the Gestapo, pathetically that he was a faithful Jew and that Gielen of the " Burg " because he signed a film in order to spy out transfers of property and money, he only remained in office for the sake of the Jews. contract without notifying the management ; he and to report on Jewish International Congresses I pretended to believe him and asked two men to will be in " Der Mann, der zweimal leben woUte " abroad. shadow him. One day, one of them reported that at Geiselgasteig.—Werner Krauss denied he would In this capacity I met him first at the Preparatory Beneber was sitting with a Jew from Germany in play the late Hitler in a picture G. W. Pabst wants Conference of the World Jewish Congress in Geneva. the Congress restaurant, and that the conversation to do.—Walter Felsenstein, of Berlin, produced Beneber was sent there by the Gestapo to spy on was centred around transfer of money. I at once " John Gabriel Borkmann " with Kaethe Dorsch, the delegates from Germany. These delegates were went in and joined them. Beneber's companion Helene and Hans Thimig at the "Burg" with under heavy pressure as any insult to the represen was a certain Mr. Meyer from Berlin and he had decors by Josef Fenneker.—Theo Lingen directed tative of the Gestapo would have had serious reper given Beneber some tips about transfers. I was Offenbach's " Banditen " in Gruendgens' adapta cussions at home. Beneber, sometimes, gave shocked about his carelessness and when the party tion.—Gretl Theimer acted " Fidele Bauer " here.— broke up I took Beneber aside and told him that this Berthold Viertel directed " Richard II." so-called Meyer was no less than an agent provocateur FRANKFURT GESTAPO MAN TRIED who had assumed the name of Meyer and only U.S. Report :—Henry Koster is directing The Frankfurt Gestapo Official Heinrich Baab wanted to lay a trap for him. Afterwards I searched " Harvey " with James Stewart in the lead.—BiUy was sentenced to penal servitude for life for accom for Mr. Meyer, and when I told him that he had Wilder will do for Paramount a newspaper story, pUshed and attempted murder in 55 resp. 21 just talked to a Gestapo man, he was frightened " The Human interest story."—Rose Stradner's cases and for inflicting corporal injuries in 50 cases. out of his wits. husband, Joseph L. Mankiewicz got an " Oscar " The trial which lasted for four weeks, recalled the -A few days later 1 was asked over the telephone for his script to " -A Letter to Three Wives."— defendant's unbelievable acts of atrocity and to come at once to the station restaurant at Lucerne. Katrin Holland, who caUs herself now Martha cynicism. When I arrived I found Dr. -Alfred Klee, in company Albrand, published her new novel " Wait for the with Beneber. Dr. Klee had just by chance met Dawn " with Random Press.—Hans Brahm is The pleasure he found in torturing his victims with Beneber who had asked him to arrange for was reflected in sentences such as : " When I come, trying to get Marlene Dietrich for his picture, him an immigration certificate to Palestine. The " The Marcel Cerdan Story."—Columnist Walter some corpses are due again." Or to a 70 per cent war situation was rather precarious. I understood very invaUd : " Shut up, otherwise I beat at your war WincheU declared war on Rudolf Bing, new manager well that Dr. Klee could not bluntly refuse such a of the " Met " for employing singer Flagstad.— wound." When a partly Jewish girl asked for the request and when 1 asked Beneber if he really whereabouts of her deported mother he told her : Oscar Karlweis and LiUi Darvas were in " Cry of a meant to emigrate to Palestine he said, " In heaven Peacock," which flopped on Broadway.—Moritz " You are still wearing a white blouse, though your there is more joy at one repentant than at a mother has gone through the chimney." Partners Goldstein, who used to write under the pen-name thousand just people." I had the suspicion that the " Inquit," celebrated his 70th birthday here. of mixed marriages and half Jews were arrested and Gestapo might make an attempt to send Beneber to deported under the sUghtest pretext, e.g., when they Palestine in order to report from there on immi were found smoking in the street or had omitted From the Old Country :—Eighty years old grants from Germany. I promised to go into the Oscar Straus attended the first night of " First their enforced Jewish name Israel or Sarah. When matter but, of course, Beneber has never gone to a non-Jewish husband, a front soldier, whose wife Waltz " in Munich.—Lola Kreutzberg opened a Palestine and 1 don't know if it was just one of his cinema near BerUn's Steinplatz.—Sybille Binder was deported, asked what crime she had com " intuitions " or really a proposal of the Gestapo. mitted, he retorted : " Her crime is that she was will play in " Captain Brassbound's Conversion " born." Baabs victims were tortured in the most A few months later when I was back in Paris a in Duesseldorf.—Gruendgens going to Berlin to brutal way, and when his secretary told him that certain Dr. Schwartz came to see me. Again he direct " Death of a Salesman."—Margarete Kupfer she could not stand their agonies, he just remarked : proved to be none other than Beneber who told me celebrated her 50th stage anniversary.—Juergen " You will get used to it." The Chief Prosecutor, that his position with the Gestapo had become Fehling produced " Nora " in Munich.—Haupt Dr. H. KosterUtz, pointed out in his concluding untenable. They did not trust him any more for it mann biographer Hans von Huelsen is 60 years old. speech : " -As a man, I feel that the defendant had transpired that he had warned two leading —Franziska Kinz playing " Daphne Laureola " in should suffer the tortures of the Middle Ages, nay, Zionists of their impending arrest so that they Frankfurt.—Sarah Leander s first post-war picture of the Gestapo. As a lawyer, I have, however, to could leave the country. It was necessary in the " Gabriela " showed the same old mixture as before ; base my judgment on the Penal Code." He pleaded Jewish interest, he said, that something was done it's the most expensive German film yet. for Ufelong penal servitude, the liighest punishment to strengthen his position. He suggested that I after the aboUtion of the death penalty in Germany. should write about him in the emigrant paper Obituariea :—Aged 62, actor and recitator In pronouncing the indictment, the President of Pariser Zeitung and accuse him as the " Enemy .Alfred Beierle died in Berlin.—Sculptor and archi the Court, Dr. Wirtzfeld, said: " We are ashamed No. 1 " of all Jewish emigrants from Germany. tect Georg Leschnizer, aged 66, died in Israel.-— that the defendant is a German. Beneber even gave me a photograph so that I could Old-timer Bruno Decarli died during a visit in illustrate the article which, a short time afterwards, England.—Eugen Kloepfer died in Germany " Baab wiU now come into a convict house and really appeared. If it has helped him I don't know. recently.—The composer, Kurt WeiU, particularly will have to spend there his future life until its very I always prophesied that he would meet with a weU known by his " Dreigroschenoper, " died in last minute. He must reaUse that he is accompanied tragic end. Some years later I learned that he had New York. He was only 50 years old, on his way by the deep contempt of every decent been arrested for alleged " Rassenschande " and human being." been murdered in prison. PEM.
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Special Cases Young man of 25, who has been ill for a few years, AJR AT WORK wants clerical job in business with prospects ; keeps Shabbath and Jew. Holidays. GENERAL MEETING AJR EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Electrician, 52, returned from Israel (climatic The Annual Meeting of the AJR was held on the The AJR Employment .4gency, 8 Fairfax Man difficulties) wants benchwork. 27th April at 1 Broadhurst Gardens under the sions, London, A'.W'.3 (new telephone number, MAIda Accountant, 44, former lawyer, wants a situation chairmanship of Mr. A. Horovitz. Dr. W. Rosen Vale 4449) will from now on regularly report on the as an accountant. stock, General Secretary, gave a report on current general situation and, in speciiU cases, on enquirers Paralysed lady, living nr. Gladstone Park, N.W.2, activities, to which we refer on the front page. who so far could not be placed in employment.— Engl., German, French shorthand typ. wants to In his financial report, Mr. M. Pottlitzer, Hon. THE ED. work at home. Treasurer of the AJR, pointed out that, in the Men.—We were offered not many vacancies and Medical doctor (Internal med.. X-rays) from past year, the expenditure could be covered by have still on our records unemployed translators, overseas, not registered, offers technical help (injec subscriptions, donations and advertisements, but interpreters, clerks, book-keepers, stock-, store tions, laboratory or psychotherapeutic work). that the increased liabilities, especially in the field keepers, packers, artists, unskiUed workers and Czech, 27, former Police Officer, wants position of Social Services, and the unavoidable losses in home-workers. of trust. membership by death, emigration and pauperisation Women.—We were offered a good deal of vacan Former lawyer, elderly, used to work on his own, called for added efforts by those who were able to cies, but were unable to recommend sufficient wants congenial work of any kind. lend their support. domestics, machinists and younger persons for Middle-aged lady, perf. in French and Spanish, The Executive and Board members were re various types of work. wants position as companion or children's nurse elected as proposed. The Chairman paid tribute to We still have to find jobs for in- and outdoor or typist. the untiring efforts of Dr. W. Breslauer who resigned workers, esp. typists, shorthand-typists, translators, as an Executive Member but will become a Board clerks, dressmakers, finishers, linen-repairers, cooks, A NEW EXTENSION member and, as before, remain in constant contact companions, sitters-in and unskilled workers. Members and friends of the -AJR, who often had with the day by day work of the AJR. He also Trainee Jobs.—Many of our unemployed people to display considerable patience until they got hold welcomed as a new Executive Member, Dr. H. J. are willing to undergo a training in a new trade, as of AJR Headquarters over the 'phone, will be Feist, who had been serving on the Board for a they cannot find work in their former professions. relieved to learn that a new Une for the AJR great number of years. We are very eager to receive offers for trainee jobs Employment Exchange and the AJR Social Before the beginning of the formal proceedings from employers. Services Department has been installed recently. Dr. Leo Baeck spoke on : " Erbe und Aufgabe der Disabled.—We have on our records men and These Departments are now obtainable under Juden aus Deutschland." A detailed report on his women who have great difficulties in finding a Maida Vale 4449 (and not, as the other AJR iUuminating address will be published in the next position, owing to their disablement. Who can help Departments and the United Restitution Office, issue. these people ? under Maida Vale 9096).
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A maximum of £2,250,000 the amount Hindhead, Surrey, Telephone 335 remittance of 4/- per person should be which charitable societies may remit in I included. the current year to Israel under quota Excellent Admission for Members and their friends only. arrangements. Transfers last year were Continental Cuisine.. restricted to a total of £1,500,000. All diets \ HOLIDAYS Running water in all bedrooms. 2 acre garden. AHEAD! The homely atmosphere. Children welcome. We will book you to ANY DESTINATION The British Treasury has given the opportunity to increase Still some vacancies you fancy. by almost 50 per cent, the amount which the J.P.A. may Special return rate by air : remit to Israel. BROADHURSJ. A. TC HALL. , LONDON-LYDDA RETURN : BROADHURST GARDENS, N.W.6 £100 (behind John Barnes) USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE FULL Open Dally from 3-lJ p.m. ISRAEL EXPRESS COMPANY The land is awaiting settlement and development, and the for 220 Kensington High Street, people are waiting to be settled and to develop it. Teas, Dinners and London. W.B Park 4960- late Suppers NEW : Luncheons on Saturdays and THE NEED IS URGENT Sundays 12.30-3 p.m. HOLIDAY Menus 3/-, 4'-, 5/- and & la Carte Fully Licensed ACCOMMODATION Dance by Candlelight : Saturday and JOINT PALESTINE APPEAL Sunday Evening should be ADVERTISED in LARGE HALL for 75, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, W.C.1 WEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS, CONCERTS, "AJR INFORMATION" MEETINGS, Etc Members and Friends Reserv. MAI 9457 AsJt for terms at A/R Headquartert Page 8 AJR INPORMATION May, 1950 INDUSTRIAL A. BREUER TIPEWRITERS Now at P HOTOGRAPHY ZENITH ITbe (Beiteral tiransport Photostat Copies, 57 Fairfax Road* Co. Xto. 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