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Vol. II. No. li NOVEMBER 1947 INFORMATIO;^ ISSUED BY THE — ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH REFUGEES IN GREAT BRITAIN 8, FAIRFAX MANSIONS. LONDON. N.W.3 0^« and ContultJni Hpur$: 10 a.m,—I p.m., 3—6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.—'I p.m. Tt/ephont: MAIda VaU 9094

A WORLD CHALLENGE RESTITUTION IN GERMANY HE Palestine debate at U.N.O. has set a unique Tprecedent. For the first time since tliis inter­ national body was created, the views of the Amer­ For a long time, preparations for a legisla­ the special problem of Berlin, where about icans and Russians in a main political issue were tion on restitution have been going on. The one third of German Jewry lived, and which identical. Both the representative of the American " Council for the Protection of the Rights and is essentially administered by the Magistrat delegation, Mr. Herschel Johnson, and Mr. Tsarap- Interests of Jews from Germany " has been and controlled by the Allied Kommandatura. kin, the Soviet delegate, supported the proposal for very active in this matter. Discussions with The Magistrat is now also considering legis­ a Jewish State as outlined in the majority report, the authorities concerned in this country, in lation on restitution; again, however, Four and accepted the principle of partition. The, Germany and abroad have been taking place Power-agreement will have to be reached for opposition came mainly from the Eastern countries almost every day. giving effect to it, this time " on Komman­ led by the two new members of Pakistan and India, Refugees frequently put the question, why datura level." who linked up with the Arab States to a kind of the " Council " or the AJR does not take In the terminology of all the conversations Moslemic-Asiatic bloc. them into their confidence, and why this referred to, and of all the draft laws consi­ The division between those countries and the paper does not regularly report on the dered, restitution means only the return of American-European powers was indeed interesting. progress achieved. There are various reasons identifiable property such as real property, The fact that Soviet Russia has made a common for this reluctance. Firstly, premature ann­ business undertakings, movable property, stand together with the Western powers, may open ouncements may easily raise unjustified if traceable, etc. That does not mean that up new perspectives for international co-operation. hopes. Secondly,'to some extent the conver­ the victims shall not be indemnified for their It would not be too daring to predict that sations with the authorities have to be other losses and money claims. It is the Palestine, which so often in the past was the centre confidential. Finally, the position changes intention that the Restitution Law or Laws of world events, should once more become the so frequently that a report may have become shall be followed somewhat later by legisla­ turning point in history. The Jewish question may obsolete until it has reached the reader. tion on indemnification. have shown Russia and America that in spite of At the time of going to press, the position It is hoped that legislation on restitution their daily political frictions, there is much common is as follows: will prove satisfactory within the limits given ground in settling the burning and intricate prob­ No legislation on restitution exists. The by circumstances. Probably it will cover all lems which beset humanity at the moment. only exception is the Thuringian Restitution property taken from the Jews in Germany Law; even here, however, the validity has between January. 30th, 1933 and May. Sth, been variably claimed and disclaimed by the 1945. It appears there will be the legal occup5Tng authorities in power. presumption that transactions of property The Draft of a Restitution Law was con­ entered into by a " persecutee " in these fatal NOVEMBER sidered by representatives of the three years were made under duress and can be " Laender " in the American Zone with the declared void by the victims. This legal assistance of American and Jewish experts presumption can only be disproved in and passed in Spring, 1947. It was, however, exceptional cases. The nature and scope of 23 such exceptions was one of the most contested not enacted because legislation for all four zones of Germany was thought preferable. points. Another problem was, whether and Sunday 3 p.m. Thus negotiations aiming at a Control to what extent the price has to be returned Council Law for the whole of Germany com­ by the Jewish vendor. It is to be expected AJR CONCERT menced in Berlin. These conversations have that such " repayment " will only be due if now been going on forhedf ayear. There was the original payment was put " at the free agreement between the Powers with regard disposal " of the victim. Here again, it is to the ultimate issue; there was a remarkable most debatable when under the prevailing EMBASSY THEATRE agreement between the American and the circmnstances the possibility of such a " free Swiss Cottage, N.W.3 British, even about the details, with the disposal " is to be assumed. In most of the exception of one single question. At the cases, for instance, the former Jewish owner FRANZ OSBORN (Pianoforte) moment, however, it seems that all attempts emigrated after the sale and was, by the to reach complete agreement have proved transfer restrictions, practically deprived of ANNA POLLAK (Mezzo-Soprano) futile. Probably the statute will now be his " reichsmark " proceeds. (by permission of the Administrator of promulgated in the American Zone only, One problem which played an undeservedly Sadler's Wells Opera) whereas, the British authorities, in preparing large part in the discussions and which—in their own legislation, issued an order, by which spite of all attempts of the " Council"— JOHN HENDRIK (Tenor) owners of confiscated property of Nazi victims has so far proved the stumbling block for a (by permission of Arthur Lane Dubarry Co., have to register with the authorities. complete unity between the American and Prince's Theatre) It is obvious that it would be detrimental the British Authorities is the question of the for all concerned, if, in the end, there would so-called heirless and unclaimed property. Accompanists: be a different legislation for the different This is property the original owners of which PERCY KAHN (for John Hendrik) parts of Germany. Often enough claims perished without heirs or which is not claimed Dr. F. BEREND (for Anna PoUak) concern economic entities e.g. business- by the persons entitled for claiming. undertakings, which are located in difierent There is unanimity insofar as such property Invitation with Programme and Order Form zones. It would also certainly be unjust, if shall go to a number of so-called successor is attached to this issue of "AJR Information." the chances of a Nazi victim would depend organizations, which will use these means PRICES: £1.L0, 10/6, 7/6, 5/-, 2/6 on the question, in which zone his property for the victims of Nazi persecution generally. happens to be situated. There is, finally, There is agreement between the American IConiinued page a Page 82 AJR INFORMATION, November 1947

active and were unable to appraise an emergency IXans K. (fiombay) : for which they had no individual responsibihty. Yet, eissner the impartial observer was able to appreciate the undercurrent of economic dependence and social fear INDIA IN TRANSITION which had been at the root of the pent-up an­ tagonism between difierent communities, until the The present writer has often wondered how we Sights were strangely reminiscent of the November disturbances deteriorated into a mad race between Jewish Refugees have looked to erstwhile neighbours days, 1938. Littered pavements, looted shops, burnt revenge and counter-revenge. and foreign nationals who gave us shelter. The residences, desecrated religious buildings, some The lessons of Punjab have an obvious implication recent disturbances in Punjab which he happened to adjacent to local police stations whence protection on the shaping of the political future of Palestine. witness have supplied the answer, on a scale, though, was called in vain; members of minority com­ Partition must be preceded, and not followed, by the much larger than anything that had taken place in munities sometimes receiving shelter from friendly setting-up of administrative machinery (which had Hitler's realm prior to the outbreak of war. neighbours, the wealthy ones seeking protection in been sadly missing in East Punjab). Resettlement 1.2 million Evacuees had reached West-Punjab international hotels pending the arrival of privately should precede partition, unless there is a truly during the month ended Sept. 11th. Another 600,000 chartered aircraft. We have been through all this neutral international force on the spot to remove were expected in the immediate future. The number ourselves, and our heart went out towards those who real or imagined apprehension on the part of of Refugees moved or moving in the opposite direc­ are now in distress. As was the case with us, the minorities during the period of transition. tion was more or less of the same order. majority of those afflicted had not been politically The present writer has been anxious to avoid apportioning blame between the parties involved in Continued from front page] REGISTRATION OF CLAIMS Punjab (though he holds a strong opinion in this cind the British (but not with the other The following statement has bten made to the regard). He, however, wishes it understood that Powers) that Jewish property of this kind United Restitution Ofiice by the Foreign Office disintegration as witnessed in Punjab and likely in should go to a Jewish Organization or German Section: Palestine, is an indication of political shortsighted­ " 1. A General Order has been promulgated by ness on the part of both parties, at an age which Organizations. There is, however, no agree­ Military Government ia the British Zone of Occupa­ seems to call for integration and more integration. ment as to the composition and the situs of tion ordering any person who has, or at any time * the successor organizations and the utilisation since January 30, 1933, has had. possession, custody With British India divided into the Indian Union of the funds. ' or control of identifiable property of which any and Pakistan it is generally acknowledged that the ' person was deprived under duress during the Nazi requirements of economic, medical and educational The " Council" repeatedly pointed out Regime, by reason of his race, nationality, religion or rehabilitation will be all the more drastically felt in that one should not overestimate the amount ' political opinions, whether authorised by legislation the two successor Dominions. The need of recruiting of property which is neither claimed by the Aor procedures which purported to follow forms of experts from overseas for such purposes has been owner nor by an heir. True, more than •law or otherwise, to make, within six months from admitted in the recent Report of the Central Pay the date of this Order, a declaration of such pos­ Commission, Delhi, 1947. While adhering to the 200,000 German Jews perished, but most of session, custody or control and to deliver it (in principle of " equal pay for equal work " without them left at least some relatives who managed triplicate) to the Landrat of the Kreis or Ober­ discrimination of race, etc., allowances analogous to to emigrate in time and who woud be en- buergermeister of the Stadtkreis in which he resides. the overseas pay schedule of commercial firms are entitled to act as legitimate heirs. The 2. Similar declarations must be made by any recommended " on the ground of special capacity or " Council " also stressed that this question person who has knowledge .of any specific since expert knowledge." Admission, however, is suggest­ January 30, 1933, of such property, and must be ed " on a contract basis," for particular assignments could easily be dealt with at a later stage, delivered (in triplicate) to the Landrat of the Kreis and for an agreed period of service. Tliis will differ because there can be anyhow no heirless or Oberbuergermeister of the Stadtkreis in which he radically from the pre-war system of visas which and unclaimed property before the time resides. had enabled experts amongst Central European 3. In order to ensure that declared property is Jewish Refugees to take up residence in India for limit (probably one year or longer) for an indefinite length of time, to pursue any lawful claiming has expired. It would, therefore, be adequately protected, the Landrat, or Oberbuerger­ occupation and to change employment according to meister to whom the declaration has been made has convenience. particularly regrettable, if just this question received detailed instructions of what steps he has would ultimately postpone Restitution to take. These included forwarding one copy of the In future, Indian requirements on one hand, and Legislation on the broadest possible regional declaration to the " Zentralamt fuer Vermoegensver­ availability of experts on the other only will count. waltung, (Britische Zone)," Bad Nenndorf, Land Englishmen will be welcome irrespective of past basis in Germany. Niedersachsen. In the case of property situated in politiccd antagonism, and so will be Germans. W.B. Berlin or elsewhere outside the British Zone of Ex-war internees have been released for special Occupation, all three copies of declarations are to be technical assignments in India rather than repatri­ forwarded to the above address and the Landrat or ated. Jewish displaced persons will likewise be UNITED RESTITUTION OFFICE Oberbuergermeister will hold such property in ehgible if otherwise suitable. It has been stressed in As a result of negotiations, carried out with good custody pending further directions. public discussions and newspaper articles in India feelings on all sides, the following bodies, without in i. The General Order also provides for the sub­ that " the British authorities were not slow in seeing any way sacrihcing their individual identities, have mission of claims by persons in respect of property their chance of benefitting their country by the come together through their common interest in the of which they were dispossessed under the Nazi knowledge and brains of the foreigners." However, restitution of property on the Continent to create a Regime. Such claims will be forwarded (in tripli- mere humanitarian impulses or financial guarantees " Untied Restitution Office ": Association of Jewish I cate) direct to the " Zentralamt fuer Vermoegens­ will probably be discounted. Competition will be Refugees; Committee for Industrial Development keen, and qualifications will have to be proved by verwaltung," and must be filed on or before Decem­ degrees or other conclusive evidence. from Overseas; Association of Democratic Lawyers ber 31, 1948, (not 1947—TAe Ed). Claims filed after from Germany; Ex-Service (N.B.) Association; that date will be inadmissable. Parliamentary Committee on Refugees; The Refugee \ 5. Many dispossessed persons now living outside TRAVEL PAPERS FOR AUSTRIANS Aliens Protection Committee. This United Resti­ Germany have already submitted claims either to During the past months Jewish refugees from tution Ofiice has received official recognition for Norfolk House or to Stadthagen. (Claims submitted Austria, who applied to the Home Office for a claims in Germany by the Foreign Office, German to the AJR Restitution Office have been forNvarded Refugee Travel Document were advised to ask for an Section. to Stadthagen, the former seat of the " Zentralamt Austrian passport, which was again obtainable in The Office is a development from the office estab­ fuer Vermoegensverwaltung."—The Ed.) These this country. It is now understood that refugees, lished by the Association of Jewish Refugees. Two claims are in the course of being acknowledged but who state that they do not want to travel on an branches have now been established: one, as before, it has been found that in a large number of cases the Austrian passport, may also apply for a Refugee at 8 Fairfax Mansions, N.W.S, and the other at the necessary essential information has not been sup­ Travel Document at the Home Office. ofiice of the Refugee Industries Committee, who plied. MemlDers of the pubUc who have already sub­ have just changed their title to the Committee for mitted claims are therefore advised to obtain copies ARGENTINE Industrial Development from Overseas, at 5 Lower of the forms mentioned in paragraph 7 and te deter­ Jews residing in the Argentine who were bom in Grosvencr Place, S.W.I. Both offices will work in mine whether the information provided in the Germany are barred from obtaining Argentinian the closest co-operation. Both wiU be circulated original claim met the full requirements as set out citizenship under recent rulings of the courts. The with of&cial information and wUl be equal in status. in the forms. If it did not, they are recommended to courts insist that they are to be lumped with other The Manager of the former is Dr. F. Goldschmidt, re-register their claims and forward them to the Germans who are forbidden to become citizens under and of the latter Dr. R. O. Munster. address given in paragraph 3. a wartime order aimed at Germans and Japanese as enemy aliens. The activities of the United Restitution Office, as 6. The Order does not relate to any property far £is claims in Germany are concerned, have been having at the date of transfer a total value of less SHANGHAI announced in the March issue of this paper, when the than 1,000 Reichsmarks. According to the " Shanghai Echo " the number AJ R Restitution Office was established. It is appre­ 7. Forms for either (a) giving information of refugees in Shanghai, which had amounted to ciated, however, that restitution is not limited to regarding property which has been transferred, or about 15,000 last September, has meanwhile come Germany, and for that reason both branches are (6) for making specific claims to property under down to 8,655 persons, in view of the progress of creating separate departments to deal with claims Paragraph 4, will be obtainable in about a month's re-immigration and repatriation. in other parts of Europe, in regard to which it will time when a further announcement will be made." be in constant and doss touch with the Authorities. The above-mentioned Registration forms CANADA Both offices will be open at the following hours: are not yet available. Readers are advised, not The Canadian Government agreed to increase the 8 Fairfax Mansions: Monday, Tuesday and Thurs­ to apply for them now but to wait for an an­ number of D.P.'s to be admitted to the country day from 3 to 6 p.m., Sunday from 10.30 to 12.30; nouncement In the December issue of " AJR from 10,000 to 20,000. Of the 2,114 D.P.'s who are 6 Lower Grosvenor Place; Monday and Thursday Information," which will also contain further being recruited to work as tailors in the Canadian from 4-6 p.m. and by appointment. (VIC 0286). details on the registration. clothing industry, half will be Jewish. AJR INFORMATION, November 1947 P«g« 83

Herbert Jreeden (^Friedentnalj : What the Press says ... Becaate one hoaee-painter ttarted a revolution it il not to aay that all hoaae-paintert could ttart • BERLIN-TO-DAY a revolution. However, the Nazi Party started in Germany, it did not etart with a few moth- It was in the afternoon. A car took me from the resurrection against the macabre background of eaten eccentric; moetly elderly, and the Kaiier British Airport in Berlin to the hotel on Kurfursten- ruins. Into this world of hectic and feverish ac­ Wilhelm; and thie it a fair detcription of the damm. The streets were empty. A few jeeps and tivities, the Jews are dragged — 8,000 who are Britiih Faicitt* . . . mihtary lorries drove along. .\ few people pushed living in the City and another 7,000 in the three their barrows. An unreal stillness lay over the city. U.N.N.R.A. camps on the outskirts of Berlin. No- Moreover, they have no Hitler, no Goering; nor For the first time after eight years I looked again one can escape the morbid intoxication of the town; Goebelt, nor ever could have; becaute tuch into the faces of Germans. I do not believe in the neither the powers of occupation nor the German pertont would detpite them equally for their lack collective guilt of a people. But those whom I saw Police, neither Gentile nor Jew. of giftt, and for their loyalty to a leader in decay, —were these the innocents or the murderers ? Had The winter is approaching and with it the deadly which it, indeed, their mott enduring -ijuality. they once worn the black SS uniform or the brown fear of intolerable hardships. There are no coals, jackets of the Storm Troopers ? How do the faces no potatoes. " Sauve qui pent." Certainly there will be an attempt to revive of the guilty look ? Fatcism, after we grow thoroughly weary under And after the winter—war ? The threat of war our difficultiet and before we have worked our I left the hotel and walked along streets among throttles progress and recovery. And who is guilty way through them. But if it it to be dangerout which I had lived for a long while. I knew the —the Russians or the Americans, the Nazis or the it will be made by somebody too clever to be houses from where Jews had been dragged and Jews, the Communists or the Social Democrats— called a Fatcitt. where the new masters had triumphantly moved the others, or they themselves ? Always the others in. I now passed those houses which formed a are guilty. The German confession of their own sins Let ut keep oar witt about ut and tcan politict macabre lane of burned out ruins; trod over debris has not come, nor their re-education through the with a vigilant eye lest this new dictator steals which for two years now had been piled up on the AlUes. The war in Germany has taken on a new, on us undetected. pavements, through districts which were wiped though bloodless, form—the war of everyone out. I felt two conflicting sensations; sadness and against everyone, and its poisoned weapon is Rebecca West, in the Evening Standard deep satisfaction. corruption. {by Courtesy of "Zionist Review ") The sadness came from the experience of someone who makes a journey into his own past and finds Out that his memories do not fit the reality any more; that the face of a town, once dear, was JEWRIES IN ORIENTAL COUNTRIES distorted into a terrible grimace. We once thought This is the first instalment in a series of articles on the Jewish situation in Oriental countries. that cities were something permanent and men They have been compiled from material which was submitted by the Jewish Agency to the Anglo- ephemeral. The few friends whom I found in American Committee of Inquiry.—The Ed. Berlin had hardly changed. But Berlin had come to an end. EGYPT their position is now in jeopardy as a result of the increasing poUtical agitation against them. Fan­ Still, there was a deep satisfaction within me. Egyptian Jews number at present between 70,000 atical Moslem organisations, such as the " Moslem We have long lost the belief in worldly justice, yet and 80,000, of whom 35 to 40,000 are in Cairo, about Brotherhood," and Fascist organisations, such as as never before I felt that here a kind of cosmic 30,000 in Alexandria, and the remainder in Tanta, " Young Egypt," indulge in open incitement against balance had been restored. When I left Berlin in Port Said, Mansoura and smaller towns. the Jews. About three weeks before the November 1939 the streets echoed with the marching steps of During the last two generations the Egyptian riots, 1945, the latter association called upon the a megalomanious Reichswehr: the people radiated Jews have lived in security and made their contri­ Jews formally to dissociate themselves from Zionism arrogance and haughtiness. The hand of fate has bution to the country's development. Members of and repudiate its aspirations. The association destroyed that monumentality and taken the such weU-known families as Cattawi, Moseiri, threatened that a refusal would be regarded as an arrogance from the faces, has pulled do,wn the Harari, Snares and many others have played a act of hostility against Egjrpt and all Arab countries. houses of the new masters so that they could not prominent part in trade and industry, banking and Anonymous letters to the same effect were sent to enjoy their stolen property. The number of maimed public works, as well as in agricultural development, the Chief Rabbi and other Jewish leaders. This and blind in Berhn is legion—" And the Lord walked and held important posts in Government service. incitement bore fruit. On November 2nd, 1945, a through the houses of the Eg>-ptians ..." This liberal period, however, seems to be drawing to protest strike against the Balfour Declaration was I asked a Jewish actor who had lived for three a close. The •vvinds of extreme nationalism which proclaimed for the first time in Egypt. Jews and bitter years in hiding, " You are a highly sensitive have begun to blow in the Arab East are shaking the foreigners alike were forced by the crowds to close person. How can you live in this world of ruins position of the Jews in Egypt. Moreover, with their shops. The rabble paid no heed to the without becoming depressed ? " He smiled. the attainment of real independence, the over­ artificial distinction made by the Eg>'ptian leaders " Without these ruins I could not stand it here. whelming Egyptian, and particularly Moslem, between Jews and Zionists; they assaulted the They are the only reminders that our sufierings had majority is asserting its predominance in all walks Jewish quarters indiscriminately. A' number of not been in vain." of life and rendering the Jewish position more and synagogues were destroyed; Scrolls of the Law were But the stillness of the streets is only superficial. more precarious. The founding of the Arab League burned in the streets in Nazi fashion; many Jewish The energies of that once most vital city of Europe with headquarters in Cairo has still further clouded shops were looted. .At the same time churches and are running amok in intrigue and corruption, hatred the outlook. shops belonging to non-Jewish foreigners were also and cynicism. The conflicts of the world are One of the reasons of the weakness of the Jewish attacked. projected into Berlin as if through a magnifying position is the fact that only a minority of them are The head of the Sufi sheikhs challenged the Chief glass. Within the small space of the city, the four Egyptian citizens, the majority being either big powers clash in daily friction. The German Rabbi in an open letter to identify himself with the " Stateless" or foreign subjects. Under the opposition to Zionism. Yielding to pressure, the parties, which are their satellites, are extending Capitulations, the Jews, for obvious reasons, pre­ this conflict with unmitigated hatred. The press, Jewish leaders produced the usual disclaimer. The ferred the nationality or protection of a European grave anti-British riots in Cairo and Alexandria of with the inflated number of fourteen dailies and a power. When that regime came to an end, many host of weeklies, brings these differences into the February and March, 1946, have revealed that the Jews applied for Egyptian citizenship, but this was November riots had been but an initial outburst of open and reflects, as in a distorted mirror, the granted only in rare cases. Stateless Jews live in fourfold partition of the City, of Germany and of the upsurging of xenophobia, of which the Jews perpetual uncertainty. For travel abroad they are were the first, because the easiest, target. the world. In that hysterical atmosphere local given a laissez-passer, but only very reluctantly, and difierences appear as world conflicts. Everyone their re-admission to Egypt is an act of grace; the talks of war. War seems to many the only possibility threat of expulsion is ever-present. EMIGRATION FROM GREAT BRITAIN to free Germany from the deadly embrace of those Inasmuch as most Egyptian Jews are not Egyptian According to the " Board of Trade Journal " of quarrelling giants. Reconstruction and democracy nationals, they are seriously affected by the anti- 27 September 1947 the number of aliens, who We just bitter jokes. Even if the psychological foreign tendency prevalent in the law and practice emigrated from the United Kingdom to non-Euro­ situation would be sounder, reconstruction would of the Egyptian Administration. It is extremely pean countries, numbered 5,005 in 1946. About still be far off as there are no labour, no materials, difficult nowadays for a non-Egyptian national to 75% of the emigrants went to the United States. no licences. The only building proceeding is that of obtain a licence to open a new business. Jewish These figures include, of course, all kinds of aliens. shops for luxun,' goods and fancy articles. firms find themselves constrained to take in Egyptian The " Board of Trade Journal " also states in its The rich in Berlin are very rich and the poor are partners so as to obviate official obstruction. A issue of llth October that during the first 6 months very poor. The people bring their china, pictures recent order, justified as it may be on its own merits, 1947 57,702 persons of British Nationality emigrated and jewels to those shops where there are plenty of that commercial firms must keep their accounts and (against 13,291 during the first six months 1938) customers—by no means all of them Americans. conduct their correspondence with the Government Most of the emigrants (47,007) went to the British No-one sells what he pretends to. Hairdressers in Arabic, is a serious handicap for Jewish business­ Dominions or Colonies (11,093 to British South offer butter, chemists cloth, shoemakers potatoes. men and clerks, most of whom have only an im­ Africa, 9,842 to British North .America, 5,716 to Waiters whisper in the ears of their patrons the perfect knowledge of that language. There are India, 4,843 to Australia). latest quotations for cigarettes and chocolate. practically no Jews in Government employment, Economy runs wild in that town of two currencies Egypt is faced generally with the serious problem The " Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Juedischen (the pound sterling is quoted at 40 marks officially of finding employment for its growing white-collar Gemeinden in Deutschland " held a session in wid 500 marks in cigarette "currency"). Every­ proletariat. 'The Jews are naturally the first to be Berlin ircint October 19 to 22,,. The " Council of Jews thing in Bci-lin has its price—people and things, crowded out. from Qermanv " ai ' ' TR -were represented by denazifications and careers. The madness of the Nevertheless the Egyptian Jews have so far been Mr. A. Schayec. \lexander and Mr. k. •aflation after the first World War celebrates its abl^ to maintain thetnselves in ecoaomic life, birt Horoi*tt« F-t" • • "" ""^t month. Page 84 AJR INFORMATION, November 1947

for the problem and with a. skilful pen. Even Jokn F. Oppenneimer (N^ew York) : readers inclined to dismiss anti-Semitic discrimina­ tion as propagjmda will believe the smaller but daily tragedies of this story. And this is the merit of the book. All those, however, more familiar with that NEW AMERICAN BOOES serious social disease will feel that Miss Hobson Such a flood of books—fiction and non-fiction work of fiction which was up to now able to catch remains on the surface. —dealing with problems of interest to AJR readers the startling inconsistencies of the political scene Last mentioned but by no means of least impor­ have recently been published here that it is impos­ between the two world wars. Unfortunately there tance is Fritz von Unruh's voluminous oeuvre " The sible to report on all of them. The five dealt with in is a gap of more than 15 years, 1923 to 1939, in the End is Not Yet " (Storm Publishers, New York, this article seemed to this reviewer important for middle of the book, leaving events and characters 1947, 540 pp.). It is his first book written in and for special reasons. There might be other books of completely undeveloped for this period. Both parts America since he arrived in 1941 from France equal value, such as Sinclair Lewis' " liingsblood in itself are stirring enough and each one contains after Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann had ap­ Royal,"t\ie recent best-seller dealing with the race material for at least another score of novels. pealed directly to President Roosevelt for his ad­ question, or as David Davidson's " The Steeper The twins. Primula and Ultima, and Primula's mission to the U.S. He was almost silent in these six Cliff " dealing with man's struggle against fear on the twin-sons, Alexander and Caesar, represent the two years, and became a painter of a peculiar quality. background of the experiences of an American officer Germanys known to the world. How they grow up, In a postface to this novel he writes: " The strange­ in Bavaria and his search for an anti-Fascist editor, develop, clash with each other, intrigue against ness of this epic . . . prevented a number of or James Ramsay Ullman's " The White Tower," a each other, love each other, is the symbolic ex­ American publishers . . . from offering it their hos­ best seller last year, in which the author assembles a pression for many tragedies of our time. I like to pitality. Only a young editor's (Alexander Gode) Swiss, French, German, Austrian, English and quote Thomas Mann to characterise this most faith in this work . . . made possible its final pub­ American mountain climber in war-time Switzerland unique work- " A fascinating mixture of elements of lication." and shows their thoughts and actions when un­ fantasy, grotesqueness and fairy tale, with the most This book shows that Unruh is at base a drama­ successfully trying to climb a kind of Matterhom. glaring present reality." tist. Each chapter is slowly and dramatically devel­ However, the merits of those books lie either in the Among the many books dealing with the Nurem­ oped to its climax mostly even retaining the rule of established reputation of their authors or in the berg trials, Victor H. Bemsteins' " Final Judgment " unity of place and time. He has captured, as virtuosity with which they handle plot and style. Boni and Gaer, New York, 1947, 290 pp.) is out­ Richard Wright said, " the Gothic madness of Quite different is Hermann Kesten's " Ferdinand standing because the author bases his report only on Nazism, the inhumanity and irresponsibility of its and Isabella " (A. A. Wyn, Inc., New York, 1946, documents submitted to the Nuremberg court but leaders, and the great problem which it posed and 347 pp.) which grows out of his previous study of hardly previously quoted in public by the hundreds still poses for aU mankind." Nobody will forget Catholic Spain (" I, the King ") in the medieval of reporters in their lengthy reports cabled to all the love scene on the roofs of Notre Dame, or age. This is the history of the inquisition under comers of the globe. Many readers will remember Hitler's attempt to revive a dead girl comparing Torquemada and the expulsion and extermination Vic Bernstein as the able and meticulous European himself with God resurrecting the " Jew-Jesu " of the Jews of the Hiberian peninsula on one hand representative of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency from the death. There is the grotesque plot of the and the unification of Spain under Isabella's and during 1938 and 1939 when he wrote his stories from dispossessed monarchs of Europe, led by Wilhelm 11., Ferdinand's reign on the other. All the atrocity, Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Amsterdam. There is to restore their dynasties. There are the refugees, religious fervour, intrigue, adventure, the clash of no statement in his book which is not based on facts communists, socialists. Christians, Jews, there are medieval culture with the dawn of a new age are and documents. An excellent appendix and ragister, Himmler and Goering, Schirach and Hess, Nie- masterly interwoven into a glaring, exciting and the pulsing of human heart and a precise but moeUer and Mackensen, Rabbi Wolff and Dr. cruel picture. Besides Ferdinand and Isabella, there eloquent style add to the value of "Final Judgment" Sauerbruch. There are hundreds of characters are Torquemada and Mendoza, Kings Henry of which should find readers everywhere where people playing their role like marionettes in a puppet Castilian and Louis of France, Archbisshop Carillo are searching for an eUmination of the evils of our theatre. The scene shifts from Verdun to the Ober- and Columbus, the Christians, the Moors and the time. salzberg, from Hitler's private chambers to second- Jews. Scenes of bucolic peace are followed by Turning back to fiction Laura Z. Hobson's rate refugee Hotels in Paris, to the German Embassy li torturing cruelty surpassed only in our century by " Gentleman's Agreement " (Simon and Schuster, and the Bois de Boulogne, to the Gestapo cellars and Hitler's henchman. Nobody will read the chapter New York, 1947, 275 pp.) is singled out because it to a peaceful meadow in Neuilly where a butterfly is " Torture Chamber" without drawing parallels reached the top of the best-seller list against all odds bom. The whole fantastic story evolves around the between the edicts of 1481 and Hitler's ill-famous and stayed there for many weeks. The author is the theft of Hitler's last will by a Polish dancer and the racial laws, or between Torquemada's torture daughter of the late M. Zametkin, a yiddish writer endeavours of the Gestapo to regain this precious chambers in Spain and th? Gestapo cellars in Hitler's formerly connected with the New York Jewish document. This work is not a masterwork of form, Europe. Daily Forward. Her novel deals with everydays it has its meinnerisms and shortcomings but through The same Hermann Kesten lapses 400 years ahead social anti-Semitism and discrimination in the U.S. all this pulses the heart of a poet and humanitarian when writing his most engrossing novel " The Twins A reporter assigned to the task of writing a series of and those who are willing to follow him to the end of Nuremberg " (L. B. Fischer, New York, 1946, articles on anti-Semitism decides to disguise himself will be rewarded time and again by the genius of this 616 pp.). If this firework of irony, humour, phan­ as a Jew to get as close to the facts as possible. How great German writer, one of the few to resist the li tasy and reality would have been written with an he himself, his family, his sweetheart, his colleagues political evils of our time courageously since equal concentration to the one employed in his are affected and involved in this artificial Jewish life Donaumont and not stopping to tight since " The " Ferdinand and Isabella " one could call it the only is developed with great talent, a real understanding end is not yet." NEW BOOKS: Frieda Wunderlich: "German Labour Courts " (Cumberlege, London); Rt. Hon. Viscount Samuel: " A Book of Quotations " (Cresset LAW and LIFE Press); Gilbert Waterhouse: " A Short History of Lsgal Adviet Homt (forptrtons ivith limiltd means only) : Wedneadsy ^6.30 p.m., Snndky 11 s.m.-lS.SO p.m. German Literature " (Methuen); Walter HoUitscher: CONTROL OF ENGAGEMENT with her a child of hers under the age of 15 years, "Sigmund Freud" (Kegan Paul); A. G. Hebert: (b) a person whose employment is of a casual nature " The Authority of the Old Testament " (Faber, A short while after those refugees who came to - or who is not employed for the employer's trade or London); In Memoriam Joseph Hermann Hertz, this country before the war and have not been business, (c) an alien who (not having resided in this " Tribute to Late Chief Rabbi " (Soncino Press); naturalized yet, have been freed from the obligation country before the war) still requires a special Jeaimette Wolff: " Sadismus oder Wahnsinn" to apply for a Labour Permit before taking up Alien's permit. Also, a special exemption may be (Ernst Bretfeld, Greiz); F. A. Kramer: "Vor den employment (see separate note in this issue), it has granted to employer or employee—it is not to be Ruinen Deutschlands " Historisch-PoUtischer Ver­ become necessary to impose similar restrictions on assumed that this will happen frequently. lag, Koblenz); Franz K. Grosse: "Die falschen the bulk of the population, whether British or Of greater importance than the personal exemp­ Goetter " (F. H. Kerle Veriag, Heidelberg); Jaques alien. Regulations as were known during the war, tions are the provisions referring to exempted Barzun: "Von menschlicher Freiheit" (Hermann proved equally indispensable to fight the economic categories of employment. Rin Muenchen); R. W. Cooper: "The Nuremberg difficulties consequential to the war. They have They comprise whole industries like agriculture, Trial " (Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Mddx.); been fixed by the Control of Engagement Order of coalmining, merchant shipping, fishing and work Josef Greiner: "Das Ende des Hitler-Mythos" September 18th, 1947 (Statutory Rules and Orders, in docks, as well as the Forces and Women's (Amalthea-Verlag, Zuerich); Siegfried Kracauer: 1947. No. 2021). Services. They also apply to part-time employ­ " From Caligari to Hitler" (Princeton Uni. Press). This Order determines (1) the nature of the ment, not involving more than 30 hours service restrictions it imposes, (2) who is subject to them, weekly, to employment without remuneration and PERSONALIA (3) who is exempted and which kind of employment to any employment in a managerial, professional, Kommerzienrat Richard Unger, formerly is exempted. administrative or executive capacity. owner of the well-known Kempinski Restaurants, The gist of the order is that persons who come It is the last group of exemptions which probably died in U.S.A. at the age of 81 years. rmder its scope shall, as a matter of principle, will lead to the greatest amount of argument. Yehudi Mehuhln and Wilhelm Furtwaengler neither seek nor obtain employment otherwise than Official pronunciations have tried to elucidate the played in Berlin at a Charity Concert for the through application to a local Labour Exchange or matter. But they are not " law," though the order benefit of the Jewish Community. other approved employment agency. Consequently is. Also, they can naturally not be exhaustive. It employers must not seek to engage employees has been stated, e.g., that shorthand typists and FIRST JEWISH FILM IN GERMANY falling under the order J|^jh^^e^. clerks are not within the scope of the exemptions. A film, called " Lang ist der Weg," is being made The order applies tc^^^BBIMM^ained This may be true in many cases, but on the other in the Bavaria Film Studios near Munich. It deals the age of 18 years anenSVISPIlnDBmai age of hand there are undoubtedly a considerable number with the fate of an Eastern-Jewish family between 51 (not 60 !) year; ia the case of a msB or 41 of clerks who do administrative or executive work, September, 1939, and the liberation. The idea (not 40 !) years in lUecase of a womaa; and, similariy, there are not a few women secretaries originated from Israel Becker, who plays the main Amongst the pertrtWil «Jc«iritJ«te4i

Lola Stein's novel " People Like You and I " a Jewish Community in Germany. Offers should be FROM MT DIARY draws very poignantly the background of the years sent to the Jewish Committee for ReUef Abroad, 1933-1939 and their impact on Uves of Jevre and 7 Endsleigh Place, Taviton Street, London, W.C.I. It was with mixed feehngs that we welcomed the half-Jews in Germany. All her chronological Vienna State Opera to London. Much as we en­ enumeration of events, large and small, and the joyed their high artistic standard we could not but network of laws drawn more closely from year to MAGNUS DAVIDSOHN 70 YEARS OLD recall that not a few of them have been with the year recalls very vividly past anxieties and humilia­ State Opera throughout the years of the Nazi tions. For those who saw and heard Magnus Davidsohn during the High Holiday Services it seems hardly occupation and the war when this stage was one of Though the characters of the book are not always the most representatives of Nazi Germany. credible that he reaches the psalmist's age on clearly drawn as a mirror of those years, the book November 2nd. His majestic voice still sounds Whatever may be said about Mr. Clemens Kraus' has certainly to teU a story worth while recording. vigorous and, Uke a glorious instrument, obeys the standing as a conductor, his early associations with (Lindsay Drummond, 9/6). slightest intention of its master. the Nazis are not disputed. Of course, it is always NARRATOR Coming from Upper Silesia, he was the Chassan of awkward to discriminate in the world of arts but the the Synagogue Fasanenstrasse from the day it was discrimination was started by the others—not by us. SYNAGOGUE MUSIC consecrated in September, 1912, until it was de­ Clemens Kraus' and others' invitations to "London stroyed in November, 1938. .\t the same time, he are among the many symptoms of how quickly the One of the main difficulties in reviving Jewish was a teacher at the Jewish schools and, later on, the world is forgetting things past. religious life on the Continent was the lack of Lehrerakademie des Preussischen Landesverbandes. synagogual music for the Services. An appeal, made As a scholar, he deeply penetrated into the history In this connection a report of the Vienna corre­ by the .AJR in conjunction with the Jewish Com­ spondent of the " American Christian Science and theory of Synagogue-Music. mittee for ReUef Abroad found a strong response, Since he came to this country he has been acting Monitor " is not without interest. There was no and the helpfulness of many friends and organisa­ need for Austrian Nazis to go underground because as the Chassan of the New-Liberal Congregation. tions here and overseas and of institutions such Here he works to-day, upholding the great tradition " they can and do—live more comfortably and per­ as the Jacob Michael Collection of Jewish Music in fectly unmolested above ground," he writes: of the German Cantorate on Sabbath and Holidays, New York, enabled the AJR Relief Department to officiating at marriage and funeral services and " Registered Nazis, together with their families, put valuable material at the disposal of Congrega­ teaching the children. He also arranges the well- total some 1,750,000 or one-quarter of the Austrian tions in Amsterdam, Budapest, Berlin, Koeln, Bonn known Sunday Concerts, which, for many years, population. In addition, there are tens of thousands and other towns. have been an indispensable spiritual recreation for who for formal reasons were not liable to registration the refugees who are unable to visit public Concerts. though they whole-heartedly supported the Nazi Thus Magnus Davidsohn may feel the truth of the system and could be expected to turn collabora­ A Medical Dictionary (EngUsh-German), Psalmist's words, which for more than 50 years he tionist again if it became possible and profitable," against or without payment, is very badly needed by has been reciting every Friday evening: " They the correspondent says. a Doctor, who, after having survived Nazi-persecu­ grow forth, too, in old age, full of sap and green." tion, is doing responsible medical and social work in HEINRICH STERN.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Techn. Feinlicht, Miss M., abt. 35, for Hilda • Employment University Vienna, Ex-Service, British Preisz, on behalf of a friend in Paris. Advertistments are subject to Control of Engage- Nat., technical, administr. and coram, Meyer, Dr. Alfred, 52, Professor of nunt Order. exp.. Languages, seeks position. Mr. A. Psychiatry, from Krefeld and Bonn WANTED: Vacancies for men and Lee, 29 De Vere Gardens, Ilford, Essex. resp., for Jewish Relief Unit. women (skilled and unskilled)—also REPRESENTATIVES WANTED on Muschkatblatt, Karl, came from I temporary. AJR Social Service Dept. commission basis to carry additional Shanghai to England, for nurse Lisel MAI 9096—7. line suitable for newsagents, toy shops Kraus, Cologne. COOK WANTED. Strictly orthodox. and stores. Apply with references to Nelson, Emil, from Berlin, for Fanny ^ALSEC Might suit couple. New modern hotel. Box 524. Gehwolf, Munich. ^ Hotel Rubens, Bath Rd., Bourne­ REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED Sostberg, Gertrud, born 1921, from mouth. to visit grocers, caterers, institutions, Berlin-Lichtenberg, for Alice Schlegel, CUTTER (FOREMAN) for Trimmings etc. Excellent lines, good commission. Bavaria. Factory (Textiles) required. Excellent Candidate must be energetic and effi­ Inquiries from wages for reliable man. Sabbath and cient. Apply to: Gorney Ltd., 35 Jewish holidays free. Subject to Northumberland Street, Manchester, 7. Jew^ish Refugees Committee, Labour Permit. Phone: CAN 1812. HOUSEKEEPER WANTED, 40-50, Tracing Dept., GLASS BUTTONS, experienced for widower with grown-up family of 3, Bloomsbury House, Bloomsbury St., workers wanted. Good wages. Five who are in business all day. Daily help London, W.C.i. day week. Famox Ltd., 91/92, Turn- given. Good position for right person. Dann, Walter, and his wife, daughter mill Street, CLErkenwell 3355. References required. Morris, 57 Park of Paul and Selma Lowenthal n^e ADVERTISER is prepared to put Street, Bridgend, Glam. Schoenfeld of Bielefeld, for Lisa Monte- small capital and service into a small Accommodation Corboli, Rome. established manufacturing or whole­ ELDERLY LADY needs nice room, Freund, Hlldegard, last address sale, or export business. Write par­ full board, in good family. FLA 5823. Altringham, nr. Manchester, for ticulars to Box 518. HOME WANTED in London for Johannes Walle, Berlin. SUB-MANAGER wanted, single, age elderly lady, preferably in small house­ Greiner, Erich, for Max Koehler- 28 to 32, for Export-Factory with hold. PRIrarose 2607, Sterz, Lauscha. worldwide connections. Required well WANTED PAYING GUEST, gentle­ Gross, Elisabeth, n^e Rnebe, for educated young man of good health and man only, for comfortable hed-sitting- Margarete Guenther, Weinboehla, nr. honest character; keen worker. Good loom in modem flat Maida Vale. Meissen. remuneration: Salary and bonus. Box Centrally situated. Phone: CUN 8406. Harmelln, Karl, born 1907/08, for­ 519 HOME FOR PAYING GUESTS. merly Vienna, furrier, for EveUne WORKING HOUSEKEEPER re - Attractive single and double Bed- Bukovsky, Vienna. quired for business family. Modernised sittingrooms with fuU or partial board. Jomak, Gustav and Franzlska, n6e flat. Baker Street district. Good wages P. B. Gottschalk, 3, The Croft Reikovski and son Lembert, tailor, and outings. Apply 39, Edgware Rd., Primrose Gdns., N.W.3. 'Phone: formerly Dirschau, last address Bir­ TWO NAMES which link the W.2. 9.30-5.30 or write. PRImrose 6483. mingham, for Caecilie Klawa n^e bujiness interests of the Yishuv WE HAVE AN OPENING for 2-3 men Miscellaneous Frank, Germany. with Anglo Jewry. 'PALSEC' is or women experienced in toy making. RE-UPHOLSTERING, also Carpet Kraschl, CllH, from Austria, for sister short for the Palestine Securities Apply Mr. James, 246 High Holborn, Repair work done on customers' prem­ Fini V. Rahden, Bremen. It Agencies Ltd., organized to act W.C.I. ises.—A. Fahn, 6 Lithos Rd., N.W.3. Schallt, Albert, born 1922 in Chem- for »ny friend of Palestine who LEICA OR CONTAX wanted. Eric O. nitz(?), in connection with property COOK-HOUSEKEEPER, at present wishes to hare property or busi­ Sonntag, 59 Bickenhall Mansions, in Germany. in Poland, experienced in nursing ness interests in the (Homeland. Baker Street, W.l. WELbeck 6802. Scharf, Dr. Robert, abt. 48 years old, 'Palsec' has been appointed sole invalids, wants employment in this FOR SALE second hand gent's suit born in Vienna, formerly Berlin, at representative in this country for country. Offer." to Abrahamsohn, 43, navy blue w. grey str., med. size, Osram-works, for Arnost Schladnich, the vital projects of the ' Kereth' Manville Rd., London, S.W. 17. excellent condition. Box 521. Teplice-Sanov. Housing & Mortgage Corporation AGENCIES WANTED in manufac­ FOLDING BEDSTEAD new or second Stern, Katherine, nee Seyten and Ltd., of Htlfa. tured goods for London and Home hand wanted. Offers Box 522. daughter Alexandra, for Lilly Erd- Counties. Car available. Box 520. WANTED to buy one Continental wienp, Hassendorf. RELIABLE DOMESTIC HELP single Bedstead and two eiderdowns. Tennenbaum, Wilhelm, formerly YOU ARE INVITED wanted. Real home for suitable Phone HENdon 1032. Vienna, owner of Marcus Neumann & person, nice house and garden in To write to ' Palsec' at 4, Blooms­ MISSING PERSONS Co., for Karl Oroszlan, Amsterdam. m bury Place, W.C.I, for full par­ Ealing; 3 adults in family, pleasant Inquiries from AJR Weiss, Eugene, engineer, abt. 55 years ticulars of the 'Palsec' Service. own room, good working conditions and Beith, sisters, daughters of Wilhelm old, born in Topolcany, connected with Your interests and tirm intereeti OUjtings. Tel.: PER 6387. Beith, for Margarete Lehmann, Bernan. firm " Huinns " in Nove Zamky, for his. of Palestine are b«tt Mrv*d by APPRENTICE WANTED for Inter- Brandes, Ludwig Hermann, bom on nieces in Prague. this public service org«i)zsttoa ' national Bookshop. Offers with career 21.12.25, Berlin, Uved at Wimbledon, Zipfel, Fred, for Herbert Kaemmerer, to Box M8. for Alice Schreiber, Falkenstein. _ Berlin-ChaJrottenbutg. AJR INFORMATION, November 1947 Pat* 87

EMPLOYMENT PERMITS to directorships of companies, to minor industries or AJR CONCERT manufactures carried on in the homes and the Readers of this issue will see from the enclosed .According to the recently issued Aliens Employ­ activities such as letting rooms or keeping Boarding invitation that this year's AJR Concert will take ment Order, 1947, aliens who entered the country houses. As regards the professions, the position of place on Sunday, November 23rd, 3 p.m. at the before September 3, 1939, may now take employ­ foreign doctors and dentists, who have been subject Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, N.W.3. Franz ment without the consent of the Ministry of Labour. to a measure of control by the Secretary of State Osborn, who again kindly agreed to participate, need hardly be introduced to members and friends As before, they have, however, to report any change under special arrangements which have been agreed of the AJR. John Hendrik (Tenor) of the " New of employment to the police, and they are also with the governing bodies of those professions, will subject to the Control of Engagement Order and any York New Opera Co." is at present Leading Man remain unaffected. Apart from this proviso, the in the " Dubarry" performance at Prince's other regulations, which apply to aU residents of pre-war refugees will be free to engage in other, this country, British subjects and aliens alike. Theatre; Mr. Percy Kahn, well-known by his professions, subject to the possession of the appro­ collaboration with Richard Tauber, has consented The position of pre-war refugees, who, on their priate qualifications and to the observance of any/ to accompany him. Anna Pollak (Mezzo-Soprano) return from a journey abroad, were admitted by the standards Which are required by the law or practice is a member of the Sadler's Wells Ensemble Immigration Officer on condition that they should relating to the pi;pfession in question. and will be accompanied by Dr. F. Berend. The choice of the artists promises a well balanced not take any employment w.thout permission, is as None of the relaxations mentioned in this not/ follows: If the emploj-ment restriction was entered I programme, which will appeal to friends of classical refer to refugees who arrived in this country after and popular music alike. It now depends on the by the Immigration Officer before July 23, 1947, it is/ the outbreak of war. revoked by a General Order of the same date; this members and friends of the AJR to secure a full success of the function by their presence. aUen is, therefore, in the same position as those, who With reference to our report on the newly founded never left the country. If, however, it is imposed by " Primrose Jewish Youth Club," the " Hampstead AJR Glasgow the Immigration Officer after July 23rd, 1947, it Jewish Youth Club " wishes to draw our readers' On the second evening of Rosh Hashanah a remains in force, unless it is revoked by the Home attention to the fact that their organisation is also "Weihe-Stunde" took place, at which the Chairman, Secretary subsequently. It is understood that an open for young Jewish people in the Hampstead dis­ Rabbi C. Cassell, gave a most moving sermon. The employment condition is imposed in exceptional trict. Particulars may be asked for from the Honor­ service was attended by over 60 members and was cases only and that the alien, affected by it, is at ary Secretary, Hampstead Jewish Youth Club, followed by a social gathering. liberty to apply for a removal., Hampstead Synagogue, Dennington Park Road West Hampstead, N.W.6. On inquiry, the AJR was informed by the Home * FOOD PARCELS TO GERMANY Office that in view of the relaxation of employraent The AJR is in touch with several institutions and firms inside the Sterling area, who send food parcels restrictions the Secretary of State has reviewed The AJR has been informed about a vacancy for a Dental Mechanic in Kenya. The applicant to Germany, in order to prepare a scheme, by which also the position of pre-war refugees, who wish to should be a first-class man with experience in plastic parcels to be sent to friends on the Continent could set up in business or engage in professional practice (incl. Jacket Crowns), gold and orthodontical work. be ordered and paid for in this country. Readers, on their own account. The Home Secretary has Passage will be paid. Single man preferred in view who would be interested in this schemeshould write decided to reUeve these aliens from the requirement of acute housing shortage, but otherwise applicant their address to the AJR Relief Department, that his permission must first be obtained. This could first come alone and later his family after he 1 Broadhurst Gardens, London, N.W.6, so that par­ relaxation applies not only to ordinary commercial has found suitable accommodation. ticulars may be sent to them, if and when it should trading, whether alone or in partnership, but also Particulars should be sent to AJR Headquarters become possible to put the scheme into operation. AJR MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER Think of the Jews who have to Portrait, Commercia/, Industrial Sunday, November 23rd, face another AJR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY 3 p jn.. Embassy Theatre WINTER THEODOR HERZL SOCIETY speciality— Meetings, every Tuesday, 8 p.m. in German/ and Austria Children's Portraits taken at 57, Eton Avenue, N.W.3 Home or in Studio. November 4th, Mr. ZVI VARDI (member of the Executive Council of Send at once Clothing and the Zionist Federation): " Survey of Phone for appointments: TUD 7579 THE SHADOW OF the Political Situation." Rationed Food & Books to the November llth, Mr. ISRAEL JUVIN LTD., STARVATION, DISEASE AND COHEN (former Secretary General of AJR Relief Department the World Zionist Organisation): (Manafer—J. WEINBERG) " Great PersonaUties in Zionist His­ I. Broadhurst Gardens, London, 27, BANCROFT AVENUE, N.2 DESTITUTION LIES BEHIND tory: Herz], Nordau, Wolffsohn, Otto (Flnchle^ Rd. Tube Stn.) N.W. i Warburg." November 18th, Mr. WALTER Telephone: MAIda Vale 3913 Rheumatism 200,000 ZANDER (Secretary of the Friends of Colas ana Inoigestion the Hebrew University): " Jerusalem, DISPLACED PERSONS the Spiritual Centre of the Middle SPACE DONATED BY Cured by COLONIC IRRIGATION S. F. 4 O. HALLGARTEN East." WinM and Spirits by TRAINED NURSE November 25th, Mr. K. C. TUER- ImporUrs <§• Exporttrs yyHEN you see this poster your KISCHER: " 1,300 Years of Arab 1 CittiTCHiD FKIAKS, LONDON, B.C. 3 Clinic: 31 Baker St., W.l. WEL. 7548 History." imagination thould provide you with a mental picture of BROWNSWOOD HOTEL ANGLO-JEWISH ASSOCIATION their suffering!. Monday, 3rd November, 8.15 p.m. BOURNEMOUTH. non orthodox MARGARET GANS M.I.S.T.D. FELLOW/N.A.T.D. I.D.M.A. FRIENDS HOUSE, EUSTON RD., N.W. 1 Finest sea front position, opp. Pier. With this picture Jfi your mind's Lady Natban of Ohurt H & C. Central Heating. Lift. Teacher of Modern Ballroom eye ask yourself: " London—Plans for the Future " BUhards. Sport. Dancing. Now Dancing "What have I done by gift or Cfaaimian: Leonard Stein, Esq. accepting Christmas Bookings. For appointments ring The Meeting had to be put forward from tlie Phone Bournemouth 5050 service to relieve the fear and 10th to the 3rd November CUNningham 8952 (9-11 o'clock) suffering of my brothers and AU welcome sisters on the Continent I" PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT HOTEL RUBENS BATH ROAD. BOURNEMOUTH SECOND BLUE & (Tel. Bourntmouth 3725) E. P. FRIEDMANN yOUR conscience will provide the Scrlctljr orthodox. Naarut HottI to Pltr, (formerly Friedmann & Weber, Berlin) WHITE BALL Synagogu* and Town. TaUphona. Wlralasi, answer. (In Aid of the J..\.F. Charitable Trust) H. a C., Elactrlc Radiatort in all bad-roomi. Cantral Haacin|. Spaclal childran't facilltiaa. Interior Decoration Car Park. Waak-and dancai. YOUR generosi^ will free your Royal Albert Hall Nl|ht Portar. Reducad Tarmt for Winter. Tuesday, 20th Januarj-, 1948 Mr And Mra. Joaaph Growar {nas Halana conscience. Applications to ; J.N.F., 65, Southampton Row, • Salfart) W.C.I. (MUS. 6111 EXHIBITION yOUR donations will SATISFY your The foundation of a perfect figure BOURNEMOUTH-W. "ASHDALE" Private Guest House, of useful Gifts conscience. 23 BEAULIEU ROAD. for the comfortable Home, Near Sea and Bus. Gasfire, H & C Water in Bedrooms. modern and antique CENTRAL BRITISH FUNP FOR Ezcelleat Food, reduced terms until Easter '^ (except Christmas): Double H Gns., single 5 Gns. JEWISH RELIEF Highly recommended 92, George Street, W.l CORSET SILHOUETTE LTD. Prop.: Phone: WOBURN MOUSE, LONDON SHREWSBURY B. & H. Bruder. Weatboume «1»471 10-6 WEL. 7396 urrsit WOBURN nj^cs. w.c< Page 88 AJR INFORMATION, November, 1947 LATEST MODELS SUPPLIED PHOTOGRAPHIC RADIO: ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS ZENITH DEVELOPING : PRINTING All Repairs done quickiy at reasonable charges ENLARGING : COLOURING FALCON RADIO & ELECTRIC LTD., TAILOR COPYING 158 FINCHLEY RD., CORNER FROGNAL, HAS'U SERVICE LIMITED FOR AMATEUR & TRADE Golderstat Photocopies UPHOLSTERY Ladies' and Gentlemen's WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS of documents for claims, etc. of all (uitable furniture. Clothing made to measure ANYWHERE COUCHES AND DIVANS while-you-wait or postal service. (alio with room for bedding), in Tsrioui liiei from customers' own PORTRAIT :: COMMERCIAL Own UmmtfmeluriHg. 43 yaara in the Trmdt material GOLDERS TRADING CO., All the work carried out personally. INDUSTRIAL:: DOCUMENT GOLDERS HOUSE, 54 GOLDKRS GDNB^ H. GLASER, Upholsterer Phons: SPB S643 LONDON, N.W.II 432 Fincbley Road, N.WJ ^ HAM 5601 REMODELLING COPYING :: ADVERTISING Subcontracta only accepted for: A. BREUER ALTERATIONS Stiffened LADIES - BELTS TIPEWRITERS ERIC 0. SONNTAG, LTD. CUTTIN-,, SEWING and FINISHING OF YOUR MATERIAL OR LEATHER 41 BUCKLAND CKESCENT. 257 FINCHLEY ROAD 159 Bickenhall Mansiong SWISS COTTASi. N.W.J. Reliable and prompt service PRImrose 5139 Baker Street, W.l Plaatic Dept: Plaatic Belts only Wholeaale and LONDON, N.W. 3 Export WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRfCES WELbwk MOI R. E. NATO Ltd.,39 Amberley Rd., Landon,W.9 FOR SECOND • HAND. ALSO (near Finchley Rd. Underground Stat.) DAMAGED. STANDARD AND PORTARLE TYPEWRITERS Phone : HAM 4561 Rapelra 'Ar Ovarhaulinc '4r Rebuilding YOUR letterheads, invoices, Manufacturers of Ladies Belts commercial stationery, leaflets, Sauerkraut ' Cucumbers price lists and circular letters HOUSE or FLAT printed promptly in modem display NEWMAN'S and all by tlie Continental Delicatessen needs redecoration? Please ring HAM 1541 excelleet pnmters ltd. HOME PRODUCTS STORES Ltd. COSY M. G. STREAT lU Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, N.I. 160c Finchley Road, Comer Frognal Tel. : TERminus S«37 LONDON, N.W.3. Tel.: HAM 5020 When ringing ask for Mr. H. I. WALL SLIPPERS FURS MANPOWER Economy Have them mcide up or remodelled to latent fashions by expert*. We work for you— FOOT Estimates free Our machinery is at your disposal by Cheapest in London APPLIANCES BROOK 9 DONALD, LIMITED, Furriers. GERrard 8277 and 10 GREi-K STREET. LONDON. W.l Cutti ng—Stampi ng—Sewi ng— Overlocking MOULDED RUBBER GOODS Xashion Snow Bench-work •MIA-WORKS A HERBERT FOOT NEWMAN'S SLIPPERS of LADIES MODEL and many other operations APPLIANCE LTD. LTD. HATS BLACKBURN. Lanes. BLACKBURN Any Model copied to personal in SUBCONTRACT only requirements. Customers own -OPTICIAN- hoods and materials made up by 'Re'tnodelling ARCY UNIVERSAL LTD. A. OTTEN, F.B.O.A. (Honours) Paper t Board* : Bagt BRATHERTON LTD., 400 WEST GREEN ROAD, N.I5 Recognised for On Boxea t String s etc. N.H.I. H.S.A. & H.S.F. Manageress : Betty Pagel Phone Bowes Park SiOS JOSELCO LTD. Optical Benefit List of Opticians formerly Wollstein We coHect om* de/iVer 7 Ludgate Broadway, 7, Elgin Mansions, Elgin Avenue, COMPLETE OPTICAL SERVICE London, W.9. TeL CLIN 5452 London, E.C.4. HEBREW & JEWISH BOOKS TW. City 2974. 118 FINCHLEY ROAD, N.W.3 (Alao purchase) MIRRO FURS, Ltd. Taleisim and Religious Requisites (Opposite John Barnei and Barmitzwah and Wedding Presents Finchley Road, Met. Station). AGENT (on Commiasion baais) WANTED HIGH CLASS FURRIERS 176 West End Lane, N.W.6 M.SULZBACHER Telephone HAM 8336 or HAM 0548 Bookseller (near West Hampstead Tube Station.Comer ahop) 4 Sneeth Avenue, London, N.W.I• R. G. ROLLINGS (»» M...TY.) Latest American SPE 1694 Praaical Upholsterer. Re-upholstering of your Furniture and making of new of Ladits Hats and Plastic — Sheeting, Belting, Piping, Divans and Couches with or without REMODELLING of all kinds Continental Styles Fastenen, Deerings, Rivets, Linings, pP- room for Bedding. Carpets repaired and Models In Stock Repairs and Remodels Cuttlngsof Silk, Cotton, Hosiery, etc. French Polishing. Couches from £13-10-0. Export of General Goodt to all Market* Estimatts Frat. Jeannatte Friedmann Dyeing and Cleaning 21 Prospect Rd., Childs Hill. N.W.2 Now 4» Blenheim Gardens. N.W.2 Telephone: HAMpstead 4721 D. MEYER cVR^rr^i. Tciap'ona: HAMoJioad 3«M Ttltphone : Nr. Willeiden Manager: A. Spiegel (fonnerly Berlin W.50) GLA 4290 Green Scatian Licensed Valuer 58Gt. Marlborough St.. London, V