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7,000 in Hungary Return to Jewish Faith

March 20, 1947
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Seven thousand Hungarian Jews, who obtained Newspapers to avoid Nazi persecution, have officially returned to the Jewish faith since the and of the war, World Jewish Congress headquarters announced today. It released a report by Dr. Fereno Hevesi, Chief Rabbi of Budapest, who is now visiting the United States, disclosing that Hungarian Jewry now totals 240,000 persons, 30,000 of whom are still prisoners of war in Russia.

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