Reports reaching here today from camps for displaced Jews in Germany and Austria indicate that many Polish Jews intend to join repatriation transports and return to Poland, either to resettle here permanently, or to wait for an opportunity to emigrate legally to Palestine.
The number of Jews who have registered for repatriation is estimated to be about 15,000. Several thousand are expected to return within the next three months.’ They will be included in the transports of non-Jewish Poles who will be returned from the American and British zones. Arrangements for the mass-repatriation of Polish citizens are now being worked out in Warsaw between Roland Berger, chief of the UNRRA Repatriation Department, and Polish Minister of Labor Kazimir Rusinek.
Many of the Jews who have registered for repatriation left Poland at the height of the anti-Jewish terror waged by anti-Semitic and anti-Government forces. Disappointed with conditions in the camps and encouraged by reports from Poland that the terror against Jews has been checked, they are reported to be willing to return to the larger Jewish centers.
On the other hand, emigration of Jews from Poland, mainly from France, continues even though securing a Polish exit visa involves great difficulties. It usually takes at least four months to obtain an exit permit, even if the applicant already has secured a Franch entry visa. Illegal emigration from Poland practically ceased after February 20, when the Czech-Polish frontier was closed for persons in transit to the U. S. zones.
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