Search JTA's historical archive dating back to 1923

Austrian Vice-chancellor Calls Vienna Jewish Leadership Undemocratic at Election Rally

March 1, 1948
See Original Daily Bulletin From This Date
Advertisement

The present leadership of the Jewish community in henna does not fulfill its duties to Austria and is undemocratic; Vice-Chancellor Golf Schaerf today told a Jewish mass meeting called in connection with the forthcoming elections within the Jewish community in Vienna. He urged them to vote for is Socialist candidates in the coming election.

Schaerf asserted that 26,000 apartments, among them a considerable number of which had formerly “belonged to Jews, haw since the liberation, “been inhabited “by persons receiving Russian supports He added, in answer to a question, that restitution of Jewish property had been delayed, but indicated that the Austrian Government was helpless against the Russians who claim all aryanized property in Austria and German assets.

Recommended from JTA

Advertisement