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Congress of Polish Federations Demands Russia, Poland Permit Jews to Emigrate

April 18, 1969
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The World Congress of Polish Jewish Federations concluded a four-day convention here with demands on Soviet and Polish authorities to permit Jews in those countries to emigrate if they so desired. The convention, attended by delegates from 15 countries, condemned what it called official anti-Semitism in Russia and Poland. The delegates demanded that the governments of both countries release the documentary and cultural material still in their possession relating to Eastern European Jewry. The gathering also called on Germany and Austria to speed up legal proceedings against Nazi war criminals. The Federation plans to build a House of Polish Jewry in Tel Aviv and to compile a history of 1,000 years of Jewish life in Poland.

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