A hundred former pupils of the Frankfort Jewish Orphans’ Home, the first of a group of Jewish orphans from the Reich admitted by the Swiss Government for eventual re-emigration — mostly to America — arrived here today. Ten of the children will remain in Basel, 40 will be sent to a Jewish children’s home in Reiden and 47 to a children’s camp near Basel.
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