1,325 Refugee Students Placed in Universities by Aid Body

More than 1,000 German emigre students who have suffered as a result of “Aryanization” of Reich education institutions have been established in universities and colleges of other countries by the International Student Service, which has central headquarters in Switzerland.

The organization, which High Commissioner James G. McDonald of the German Refugee Body charged with the task of caring for exiled German undergraduates, has offered scholarships and other benefactions to the victims of Nazi repression.

According to a report issued here, the Service carries on its work “with a view to relieve congestion in certain university centers. As the majority of refugees are Jews, this has tended to create a feeling of anti-Semitism in countries where it had hitherto not existed.”

The report says that the relief work is confined to “constructive work among students who have plans and good prospects of being able to support themselves within a reasonably short period. Assistance is intended for all German citizens, irrespective of race or political opinions, who have studied in Germany or who have left the country. In addition responsibility has been taken for students unable to study in Germany who were not German citizens but whose means of subsistence came from Germany. Every student is treated as an individual case, and efforts have been made to persuade those students to whom financial help has not been given to reorientate.”

A special committee was appointed by the Service in May, 1933, headed by Dr. James Parkes, with the purpose of investigating means of settling refugee students in other countries. To dote 1,135 students have been dealt with and 111 scholarships have been distributed.