A total of 2,100 Czechoslovak, Austrian and Italian Jewish displaced persons sailed from Italy for Israel during the first half of August, it was reported today. A group of 115 Jewish refugees on route to the United States, whose departure for the Bremerhaven, Germany, staging area was delayed last week, entrained today for the German port from whence they will proceed for permanent resettlement in the U.S.
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