More than 5,000 Jewish children cared for during the war by Christian families in Poland, France, Sweden, Belgium and Holland are still unclaimed by Jewish organizations and should be enabled to reach Palestine where they can reach adulthood “in a Jewish land where they will never know the misery of anti-Semitism which made them orphans, ” Dr. Maurice Leybel, director of Jewish children’s homes in France, declared today prior to his return to Paris from a visit here.
Dr. Leybel, who came here to consult with leaders of the Vasd Hatzala, which supports his arphanages, praised the French Government for cooperating in the campaign to recover Jewish children hidden in non-Jewish homes and institutions. He has lived in France since 1941 when he fled there from Belgium. His wife and two children were killed by the Nazis.
Dr. Samuel M. Schmidt, former editor of the Cincinnati Anglo-Jewish weekly Every Friday, has departed for Europe to assume his duties as European director of the Vasd Hatzala, the Orthodox relief organization announced. He will make his head-quarters in Paris.
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