Six thousand German Jews have been settled in Palestine in the last six months, the British Central Fund for German Jews disclosed today. The report reveals that investigations of the possibility of settling German Jews in all parts of the world are being continued, and that already about 500 of them have been settled in Brazil and other over-seas points.
The British committee has already raised 185,000 pounds (approximately $890,000) toward the work of expatriating the German Jews. Of this, about 170,000 pounds has been allocated. Approximately fifty percent of the total went for work in Palestine and the remainder for assistance to refugees in England and countries on the continent.
Only 10,000 pounds (about $48,000) has been expended within Germany and this was in the form of subsidies for Jewish schools.
All the allocations were made after consultation with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and other agencies in order to prevent duplication and overlapping of effort. Close cooperation has been maintained throughout, particularly with the Joint Distribution Committee which, in addition to carrying on considerable work independently, shared responsibility for some of the allocations on important projects.
In conjunction with the Joint Distribution Committee, the British group advanced 2,000 pounds to the Ben-Shemen colony for children in Palestine, to provide accommodations for German children. Special attention was given to the needs of young men and women in training centers established throughout Europe.
Among the committee’s allocations were 31,000 pounds to the German and French central committees for emigration and resettlement of refugees in Palestine and elsewhere; 30,000 pounds for housing in Palestine; 21,000 pounds for agricultural and industrial training of German settlers in Palestine; 23,000 pounds to the Keren Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund); 5,000 pounds to the Hebrew University; 6,000 pounds for vocational training for refugees in Europe; 20,000 pounds for German refugees in England; 6,000 pounds for placement of German professors and teachers in British institutions.
Fifty thousand refugees left Germany before July 1, the committee stated in its report. The number has vastly increased since that time, it declares.
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