Persons in Bavaria who were fined by the Nazi administration under the Nuremberg laws will have the money refunded by the Bavarian Ministry of Finance, it was announced here today.
The announcement said that the Ministry of Finance has granted 500,000 marks to Dr. Herman Aumer, head of the Department on Jewish Affairs, for long-term loans to Jews who resided in Bavaria before March 1933, when the Nazis came to power, and who wish to resettle here.
It is understood that Dr. Aumer suggested to the Bavarian Government that it issue a law providing reparations for Jews who lost their property under the Nazi regime. The suggestion may be presented by American authorities in the U.S. zone to the Allied Control Commission in Berlin, it was indicated.
Meanwhile, Bavarian Premier Wilhelm Hoegner and Aumer discussed the housing problems of Jews released from camps with a delegation of liberated Jews. A settlement accommodating 300 persons has already been turned over to the Central Committee of Jews in Bavaria, and efforts are being made to find further accommodations in the Munich district, particularly in the homes of former Nazis.
A Yeshiva and rabbinical seminary will be established in Bavara shortly, it was announced today. The authorities have given permission to Ezckiel Ruttmer, a well known rabbi, to organize the school and 300 applications for enrollment have already been received. Kosher food for the faculty and student body will be supplied by UNRRA.
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