Belgian Justice Minister Pierre Vermeyler denounced racism in the Soviet Union last night at a meeting commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt. The Minister cited as an example the publication of the anti-Soviet book, “Judaism Without Embellishment” published in Kiev last year by the Ukrainian Academy of Science. The meeting was organised by the Belgian Zionist Federation in cooperation with all other Belgian Jewish organizations and Jewish communities. Citing other anti-Jewish manifestations in Russia, the Justice Minister stressed that the establishment of Israel was the best refutation of anti-Semitism.
Nesanel Lefkowicz, president of the Zionist Federation, and chairman of the meeting, also assailed anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and also cited the Kiev book. Israel’s Ambassador Emil Najar also spoke.
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