The British Government was requested today in the House of Commons to issue a White Paper detailing the Government’s attitude during World War II toward the “Trucks for Jews” deal proposed by the Nazis. At the Eichmann trial which is now taking place in Jerusalem, witnesses testified that Britain opposed this plan under which the Nazis agreed to permit the emigration of 1, 000, 000 Jews for 10, 000 winterized trucks.
Arthur Henderson, Labor member of Parliament, introduced a resolution in Commons today, calling for an official British Government document which would contain all official records and information about the Government’s participation in any plans for the rescuing of Jews from Nazi-occupied Central Europe between 1939 and 1945.
Meanwhile, delegates to a meeting commemorating the Jewish martyrs of Riga and Kovno slaughtered by the Nazis charged today a number of accused Baltic war criminals had escaped trial and punishment by gaining entry and establishing residence in Britain.
The delegates urged British authorities to investigate the charges against such persons as well as “the legitimacy of their continued residence in this country. ” The meeting was sponsored by the Association of Baltic Jews in Britain in cooperation with the Council of Jews From Austria, the Federation of Hungarian Jews and the Relief for Jews from Czechoslovakia.
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