A written assurance that “no final arrangements will be made for dedication of the proposed Belsen memorial until such time as a Jewish inscription has been included on the monument and appropriate discussions concerning the future care and maintenance of this site have been held: with all those concerned” was handed to Joseph Rosensaft, chairman of the Central Jewish Committee in the British zone of Germany, by Brig. J. Lingham, British Commissioner for Lower Saxony, it was learned here today.
Brig. Lingham explained that a “Jewish inscription” meant inscriptions both in Hebrew and Yiddish. The British official promised that no Germans would witness the dedication of the memorial. As regards international supervision of the mass graves in Belsen, where scores of thousands of Jews and other Nazi victims were put to death during the war, Brig. Lingham stated that this problem would have to be settled either by an international commission or in a peace treaty. He indicated British essent to the principle of international supervision of the mass graves.
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