“Concentration camp” luncheons were served today more than 2,000 committees throughout the country as Jewish leaders marked the worst observance of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The luncheons, each were arranged by the United Jewish Appeal to spur contributions to its $100,000,-drive, consisted of black bread and a watery soup.
Rabbi Jonah Wise, speaking at a luncheon in the headquarters of the UJA here, hinted out that the celebration of Buchenwald significantly coincided with the first anniversary of the death of President Roosevelt, emphasizing that “in marking the deliverance of the inmates of that infamous center of suffering and death we must also tribute to their liberator, Franklin Daland Roosevelt, the immortal leader who fought freedom to all oppressed and persecuted peoples in Europe.”
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