Jewish doctors who were denied the right to practice during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia may resume practicing without filing any applications, the government announced today.
In a broadcast directed to local national committees throughout the country, the goverment said: “As all regulations aiming at the elimination of Jews from public life are contrary to the principles of the Czechoslovak constitution, any withdrawal of license should forthwith be declared null and void by the district national committee. If such doctor resumes practicing, special applications are unnecessary.”
It was revealed today that leaders of the Jewish “Council of Elders,” set up by the Nazis, succeeded in saving the ritual objects of all Czech Jewish communities. From 1942 on, Sefer Torahs, works of art and priceless documents were collected in Prague under various protexts and placed in the Jewish Central Museum, where they still are.
(The local office of the Agudas Israel disclosed today that reconstruction of orthodox Jewish communities and synagogues is proceeding rapidly in Slovakia. According to cabled reports reaching it, there are 10,000 Jews surviving in Slovakia, 3,000 of whom are in Bratislava. Religious and charitable institutions have resumed functioning in that city, the reports said, and a central office representing 110 orthodox congregations has been set up.)
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