The support of the Polish Government to Jewish organizations in Poland to maintain their schools, theaters and other Jewish cultural institutions was lauded here last night by Dr. Nahum Goldmann.
He spoke at a reception tendered to him and other Jewish leaders from abroad who visited Poland for the dedication Sunday of a monument to the 800,000 Jews slaughtered by the Nazis in the Treblinka concentration camp. The reception, which marked the close of the visit, was given by Vice Minister Janusz Wieczorek, president of the Council for Protection of Monuments to the Resistance and Martyrdom.
Dr. Goldmann also expressed the “deep appreciation” of the Jewish people for the great effort which the Polish Government and people were making to keep alive the memory of the millions of martyrs who perished in the Nazi extermination centers. Such efforts, he said, merited the fullest recognition and support on behalf of Jewish public opinion.
The Poles and the Jews were the two peoples who had suffered most during World War II, he added. He said there was no deeper bond than the solidarity wrought by common suffering, a solidarity which should guide the two peoples to work together in a common front against racism, fascism and intolerance.
Charles Jordan, European director of the American Joint Distribution Committee, Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen of Rumania, and Frantisek Ehrmann, president of the Prague Jewish community, spoke in similar vein. Among those attending the reception were the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Winiewicz; the Mayor of Warsaw and other high Polish civilian and military officials, as well as two Treblinka survivors. One was Jacob Wiernick, who made a special trip from Israel.
On the last day of the visit, Dr. Goldmann and the World Jewish Congress delegation made a trip to the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. They placed wreaths on the monument commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto revolt and spent several hours in the Jewish Historical Institute.
The Jewish leaders were guests at a luncheon of the Jewish Community Council of Poland and met also with leaders of the Cultural and Social Association of the Jews in Poland. A banquet tendered by the association closed the official ceremonies of the Treblinka monument unveiling.
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