Dr. Bernard Kahn, European director of the Joint Distribution Committee, is proceeding to Poland this week to study the economic situation of the Polish Jews.
Reports from Poland which reached Jewish organizations in Paris this week described the situation there as “unbearable.” With the approach of Passover, numerous Jewish families will now be entirely dependent on charity for their Passover food, the reports emphasized.
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