Establishment of the first camp for 600 refugee children from Germany was announced here today. The camp, to be opened next week, will be located on the east coast of England. The children will be housed there until arrangements for placing them in private homes and for their education have been completed.
The British committee of the world movement for the care of children from Germany, now in formation, will appeal to the public for homes for 5,000 German-Jewish children who will be brought to England with the permission of the Government under the proviso that their maintenance be guaranteed and that they will not settle here after reaching the age of 17. Church groups and prominent Christians are participating in the movement.
Parliamentarians of all political groups were organized today into a committee to deal with an estimated 15,000 Polish-Jewish deportees from Germany who are stranded in “no man’s land” between the Polish and German frontiers. Major Clement R. Attlee, Laborite, is president and Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson, Conservative, is chairman.
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