A group of 35 Jews from Germany and Eastern Europe left here today with French transit visas for Paris, from where they will proceed to other countries. A few are going to England, some to Cuba, and others to South America, it was announced by the JDC.
George Hearing, State Department immigration coordinator for the six United States consulates in Germany, conferred today with representatives of the Army, UNRRA, the War Shipping Administration, the Intergovernmental Refugee Committee and HIAS. Meeting in the newly established consular offices here, they discussed the procedures that will be followed by the consuls and the voluntary agencies concerning the emigration of German and displaced Jews.
David Eisenberg, JDC representative in Berlin, arrived here today, en route to Paris, from where he will accompany the first shipment of children to leave Germany for Palestine. They are expected to sail early in April. Eisenberg received a silver plaque from the Berlin Jewish Community Council in recognition of his services there.
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