A Catholic group intends to purchase the 300 buildings at Foehrenwals, last Jewish DP camp in Germany, it was learned here today. The camp has long been slated for closing but it still has about 1,500 Jewish residents.
The small Jewish communities scattered throughout West Germany have begun preparations for the forthcoming High Holidays. At the same time, a permanent Jewish chapel seating 25 worshippers was opened this week in Munich by Major Oscar M. Lifshutz, Jewish chaplain for American troops in the Munich area, in the presence of Major General Numa A. Watson, commanding general of the area. The small synagogue, second of its kind in Germany, is located in the American compound, formerly the seat of the Military Government for Bavaria and before that headquarters of the Nazi Party Quartermaster.
In Dortmund, a cornerstone was laid for a small new synagogue in the presence of Siegfried Heimberg, chairman of the Association of Jewish Communities in Westphalia. There were 5,000 Jews in Dortmund before the Nazis came to power. Today there are only 300 Jews residing there.
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