A transport of post-tuberculous patients and their families, all but two of them survivors of Nazi concentration camps, will leave Munich tomorrow for permanent resettlement in Norway, under an agreement between the Norwegian Government and the Joint Distribution Committee, it was announced by the J.D.C. here today.
The group about to embark for Norway consists of 44 DP’s–18 family members and 26 former TB patients who have been pronounced medically fit and capable of eventual self-support. These post-TB sufferers and their families form part of the several thousand residual “hard core” cases whose ultimate resettlement in hospitable countries will bring to an end the Jewish DP problem in Europe. The total cost for this long-range program is estimated at a minimum of $3,000,000. The J.D.C. is meeting all costs in connection with the transfer of the post-TB group to Norway.
The action of the Norwegian Government in offering permanent haven to the post-TB cases and their families was hailed today by Moses W. Beckelman, director-general of J.D.C. overseas operations, as a “humanitarian gesture of the first order.” Mr. Beckelman revealed that negotiations now nearing completion may lead shortly to the removal of other “hard core” displaced persons to permanent havens in another country. All the members of the transport have been examined and interviewed by a mission sent to Germany and Italy by the Norwegian Government.
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