“If I forget thee, O, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten.” Fifty thousand Jews marched in the streets of the Polish capital in a demonstration of protest and grief to the British Embassy here. At first the Polish authorities refused to permit the holding of the protest demonstration, but at the last moment permission was granted, it is understood, upon the decision of the Prime Minister.
The demonstration which was impressive and peaceful started from the Jewish quarter to the Bank Square where resolutions were adopted similar to those previously adopted by the Warsaw Kehillah Council. Jewish shops were closed and in the restaurants and cafes frequented by Jews no music was played in the evening. A cordon of police surrounded the house of the British Embassy, not permitting access. Placards in Polish and Hebrew were carried. “Despite everything, we shall build Palestine.” “We demand the Kotel Maarvi.” “We demand free immigration to Palestine,” were among the inscriptions.
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