Dr. I.L. Seeligmann, a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, arrived here today to participate in the Leiden Congress on the History of Religions. Prof. Gerhard Sholem of the Hebrew University is also attending the Congress.
Dr. Seeligmann will also participate in a conference on the history of the Second World War which will be held here September 5-9, under the auspices of the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation. The conference will set up a special subcommittee dealing with the resistance movements, concentration camps and deportations. It will hear reports on the Center of Jewish Contemporary Documentation in Paris and on the activities of the Center of Polish Jewish Contemporary Documentation.
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