The history of the Polish Jewish community is coming to an end, H. A. Goodman, Agudas Israel leader, declared here today upon his return from a visit to Poland. He estimated that “in a comparatively short period Jewish communal life in Poland will be terminated, for all practical purposes.”
With the exception of a small hard core, Mr. Goodman said, emigration from Poland will go on. He expressed the belief that but for new problems which have arisen, such as the arrival of repatriates from the Soviet Union, emigration would have been greater. He estimated the number of repatriated Jews at about 6,000 and said they had to contend with many difficulties.
Mr. Goodman reported that Polish Jewish leaders would like to see the remains of tens of thousands of Jews slaughtered and buried in Poland’s fields and forests exhumed and reburied in sanctified ground. No financial assistance was forthcoming for this purpose in Poland itself, he added.
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