The cultural delegation of the World Jewish Congress which has been ordered by UNRRA to leave Germany went to Frankfurt today to ask Dr. Philip Bernstein, Advisor on Jewish Affairs to Gen. Joseph McNarney, to intervene for them with American military authorities.
The action of UNRRA is sharply criticized today in Unzer Weg, organ of the displaced Jews. The paper asks why UNRRA is granting all possible material and moral aid to displaced Poles in the American zone, while treating the Jews as “step children.”
It reveals that the delegation, headed by H. Leivick, Jewish post and playwright, was transported 500 kilometers in a truck because no automobile was provided for them. “Why could not UNRRA leave with us these people who brought so much comfort to our orphans?” the article concludes.
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