Funeral services were held here today for Oskar Wassermann, noted Jewish banker and philanthropist, who died on Saturday. Herr Wassermann was buried in the Jewish cemetery of Weisensee, a suburb of Berlin. Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck, president of the All-German Jewish Representative Body, eulogized #e dead Jewish leader.
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