The Jewish National Council of Palestine today made a last-minute appeal to the British Government and the Palestine administration, urging them not to bring Nazi prisoners into Palestine for forced labor.
“Do not let these whose hands are stained with the blood of our brethren and who desecrated God in man trod on the Holy Land,” the appeal stated. “Do not put the Yishuv to such a horrible trial, which is beyond human endurance and will bring catastrophe to Palestine.”
Trade union delegates representing Jewish workers employed in military camps in Palestine, 600 of whom were recently fired as a result of the decision to import the Nazi POW’s, held a meeting here yesterday to map ways of combating the Government’s plan. Goldie Meirson, Histadruth leader, criticized the authorities for their failure to realize that the presence of the Nazis in Palestine would offend the Jewish community and be a source of continuing danger.
Meanwhile, the Jewish community councils of Jerusalem, Haifa and Tiberias and the municipal council of Tel Aviv today adopted resolutions attacking the scheduled importation of the Germans. The Jerusalem council pointed out that they would be filling jobs which could be held by Nazi victims who are still confined in camps in Germany.
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