The Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain today reiterated its demand for a share in the heirless, unclaimed and communal property left in Germany for which compensation is now being paid by the West German authorities to a Jewish body composed of representatives of the Jewish Agency and the Joint Distribution Committee.
“The responsibility incumbent upon us as representatives of Jewish survivors from Germany does not permit any relaxation in our endeavors to secure part of German Jewry’s funds for those who have built them up.” the Association said. “Though numerically and financially we may be the weaker partner of discussion, we gather strength and confidence from the knowledge that justice is on our side.”
Admitting that German Jews have received assistance from the Jewish Agency and the Joint Distribution Committee “before and after their emigration” from Germany, the Association claims that as an independent organization of German Jews, it “may work best” in the interests of the remnants of German Jewry.
“Nobody would be more pleased than the Council of Jews from Germany and A.J.R., if–the earlier the better–we could inform our friends that an amicable settlement has been reached, and that the worldly heritage of deceased German Jews may at least be used partly for the benefit of the remnant of German Jewry,” the Association concludes in its statement.
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