Jewish War Veterans of Germany Celebrate Tenth Anniversary

The tenth anniversary of the existence of the Reichsbund der Juedischen Frontsoldaten, the organization of Jewish war veterans in the German army, was celebrated Saturday evening in the former Prussian House of Lords.

Representatives of the sixteen Jewish state federations in Germany were present together with the representatives of the various state governments. Former German generals and admirals were among those present.

Hauptman Loewenstein, who presided, announced that the organization will soon issue a memorial volume in memory of the Jewish war dead. This book will show, he stated, that the 540,000 German Jews sent to the army 100,000 soldiers during the world war. Of this number 80,000 fought in the trenches. Twelve thousand Jewish soldiers in the German army fell at the front, outside of a large number of Jewish aviators.

Characteristic of the state of mind in certain German circles was the assurance given at the meeting, under an officer’s word of honor, that “no Jewish group seeks world domination,” but (Continued on Page 4)

The members of the Reichsbund who are engaging in various sports are determined to repulse any attack on the part of the anti-Semites, it was declared. The organization will also further land settlement of the war ve(##)erans, feeling that the Jews of Germany have “earned their right to German soil.”

Kammergerichsrat Wolf, president of the Prussian Federation of Jewish Communities, welcomed the meeting in behalf of his organization, urging the front soldiers to become the champions of peace. The meeting was concluded with the singing of “Deutschland.”

A Jewish Literary and Historiacal Society was inaugurated in Montreal. The aims of the new society as outlined by Hyman Edelsten are the promotion of interest in the creative work of Jewish Yiddish and English, author the distribution of literature informing Cansdian Jews periodically of noted works of Jewish interest and the holding of three annual literary evenings with lectures by prominent Yiddish, English, Jewish and Hebrew writers.