Anti-Semitism is still deeply-rooted in Central Europe and the remaining Jews in Germany and Austria fear “violent anti-Jewish outbreaks when Allied troops are withdrawn,” John Balaban, chairman of the Chicago United Jewish Appeal, declared here this week-end upon his return from a tour of Palestine and many European countries. He headed a group of Chicago Jewish leaders and businessmen on the trip.
“The surprising thing is that after two years in D.P. camps these people still have a burning determination to rebuild their lives,” Balaban reported. Deploring the sharp curtailment of international relief programs, Balaban warned that the coming winter months “would bring greatly increased misery and hardships” to Europe’s homeless Jews unless the Jews of America provided adequate funds to meet their pressing needs.
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