Jugoslavia will not prevent the entry of German Jews, declared Boske Jeftitch, the Foreign Minister of Jugoslavia in response to a Jewish delegation composed of Sephardim and Aschekenazim.
The delegation had called on him in order to request the right of asylum for refugees from Germany.
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