Jewish colonization in Jugoslavia is intended solely for relief of this country’s Jewish population, which has been severely affected by the world economic crisis, and is not connected with the relief of Jews from Germany, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was informed today.
Dr. Stejder, president of the Belgrade Jewish community, in a communication to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, pointed out that the agricultural settlement plan had been worked out to aid the Jews of Jugoslavia, who have suffered more severely than the general population as a result of the depression because it is mainly an urban population. While the general unemployment is only 1.4 percent, he declared, that of the Jewish population is ten-fold.
The Jewish colonization scheme is being worked out under the supervision of Minister of Agriculture Tomashitch. As reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last week, fifty Jewish families are being put on the land immediately at Bitolj, in the southern part of Serbia. The project is being financed by the Jews of this country with the assistance of the Joint Distribution Committee and other organizations.
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