Largest Berlin Bakery Producing 85,000 Pounds of Matzoth for Jews in Germany

For the first time in ten years, the Jews of Berlin are baking matzoth for Passover, it was announced here today by Joint Distribution Committee headquarters, which reported that the J.D.C. will provide the Jews in various European countries with 1,866,000 pounds of matzoth so that they may properly observe their first Passover since the fall of the Nazis.

More than 85,000 pounds of matzoth have been baked so far in the Sarotti Fabrik, largest bakery in Berlin. Special funds have been provided by the J.D.C. for this purpose, the announcement said.

The J.D.C. will also provide the Jews in Germany and Austria with 75,000 bottles of wine and 15,000 Hagadahs which have been purchased in Palestine, it was revealed here. A special appropriation of $500,000 for Passover supplies, the largest amount devoted to this purpose in the organization’s three decades of relief and rehabilitation activities, has been used for the purchase of food, clothing and other supplies. Among these supplies are almonds from Tangiers, macaroons, raisins, and other food products from the United States, and a large shipment of new shoes and clothing which arrived in time for distribution before Passover.

Nearly 1,500,000 pounds of matzoth were shipped from the United, the announcement said. The remainder was sent mostly from Denmark, Holland and Switzerland. The largest individual allotments are half-a-million pounds each to Poland and Hungary. Other allotments are 375,000 pounds to Germany; 185,000 pounds to France; and 175,000 pounds each to Austria and Italy. Approximately 100,000 pounds have been shipped to Shanghai, China, where nearly 12,000 Jewish refugees depend on the Joint Distribution Committee for their daily needs.