Many Jewish parents in Czechoslovakia have sent their children abroad as a consequence of the Soviet occupation, which has given rise to a climate of ominous foreboding in the Jewish community, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned today. At least 100 Jewish youths have left Czechoslovakia since the Soviet-led invasion on Aug. 21 and more than half of them are in Western countries. Many other youngsters who were abroad at the time have not returned home.
The fears of Czechoslovak Jews were motivated by the strong attacks in the Soviet press which accused “Zionists” of being primarily responsible for the so-called “counter-revolution” in Czechoslovakia, the JTA was told. However, Jews here are confident that the Czech population will not follow any anti-Semitic tendencies as was the case in Poland “because the Czech people were never anti-Semitic and never would be.”
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