Max Troberg has been installed as head of the Bavarian Restitution Office, a post once occupied by the late Dr. Philip Auerbach, who committed suicide following a widely-publicized trial in which he was charged with embezzlement and other irregularities.
A former victim of Nazi persecution, Mr. Troberg told a meeting of the Office’s staff that every effort must be made to accelerate the payment of 30,000,000 marks set aside by Bavaria for restitution payments this year. A similar amount has been set aside for Bavaria’s restitution payments next year.
Special services and meetings have been held in various Jewish communities throughout West Germany this week to mark the 14th anniversary of “crystal night,” the night of Nov. 9-10, 1939 during which Germans led by Nazi gangs throughout the country attacked Jews and damaged and destroyed their homes and shops and murdered and injured many Jews. The night gets its name from the millions shards of glass from broken windows which gave off crystal-life light reflection.
In a sermon in the synagogue here today, Rabbi A. Levenson said that “now 29 in 1938” there were a number of Germans who had raised their voices against racial and religious intolerance. He added that “new disaster” can only be avoided if these voices are heeded by the German people.
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