The number of Jewish refugees fleeing from Poland into Berlin has now dwindled to about sixty a day as compared with the 250 who were coming daily several weeks ago. Most of them are trying by whatever means possible, to reach the American zone with the object of ultimately proceeding to Palestine.
The tragedy of these refugees is intensified by the lack of preparations to relieve the crowded facilities set up by the Berlin Jewish community. Approximately 5,000 Polish Jews are quartered in refugee centers in the American sector of Berlin. At one camp where there are thousands of Jews there are only 300 beds. They are living under indescribable conditions, sleeping on the floor and confronted with unbelievable sanitary arrangements.
There are also two camps for displaced Jews in the Russian zone of Berlin, in the Oranienbergerstrasse and in the Rykastrasse, and two more in the French zone, in the Iranisohestrasse and in the Wittenhausen.
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