he must lay less stress upon the superficial aspect of Jewish equality before the law—which has been granted to the Jews of many other European countries—but upon the real, though often invisible, forces which are influencing and determining the future of the Jewish community. And if one views the Jewish situation in Czecho-Slovakia in this manner, one must say that under the calm surface of this seemingly well situated Jewish community there are tendencies which should be recognized before they become very harmful. One must recognize that these 400,000 Jews of Czech-Slovakia are waging a hard fight for their economic, political and cultural survival, a fight about which the outside world knows perhaps little, but which is nevertheless full of serious problems and deserves earnest consideration.
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