The names of Edmundo Fuensalida Espinoza and Carlos Vicuna Fuentes, Chilean parliamentarians, have been written into the Golden Book of the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth) in recognition of their efforts against the persecution of German Jews.
In April of last year Deputy Fuensalida introduced a bill condemning the Hitlerite barbarities in Germany. Deputy Vicuna energetically supported the bill in the Chamber of Deputies, where it was adopted after a short debate.
Certificates from the Golden Book were presented to both deputies at a special ceremony at which they were given a great ovation and were greeted with shouts of “Long Live Chile!”
In reply to speeches by M. Faivovich, president of the Zionist Federation of Chile, and David Dubinovsky, director of the Keren Kayemeth, Deputy Fuensalida praised the Jewish people for their contributions to the development of civilization. He condemned the foolish and incongruous assertions by anti-Semites in general and Nazis in particular and expressed the opinion that the Nazi regime would end soon and anti-Semitism be dealt a telling blow.
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