Representatives of 53,000 Polish Jewish nationals in Germany called a convention here today to consider measures for alleviating their plight. They have frequently complained of discrimination and persecution by the Nazis.
With representatives of the Polish Government attending, the parley will discuss the economic situation of Polish Jews in the Reich and is expected to urge the Polish Government to take a more active interest in the legal status of its Jewish citizens in Germany.
The delegates will ask representation in the Central Union of Jews in Germany and other representative German Jewish bodies. The parley was postponed from December 26 under a Nazi edict prohibiting conventions before January 15.
Charges that German authorities have been deporting Polish Jews and depriving them of livelihood have been the subject of numerous representations to Warsaw and debates in the Polish Parliament.
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