Benjamin Schreiber, president of the Agudas Israel in Austria, who was arrested recently on charges of breaking the foreign trade laws, has been released on bail, it was reported here. His partner, Joseph Gergely, a Jewish displaced person from Hungary, is still in custody. Austrian authorities are continuing their investigation of the case.
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