Ernst Feldsberg, president of the Vienna Jewish Community, declared here today there was “sneaking anti-Semitism” among students in Austrian universities. He spoke at ceremonies marking the opening by the community of a Youth House on the site of the community kitchen destroyed by the Nazis.
He recalled that there were 200, 000 Jews in Austria in 1938, some of whom were able to emigrate but most of whom were murdered by the Nazis, Mayor Bruno Marek, another speaker, promised to do his utmost to educate Austrian children in the spirit of tolerance and humanity.
Israel Ambassador Michael Simon noted that the opening of the new Youth House coincided with Israel’s 18th Independence Day. Charles H. Jordan, Joint Distribution Committee director general, expressed the hope that the Youth House might become a place where Jewish youth could exchange views with non-Jewish youth.
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