The Dutch government will provide land for the agricultural training of those Jewish youths who have been ousted from agricultural training in Germany, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was reliably informed today.
This month arrangements will be completed for the erection of barracks and for training of the first 120 German Jewish youths, particularly the Chalutzim, youths in training to become pioneers in Palestine, who have already been ousted.
The Dutch Jewish philanthropist, S. Van Der Berg, member of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, moved by the sympathy of his government for the plight of the unfortunate Jewish youths, announced that he is donating 50,000 gulden for the maintenance of the youths by central Jewish relief organizations. He will also contribute directly to the financing of the project.
Reports from Germany make it clear that the Hechalutz, organization for the training of Jewish boys for Palestine, has been completely deprived of any possibility of carrying on “hachsarah,” training for Palestine, because the German authorities urge that the training be conducted in countries where “climatic conditions bear a closer resemblance to the climate of Palestine.”
A concerted, highly centralized campaign began recently in Germany to prevent the Jewish youth from entering into the field of agriculture and artisanship. Local authorities in all parts of Germany, with Nazi leaders taking the lead, convoked meetings of the peasants and forced them to promise to dismiss all Jewish farm hands at once. Wholesale dismissals of the Jewish youths followed. Even those youths who promised to leave for Palestine at the expiration of their training were dismissed.
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