The Star of David is entitled to a place among the emblems of the United Nations, side by side with the British Union Jack and the “American Star Spangled Banner,” Michael Foot, editor of the Evening Standard, declared here last night addressing a meeting of the Jewish National Fund at which it was announced that the JNF is planting a forest in Palestine to be named after King Christian of Denmark.
“It is often forgotten that the Jews were the first enemies of Hitler,” Mr. Foot said. He emphasized that the war will really be over only when anti-Semitism is destroyed everywhere. The Danish Consul, addressing the meeting, stated that when the full story of the rescue of 5,000 Danish Jews from the Nazis will be told after the war, it will make one of the most fascinating stories of the war. He pointed out that the Jews in Denmark have always been considered an integral part of the Danish people.
Addressing the international conference of the Fabian Society, which is now taking place at Oxford University, Harold Laski, noted British economist, dwelt at great length on the resistance of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. Their fight, he said, is symbolic of the spirit which should animate the post-war world. Small nations should be given the right to free cultural development, Mr. Laski suggested.
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