A bequest of 3,000,000 Swedish crowns for Jewish causes was left by the late Pauline Rosalie Warburg, widow of Danish Consul General Simon Elias Warburg, it was disclosed today. This includes 100,000 crowns for the Stockholm Jewish community, 60,000 for the Gothenborg community, a 500,000-crown fund for the poor and distressed and the remainder for establishment of homes for Jews in Palestine and also for needy Jewish savants.
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