The question whether treatment of the Jews in upper Silesia will be brought to the attention of the League of Nations Council now in session, is doubtful although it is generally conceded that the unsettled matter will be considered by the League soon.
Rapporteur Lester who is no longer a member of the Council of the League, confined his activities as rapporteur in circularizing a confidential report received from Germany among all members of the Council. In an accompanying letter he refrained from expressing an opinion regarding the working of the minority rights guarantee in Silesia. Neither does Lester express satisfaction with the report, which is the usual procedure in such a matter.
It is believed that in view of the material which Lester received concerning the actual treatment of the Jews in Silesia, he considered it impossible to declare to the League that the situation is satisfactory.
A copy of the confidential report circularized by Lester was brought to the attention of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The report does not deal with the actual situation in Upper Silesia. Instead it explains in detail the measures taken by the German government for informing officials, including the Silesian Nazi Lawyers’ Union, regarding the necessity for keeping the matter within the Geneva convention.
The report concludes by stating that Franz Bernheim, Silesian Jew whose petition for the restoration of his rights had been passed by the League in June, had been denied the complaint for wrongful dismissal and his demand for compensation to the local Minorities office. The results of his action were unstated and the presumption is that there were none.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
