The Vichy Government has sanctioned reestablishment of the Agudath Israel in unoccupied France, the London office of the orthodox organization reports. Mattieu Muller, lawyer and former president of the French Agudah, is chairman. The organization has its headquarters in Marseille and branches in important cities. Muller recently collected 5,000 Hebrew books and ritual objects in Switzerland for distribution in the Gurs and Les Milles internment camps.
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