Raymond Geist, American Acting Consul General in Berlin, today informed the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the American government had ordered him to be more liberal in the treatment of Jewish applicants for American visas. The German government has decided to permit German Jews going to the United States to take with them 15,000 marks, the same amount permitted emigrants to Palestine.
At the same time the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was authoritatively informed that the opportunity afforded by the American government for the entry of twenty thousand German-Jewish refugees can be utilized only if a fund raised abroad will be available for helping migration, particularly in view of the high cost of transportation to the United States.
Even last year American consuls in Germany rarely refused Jewish applications for visas, nevertheless only a small number applied for visas, since only a limited number were able to afford the cost of transportation. The hope was expressed here that after inducing American authorities to open the doors for German Jewish emigrants, American Jewry will also find a means of helping prospective immigrants financially.
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