American Jewry, through the United Jewish Appeal, has made possible the world-wide rehabilitation and resettlement of 1.500,000 victims of World War II and oppression, William Rosenwald, general chairman of the UJA declared here today in a report issued on the tenth anniversary of V. E Day.
Mr. Rosenwald’s report pointed out that while 1955 marks the UJA’s 17th year of effort “the decade since V E Day has been the Appeal’s most fruitful in ### terms of fundraising results and life saving achievements ” He reported that of the 1,500,000 who were helped directly by the UJA’s major beneficiary agencies, “900.000 were transferred from lands of war destruction, oppression and bitter memories to free lands of their own choosing.” The overwhelming majority of these refugees, Mr. Rosenwald reported, numbering 800.000-a ratio of nine our of every ten – were helped to emigrate to Israel The remaining 10 percent, he noted, were helped to resettle in the United States and other parts of the Western hemisphere.
As a result of the UJA’s past ten campaigns, Mr. Rosenwald reported, the Jewish displaced persons problem in Europe has been ### erased and “this year, for the first time since 1945, the UJA is not being called upon to earmark special funds for this once urgent category of need.” The UJA ### noted also that aid from the Appeal had helped the Jewish communities of Western Europe to recuperate almost emirely from the effects of war and Nazi occupation and that today the UJA is no longer required to budget sums for many of these areas.
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