Carlos Israels, president of the United Hias Service, presented a scroll of honor to Foreign Minister Magalhaes Pinto of Brazil, expressing appreciation for Brazil’s generous reception of Jewish refugees. Government officials. United Nations representatives and Jewish community leaders attended the ceremony.
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