Police in Poland raid offices of center monitoring racism and xenophobia
The anti-racism group said on Facebook it operates legally and accused Poland of "turning into a police state."
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4,000 Jewish Survivors of Nazi Camps Issue Manifesto to World, Ask Justice for Jews
An appeal to “all the free peoples of the world” for justice for the Jews, in the form of a manifesto which will soon be published throughout the world, was completed here today by representatives of 4,000 surviving victims of the concentration camps of Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, Auswitz, Theresienstadt and Mauthausen, who are now in… More ▸
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Polish Jews Convert Samarkand into Textile Center; Will Not Return to Poland
Jews evacuated from Poland into Central Asia in the early months of the war have converted this ancient and colorful city into a textile manufacturing center which can be compared to the Balut section of Lodz which was populated before the war by thousands of Jewish weavers. Many of these Jews are professional weavers from… More ▸
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First Moscow Census in Liberated Territories Shows Germans Exterminated 99% of All Jews
An official report on the number of Jews who have survived Nazi occupation has been received from Moscow by the World Jewish Congress, revealing that in 38 liberated Russian and Polish cities and towns the aggregate Jewish population has been reduced from a pre-war 400,000 to 3,122, less than 1 per cent, Dr. Stephen S…. More ▸
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Central Jewish Committee Headed by Sommerstein Named Representative of Polish Jews
The Central Committee of polish Jews, which is headed by Dr. Emil Sommerstein, a member of the pre-war Polish parliament and Zionist leader, will act as the representative of all Jews in Poland, it was announced today over the Lublin radio. The committee consists of representatives of the Zionists, the Jewish Socialist Bund, the Workers… More ▸
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Polish Peasants Bringing Hidden Jewish Children to Local Jewish Organizations
The Central Jewish Relief Committee here today reported that hundreds of Jewish children, sheltered in churches and in the homes of Polish peasants during the German occupation, are being turned over to Jewish communities in the liberated part of Poland where homes for Jewish orphans are being established under the supervision of Jewish leaders. "The… More ▸
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Lublin Broadcast Says London-led Poles Killed Jews; Schwarzbart, Szerer Deny Charges
A charge that underground units attached to the Polish Government-in-Exile in London have persecuted and murdered Jews in Poland and handed many over to the Gestapo was made yesterday in the first Yiddish broadcast over the Lublin radio. The broadcast, which was heard here, quoted a proclamation issued by a metting of the Association of… More ▸
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Polish Jewish Leaders Puzzled over Dropping of Sommerstein by Lublin Government
Polish Jewish leaders here expressed puzzlement today over the fact that Dr. Emil Sommerstein, Jewish member of the Polish Liberation Committee in Lublin, is not included in the new Provisional Government established there yesterday, composed of members of the Liberation Committee. It was pointed out that members of the Committee who were less important than… More ▸
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Conference of Liberated Jewish Communities Discusses Economic and Cultural Revival
The first conference of representatives of Jewish communities in the liberated district of Bialystok took place this week in the city of Bialystok. The conference was devoted to discussions of means of restoring Jewish economic life, the revival of cultural activities and the intensification of social welfare work. Addressing the gathering in behalf of the… More ▸
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Thirty Thousand Jews Remain in Liberated Poland; 250,000 Polish Jews in Russia
The first official figures on the total number of Polish Jews surviving in liberated Poland and in various parts of Russia were issued here today by the Central Jewish Relief Committee in an appeal for urgent relief addressed to the Jews of America, England and Palestine. The appeal, transmitted through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, establishes… More ▸
