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Curacao Jews Seek Permanent Home for Refugees in Dominican Republic

November 23, 1941
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A representative of the Jewish Committee in Curacao has left by plane to negotiate with the Dominican Republic Resettlement Association for admission to the Jewish agricultural colony in the Dominican Republic of the Jewish refugees who were given temporary haven here. Patrick H. Malin, of the International Immigration Service, meanwhile, has arrived in Curacao from the U.S.A. to confer with authorities on the possible permanent resettlement of the refugees elsewhere.

Dutch authorities in Curacao, who permitted the refugees to land on orders from the Dutch Government-in-Exile in London, installed most of the 35 women and 17 children among the refugees in the new sanitation service building in Willemsted, a well ventilated structure with a sea view. The men are staying in the Suffissant Military Encampment. Several women and children were sent to a hospital. The Government has barred all visitors except Rabbi I. J. Cardozo, head of the Jewish Committee formed to attend to the refugees” wants, and his wife. The ruling was explained as an effort to keep the refugees’ presence from having any effect on the customs and normal life of the small island. The people of Curacao have approved the Government’s providing a haven for the refugees.

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