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Palestine Chief Rabbi Received by Dutch Queen; Pleads for Return of Jewish Orphans

June 18, 1946
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Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog of Palestine was received here during the week end by Queen Wilhelmina and members of the cabinet with whom he discussed the return of Jewish children who were sheltered in non-Jewish institutions and homes during the Nazi occupation and are still there.

At a press conference the Chief Rabbi appealed to the Dutch people to continues their “noble record” of assistance to Jews during the war by returning the Jewish orphans to Jewish institutions.

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