The Dutch Jewish Refugee Committee reported today that 3,915 Jewish refugees entered Holland in 1938. The committee said it had spent more than 2,200,000 guilders for relief, 2,000,000 of which was collected in Holland and the remainder contributed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the HIAS-ICA Emigration Society. Two thousand refugees are receiving relief weekly.
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