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40,000 Jewish Families in Bessarabian Famine Belt Need Aid Until July

March 10, 1929
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Forty thousand Jewish families in the hunger belt of Bessarabia must be given aid until July. This was the message brought by Dr. Mutschnik, President of the Kishineff relief committee, who arrived here to seek funds for the suffering population.

In a press conference Dr. Mutschnik described the terrible hunger situation, declaring that people are dying from lack of bread.

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