Queen Juliana formally opened a Jewish Children’s Home here yesterday in the presence of many Dutch and Jewish officials. The institution was built with funds from the Dutch Government, the Joint Distribution Committee, the Jewish Organization for Social Work and the Jewish Children Institutes. Land for the home was provided by the Amsterdam municipality.
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