Dr. Ernst Feldsberg, a 69-year-old attorney, was elected today as president of the Vienna Jewish Community. A vice-president for the past ten years, Dr. Feldsberg survived several years in the Nazi concentration camp at Theresienstadt. He succeeded Emil Maurer, who resigned at the age of 79 because of illness.
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