For the first time a war commission has been granted to an anti-Nazi German refugee in the Auxiliary Pioneer Corps, it was announced today. The German, whose name was withheld, was made a second lieutenant. He had served in France and participated in the evacuation from Dunkirk.
Meanwhile, refugee women attending a conference of the International Women’s Service Groups in London, appealed to the British Broadcasting Corporation to emphasize women’s freedom in Britain in propaganda broadcasts to Germany. They suggested that refugee women broadcast their experiences and life in Britain.
A Home Office representative, Major Layton, is en route to Australia to investigate the situation regarding welfare of interned aliens and possibilities for their emigration, it was understood.
The Agudath Israel here has been informed that the Australian military authorities have sanctioned formation of an internees’ rabbinical committee under the leadership of Rabbi Ehrentreu, formerly of the Adas Israel community in Munich, to minister to the religious needs of internees, particularly the 160 orthodox refugees in the Huyton camp.
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