German Jews Seek Work for Youth of Land

An appeal to Jewish organizations all over Germany and to individuals to employ young Jewish graduates was issued here by the Central Committee of German Jews for Aid and Reconstruction, stressing the great need of jobs for them.

“Thousands of young people are entering into occupational life, and one of the essential tasks of our committee is to assist them in selecting their future livelihoods,” the statement read.

“We appeal to the Jewish communities. Jewish organizations, labor employment exchanges and vocational advisory offices to provide places for training and to provide openings for our youth.

“There are only three months before new groups leave school. It is essential to place these youths and it is important to bear in mind the consideration of suitability, the need of normalizing the vocational distribution of the Jews by giving training in artisanship and agriculture and the need of providing opportunities for economic existence.

ENDANGERS POSITION IN TRADE

“The urge of youth to the artisan occupations has resulted in endangering the position of the Jews in commerce. For years there has been a shortage of apprentices for commercial occupations. This is not exclusively true in Jewish circles, but is noticeable in the general labor market. It is essential to rectify this situation, particularly since Jewish youth has a certain amount of traditional aptitude for commerce. Training in this direction should be provided in a manner that will enable the apprentices to work anywhere in the world.”

The committee announced it would pay the cost of maintaining Jewish apprentices from small Jewish communities.

The cartographer Nicolas de Oliver Y Fullana, born on the island of Majorca, went to Brussels, where he openly espoused Judaism and entered the Dutch army as a colonel.