(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The felicitations of the Jewish former soldiers in the German army during the world war were presented to Paul von Hindenburg on his eightieth birthday which was celebrated throughout the country.
Von Hindenburg received a deputation of the Association of Jewish Front Soldiers under the leadership of Hauptmann Lowenstein. The delegation presented President von Hindenburg with a silver shield.
Replying to the address of the delegation’s head, von Hindenburg stated that all sections of the people must cooperate for the reconstruction of the fatherland.
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