The Jewish banking firms of Rothschild, Lazards, Weill and Dreyfus have been among the largest contributors to the emergency fund for the flood sufferers in southern France. The Rothschilds gave one million francs, the Lazards 250,000, Weill 50,000, and Dreyfus 50,000, while the list of minor donors contains an abundance of Jewish names.
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