The Jewish Central Committee of Germany gave a special farewell party for Prof. William Haber, retired advisor on Jewish affairs to the American command In Europe, prior to his departure for the United States. The party was held in Munich’s famous Jewish playhouse, the “Trocadero.”
Present at the affair were Gen. Thomas L. Harrolds, head of the Civil Affair Division of the European Command, and Murray Van Waggoner, U.S. Military Governor for Bavaria, Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U.S. Commander in Germany, in a message to the party, paid tribute to the excellent manner in which Prof. Haber carried out his duties.
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