Jan Masaryk, former Czech Minister to London, declared today in a letter to Czechoslovak Jews: “Our ideals are identical in this great struggle, namely, return of international decency and religious freedom, free Jews and free Czechoslovaks in a free Europe.”
Masaryk’s letter was sent to H.A. Goodman, chairman of the Federation of Czechoslovak Jews, in reply to the Federation’s message of good wishes to Eduard Benes, former Czech president, and himself in connection with Czech Independence Day.
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