Funeral services for Moshe Mayerson, a former legal advisor to the Canadian Jewish Congress, were held today. He died yesterday at the age of 83. Mayerson, who was an expert on the rights of minorities in Canada, was the author of “Germany’s War Crimes in World War I.” Born in the Ukraine, he came to Canada at an early age and served in the Canadian army in World War I.
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