Friday, November 30, 1945 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Page Twenty AIDS RETURNING SOLDIERS Orphan Girl Becomes "Daughter of Regiment" mittee, headed by Sgt. George W. Friedman of Los Angeles, A beautiful brunette whose presented the JDC representa- shy smile enchants all who see tives in Brussels with their check her, the unanimous pin-up girl for five thousand dollars. of the whole 344th Bombard- Since the deportation of her ment Group in Belgium, Yvonne parents, Yvonne had lived with Sytner has 2,500 loving "dad- dies" and there's not a bit of one unwilling family after an- other. Eventually she was taken jealousy among them. to the JDC home, where kind Yvonne, you see, is eleven treatrrent and care restored her years old and has just been to he alth of body and spirit. "adopted" by a whole unit of Only about 3,000 Jewish chil- American officers and men who lost their hearts to the little dren have survived in Belgium. Jewish orphan they saw while 0. these, the JDC supports some attending the opening of a new 1,365 in JDC institutions and home established by the Joint :n private homes. At present, Distribution Committee for the JDC has a total of seven homeless children and orphans children's homes which are car- ing for over 300 children and in Belgium. So interested in the JDC work two more buildings are being were the visitors that they de- prepared to house Jewish or- cided to "adopt" a child and phans who are now in other in- make financial arrangements stitutions but under supervision for her care and education. from Jewish welfare workers. A happy postscript to the Yvonne, a native of Antwerp whose parents had been deport- Yvonne Sytner case occurred ed long ago for "political ac- late in September when she was tivity," was unanimously chosen traced by relatives in the United as the "daughter of the regi- States who are trying to bring ment." Her sweetness and charm her to America where they can so captivated the bomber group adopt her. The Bomber Group that she was invited to spend a had indicated that, should Yvon- month on the field in the care ne leave Belgium, the funds they of the Red Cross woman on the had raised for her were to be base. When the schools reopen- placed in a scholarship fund to ed in Brussels, Yvonne returned be used at the discretion of the to the JDC home where she now JDC for other children like Yvonne, one of the hundreds lives. helped by the JDC. insure that she would re- To ceive a good education, the Yvonne Adoption Fund was es- tablished to raise 250,000 francs, approximately 100 francs per Season's Greetings man. Crumpled one, five and ten franc notes were placed in spe- cial containers in the mess and recreation halls. Contributions Alexander Licht Co. of 100 francs or more were re- " dy "Dad warded with a special the 1326 BROADWAY com- card and before long, A True Story from Brussels Ariiong the major problems confronting Jewish Palestine today is the reintegration of demobilized servicemen and women. The Jewish Agency for Pales- tine, which derives its American support through the United Palestine Appeal, is collaborating with the War Needs and' Rescue Fund in providing vocational retraining for ex-soldiers, helping them find employ- ment in commerce and industry, and aiding in the establishment of agricultural settlements for those the Haltayal Co., established with U.P.A. nnancial aid to offer employment to demobilized servicemen; (center) a house under construction at Birin, a new ex-soldiers' settlement; (right) an ex-soldier serving as a sanitary inspector for the Tel Aviv Municipality, which reserves all such posts for demobilized service- men. 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