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THE JEWISH NEWS
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First Trial Opens in American Court in Berlin
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Displaced Jews
ay Be 'Forced'
oReturn Home
LONDON, (JTA) — The 'United Nations governments
have decided upon a "softening-up" process designed to
make displaced persons who do not wish to return to their
homes more amenable to repatriation, it is apparent from
information available here.
Ali exhaustive survey by a Jewish Telegraphic Agency
correspondent concerning plans for the disposition of per.
sons still held in camps discloses the following situation:
After the" majority of the displaced persons have
been repatriated, such as the non-Jewish Poles, Yugo-
- slays and residents of other Balkan countries, those
who remain—and into this category fall tens of thous-
ands of Jews—will be left to cool their heels until- it
becomes clear to them that there is no alternative but
to return to their former homes.
Sir Herbert Emerspn, chairman . of the Intergovern.
mental Committee • for Refugees, said that "sufficient time
has not' elapsed since the end of the war to form any ophn.
ion as to how large this group of `dissidents,'—the term
used to describe those persons =willing to return home—
is likely to be. The individual who does not want to return
really does not have sufficient information on which to pass
judgment," Sir Herbert continued.
Sir Herbert 'tressed that until such time as a person
'is declared to be non-repatriable he will be under the care
of UNRRA. UNRRA can give only temporary relief and
is not authorized to assist refugees to emigrate to new
homes. That is the job of the Intergovefnmental Commit.
tee. Here is where the "softening-up" comes in.
The governments concerned £pparently hope that
after a refugee has • remained in a camp for a year or
two under som ethin g less than ideal conditions, he will
be ready to listen to -suggestions that he return to his
country of origin.
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A view of the first trial of war criminals before an American court at Berlin, where Nazi crimes
against Jews and liberals are being exposed. The prosecuting officer, Lt. Stephen E. Ware, left,
is reading the charge against the defendant, Fannschmidt, a German steel worker. Behind the
table, under the flags of the United Nations, is the judge, Col. John MacNeill. Cpl. Frank H.,Reed
of Hollywood, Calif., is in front of table. Mrs. Gerda Gottschalk of N. Y. center, is interpreter.
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First El Alamein, Now Berlin for 'Desert Rats'
British Government Urged to Find Havens for Liberated
LONDON, (JTA)—The British Government was urged
to take steps to find homes for Jews who are unable or
unwilling to returh to their former places of residence, in
a resolution adopted by the Anglo-Jewish Association. The
resolution also asked that "every endeavor be made to
facilitate the early settlement in Palestine of those survivors
desiring to make their homes there."
Anti-Zionist Beaten
In British Elections;
26 Jews Chosen MPs
With silent Berliners lining the streets, Maj. Gen. L. 0. Lyhe takes the salute as Britain's famous
"Desert Rats" division entered Berlin during ceremonies marking formal occupation of the Ger-
man capital by British and American sectors. The "Desert Rats'? turned the tide of the war when
they defeated Nazi forces at El Alamein in the African campaign.' Thousands of brave Jewish
warriors from Palestine were among the liberators of EI Alamein,
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Before and A- to Adolf Hitler's Brief `1Sifillenium'--
—International Soundphotos
In these two pictured is reflected the story of Hitler's "thousand years" which were 'reduced to
a scant dozen. The balcony in these pictures is the same. From this balcony, Nazi Adolf ranted
of his thousand years of Reich rule by the Nazis and told the delirius, heiling, saluting crowds of
believers that he would exterminate the Jews. Twelve years after the picture on the left was
taken, the rubble to which part of the building was reduced, as shown on the left, serves as witness
of retribution which warns the supermen against a repetition of their destructive ideologies.
LONDON, (JTA)—Zionist leaders from all parts of the
world who have gathered here for the World Zionist Con-
ference which opened Tuesday, were heartened by the
sweeping electoral victory of the Labor Party, which saw
26 Jews elected out of 40 candidates in all parties. Of those
elected, 24 are Laborites. -
The Laborites consistently have been more favorable
to Jewish aspirations in Palestine than • the Conservatives,
and at their last national - convention, in December, 1944,
adopted: a resolution attacking the present White Paper,
and supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland.
How eager the Labor leaders will be to fulfill this
pledge once they assume the responsibilities of the govern-
ment and are face to face with the complicated Middle East
situation cannot be foretold.
Late ballots indicate that 26 Jewish Laborites, including
several Zionists, have igeen elected to Commons. Among
the successful candidates are .Barnett Jamie; vice-president
of the British Zionist Federation; Samuel S. Silverman,
World Jewish Congress leader; and John Mack and Maurice
Ohrbach, Poale-Zionists. Ohrbach defeated Conservative
S. S. Hammersely, pro-Zionist and head of the Parliamen-
tary Palestine Committee. Leslie Hore Belisha, Jewish memo
ber of Churchill's cabinet, also was defeated.
Jewish candidates of other parties were all defeated
with the exception of Daniel Lipson, Independent Conserva.
tive, and Philip Piratin, Communist. Sir Edward Spears,
former British minister to 'Syria, who has been outspoken-
ly pro-Arab and anti-Zionist, was among the defeated Con-
servatives.
(Independent Jewish Press Service reports that two
Jewish Laborites are slated for the new cabinet. They are
Louis Simkin, as Minister of Housing, and Emanuel Shin-
well, as Minister of Transport. The position of Harold Laski
in the new cabinet is a subject of speculation)
The most active anti-Semites in Commons also went
down to defeat, an indication that the country as a whole
is opposed to anti-Jewish propaganda.
Ainerican Zionists Hail Libor Victory
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The American Zionist Emergency
Council this week issued • a statement expressing the hope
that the British Labor Party will speed the establishment
of a Jewish Commonwealth.
The statement said: "The election of a Labor majority
in: the House of Commons and the consequent appointment
of a • Labor Government gives hope that the intolerable
regime in Palestine of the White Paper, which has been con-
tinued even after the termination of the war in Europe, will
now come to an end and that the Jewish people may at
last look forward to effective action in behalf of the estab-
lishment of Palestine' as a Jewish Commonwealth."