THE JEWISH NEWS

Pose Eight

Friday, March 28. 1947

BORN
BRANDED

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is cold. Outside, the wind howls and beats
upon the wooden walls of the barrack. And here, in
this room without heat, in this camp without hope, -a child
is born.

The jubilation is overshadowed by fear.

For as surely as if a hot iron were stamped into
its flesh, this child is born branded.

The brand is D P. That stands for Displaced Person..

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In this case, it stands for a new-born child whose parents
Dave survived the hideous scourge of Hitlerism. The years
in Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau, Oswiecim. The gas
chambers and the mass graves. The cold. The hunger. The
sickness.

They have come out of the long night of terror, in
which six million of their people were murdered. With
your help they have survived. They still live.

What happens to then: now?

In the cold room of the I!) P camp, the father looks
upon the face of his new-born child. And the father prays ...

"Dear God, let me work that 1 may build a future for
sny son.

"Dear God, lead me to a land that is home, to a piece of
earth under the skies of freedom, where my son may grow
wr , hu ,,t hatred and live without fear.

"Dear God, hold us together."

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Out of the camps of Europe, comes a prayer for
Mi.:or-311(7e . . . an appeal to the conscience of the American

people.

In this American land with its tradition of liberty_
and justice for all —shall that prayer for help go unheard,

unanswered?

Look deep into your heart. You'll find the answer
there._

This is a year of greater need, because ...

1.

UNRRA's impending liquidation has placed greater burdens oft
Hui agencies of the United Jewish Appeal.

2.

The Jewish population of the D P camps has trebled in one year
... from 85,000 at the beginning of 1946 to 250,000 in 1947.

3.

Rehabilitation efforts must be expanded to help hundreds
thousands in Hungary, Rumania, Poland and other countries.

4.

Medical core and rehabilitation programs must be provided for
the 170,000 surviving Jewish children, 26,000 of whom ore irs
D P camps.

5.

Many thousands of Jews must leave Europe because they have no
future there. Palestine must be built up and developed with UJA.
funds, to provide for those who are coming into Palestine now
and for those who will arrive in the future.

6.

Many services, including migration, retraining, adjustment and
special aid for child refugees must be provided for displaced Jews
who find a haven in the United States.

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$5,335,000 kid)

Give Them Life ...
and Make it Worth Living

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United Jewish Appeal on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee. United Pallestia• Appeal

and United Service for New Americans and 54 other Local, National and Overseas Agencies

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