March 15, 1963 • Page Image 29
…- By JOSEPH MEYERHOFF 76,000 were brought to Pales- tine, the others to the U.S. and other lands. In the U.S., the National Refugee Service devoted the greater part of its efforts to integrating into American life the Jewish refugees who reached America. VE Day—May 8, 1945—was a day of rejoicing. But for the Jewish people everywhere it soon gave . way to unparalleled shock. Of the once vital, cul- turally-rich Jewish communities of 9,000,000...…

















































