COUNCIL OF JEWS FROM GERMANY
- COUNCIL OF JEWS FROM GERMANY
- COUNCIL OF JEWS FROM GERMANY, organization representing the
German-speaking Jewish émigrés of the Nazi period from Central Europe.
Originally known as the Council for the Protection of the Rights and
Interests of Jews from Germany, the Council was established in 1945 by
the American Federation of Jews from Central Europe, the Association of
Jewish Refugees in Great Britain, Irgun Olej Merkas Europa (formerly
Hitachduth Olej Germania w'Austria) in Tel Aviv, and also joined by some
refugee organizations from Belgium and France, by Centra, and the Union
of Jewish Communities in Latin America in Montevideo. The Council
cooperated with leading Jewish organizations dealing with restitution
and compensation from Germany and Austria, and was a founding member of
the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. It has
established and supports social welfare agencies and looks after the
various interests of German-speaking victims of the Nazi era living
outside Germany and Austria, especially in the care of aging refugees,
and maintains a link with the cultural past of German-speaking Jews
through publications and conferences and the support of cultural
institutions. The Council initiated the establishment of the United
Restitution Organization (uro ) in March 1947 and in 1954 founded
the leo baeck institute , Rabbi Leo Baeck serving as the first
president of the Council. The goals of the Council are to act as the
organizational framework for German-speaking Jews worldwide, and to
commemorate and preserve the achievements of their heritage for future
generations.
(Shalom Adler-Rudel /
Saul Kagan (2nd ed.)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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