By 1947 there were still 850,000 people living in DP camps, and it had become obvious that hardly any of the Jewish survivors would return to their former homes. Bella Meiksin and Nathan Gierowitz, two youthful and intrepid emigres, were assigned as full-time JLC representatives working in the camps. JLC offices in Brussels and Stockholm served thousands of refugees waiting to be permanently resettled. Across Europe soup kitchens, cooperative workshops, Yiddish schools and libraries, day nurseries, and clinics were supported by JLC funds. Thanks to the French Socialist Party we were able to secure 1,200 more visas for our D.P.'s in the camps who will now be permitted to settle in France.
People have to be selected and examined medically.
We are now organizing a great central library in Munich . . .