Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1937-08-01 · 8.1937 · p. Seite 3

— 3 — REPORT OF THE LONDON DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF GERMAN JEWS. I. CAMPAIGN IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND; ESTABLISH¬ MENT OF COUNCIL FOR GERMAN JEWRY. 1. Apart from donations made in America, England and Germany, and the special campaigns for Youth Immigration, the Central Bureau received no other appreciable sums of money during the period under review for German-Jewish settlement. The campaigns for German-Jewish relief held in other countries, such as Belgium, France, Holland and Switzerland, were devoted almost entirely to alleviating the plight of refugees in those countries. 2. In the United States, the 1935 campaign was conducted as a joint undertaking by Zionists and non-Zionists. The Zionists (the United Palestine Appeal) received 40 per cent, of the net profit, while the non-Zionists (Joint Distribution Committee) received 60 per cent., of which one-diird (20 per cent.) was given by way of compensation for the expenditure incurred by the J.D.C. on account t of expenses for training and emigration, included in its grant to the Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland and the Hicem. The share of the United Palestine Appeal was divided between the Keren Hayesod and the Central Bureau at the ratio of 1 to 3, in accordance with the decision of the Executive of the Jewish Agency. The Central Bureau received the round sum of LP.24,000. In 1936 and 1937, special campaigns were held by the Zionists and non-Zionists separately. The Zionist campaign was part of the