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The
latest events and regulations have brought about a fundamental
change in Jewish life, and caused a number of basic
differences. There were basic changes also in the nature of
work of the Jewish Community [Council] or the Jewish
Committee. Before the war the Community [Council] had been
responsible for a very limited field of work, of matters
concerning religion and welfare....
The
Community [Council] has now taken on an entirely different
character, of an Office for the Jews, for all matters
concerning the Jewish population. With the creation of Jewish
Quarters [ghettos], this character is becoming stronger and
more conspicuous. The Council is responsible for dealing with
the obligations which the authorities have imposed on the
Jewish public, and at the same time it conveys to the
authorities the requirements of this same population. In this
way the Council has become the sole representative and
mediator between the Jewish population and the
authorities. For this purpose it has received certain rights,
and authority in some matters. The Council has become the
central place where all the various Jewish affairs are
organized. This gives it certain rights but also imposes
duties. The maintenance of balance between these rights and
duties is a difficult task, but an important one, and the
satisfactory relationship between the Council and the public
depends on its achievement.
Gazeta
Zydowska, No. 46,
December 23, 1940.
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Gazeta Zydowska ("Jewish Newspaper"), a
Jewish newspaper that was put out with the approval of the
German authorities in the Government-General. |
