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Jewish Youth In Berlin By Recha Feier

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Youth Aliyah was made in Berlin by Recha Freier, January 1933, when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany and took away opportunities from the Jews. The organization worked with other leaders who worked with youth to resettle children to Berlin and later Palestine to escape their situation. Youth Aliyah saved more than 11,000 Jewish youth from Germany and countries also controlled by Nazis by supplying them with the access to leave Germany and go to Palestine. Henrietta Szold was Director of Youth Aliyah and she worked hard to direct the children when they arrived at Palestine Leaders of Youth Aliyah like Henrietta Szold and greeted youth at the dock when their boat arrived to go to a kibbutz (a communal settlement). A kibbutz is a place where citizens do their trade and get what they need. …show more content…

In 1932 Recha realized that the Jewish teenagers in Germany would not have a real future unless they move away like she did. Laws were put on Jews that forbade them professional development and other opportunities. She realized that she could send these teenagers to Palestine, so they could get an education, a year prior to the Nazis taking power over Germany. In Berlin, January 1933, Recha founded the Committee for the Assistance of Jewish Youth. Recha asked Henrietta Szold to help the children when they reached Palestine but the two women did not talk much safer due to their clashing personalities. In 1940 Recha was forced to flee Germany. When youth were cut off from traveling to Palestine from Nazi-Germany Henrietta continued to help children in

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