REFUGEES.

Evening Star, Issue 25469, 27 April 1945, Page 7

REFUGEES.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir. —When we read of the horrors off the concentration camps it makes us realise how fortunate we are to live in a country 6uch as New Zealand, and surely the refugees we have in our midst who were lucky enough to escape the clutches of the Gestapo must be very grateful for the sanctuary they found here. Most of these refugees are professional men and women, and seem to have done very well for themselves, so should now be in a position to return to their native land and assist in its rehabilitation. Germany will very shortly be under complete Allied control, which will lead to the extermination of the Gestapo, so there should be no danger in these refugees going home to the Fatherland. As regards medical services in Dunedin during the war period we have been very fortunate, and with the return off a number of our doctors who have been serving their country overseas we could surely spare these refusees for the task of helping to educate the people of Grmany to appreciate the fact that our way of life is, after all. the hr>st. They hare had the privilege of living in a country where fropdom is man's hi' ,+ , n , iorht.. nnd nnuid plav n verv important part in instilling into the'mind of the young Nazi that

force does not pay, and that those who insist on using it will be punished. No doubt these people must be anxious to get in touch with and help dieir loss fortunate friends and relations from whom they have been separated for so many years. Every facility, even to the extent of a free passage, should be given to these people, and I, as a taxpayer, would gladly bear my proportion of the expense in reuniting them with their loved ones in the country where they belong.—l am, etc., Patriot. April 26.