IMMIGRATION: Wonderful Rose

Jewish Max Hecksher was a prosperous clothing manufacturer in Hamburg 20 years ago. Aryan Rose Hoga was a maid in his house. When post-War inflation in Germany was about to wipe out thrifty Rose's savings, Herr Hecksher converted her marks into dollars, advised her to go to the U.S. So Rose Hoga started life afresh as a cook in Milwaukee, again saved her money.

Last year she learned that Nazis, having ruined the Hecksher business, had put Max Hecksher in a concentration camp. Rose Hoga went to elderly Harry Bragarnick, a Jewish merchant famed in Milwaukee for his good works....

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