The organisational models which eventually crystallised were those which
could meet people’s needs to the fullest extent.
II. ORGANISATION OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE
The Central Office is directed by the Head of the Councils of Elders, who represents both the Central Office and the individual communities before different
public institutions. He is fully responsible for all their activities. The Head
has a deputy, who works with him in all kinds of matters and takes charge
when he is absent.
The Head advises and, if necessary, summons the presidium of the
Central Office, composed of the oldest and most reliable employees. The Head
has a secretariat led by the Secretary General,¹⁹²⁹ who supervises the communities’ activities personally or through district inspectors subordinate to him.
Within the above jurisdiction, he also supervises the central departments.
The wide and constantly growing diversity of activities undertaken by
the Central Office resulted in an increasing division of duties, which also led
to the establishment of new departments.
The Central Office is currently composed of the following departments:
1. Central Legal Department established on 1 January 1940
2. Central Social Welfare Department established on 1 February 1940
3. Central Health Department established on 1 February 1940,
reorganised on 15 March
4. Central Provisions Department established on 15 March 1940
5. Central Schools Department established on 6 April 1940
6. [2] Central Financial and Budget Department established on 1 July 1940
7. Central Administration Department established on 1 August 1940
8. Central Labour Department established on 1 August 1940
9. Central Archival and Statistical Department established on 1 September 1940
The Central Emigration Department, whose task was the implementation
of the promised emigration possibilities, operated from 1 February to the
end of April of this year. However, it was liquidated when those promises and
hopes came to naught.
1929 Aron Lewensztajn (1911–?); see Centrala Żydowskich Rad, p. 60.
