These years witnessed the annihilation of one WIZO Federation after another, 102 WIZO groups in Poland, 23 WIZO groups in Bulgaria, 69 WIZO groups in Transylvania. World WIZO, which had ll0,000 members before the war, now has 55,000 members.In 1947, the United Nations resolves to partition the former British mandate over Palestine, setting up a Jewish and an Arab state. In 1949, following the establishment of the State of Israel, the WIZO Head Office was transferred from London to Israel and Rebecca Sieff was elected 1st President of the World WIZO. |