ing ▁a ▁mand ate ▁to ▁Britain ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁and ▁Turkey , ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁successor , ▁finally ▁legal ised ▁the ▁British ▁Mand ate ▁by ▁the ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁La us anne , ▁signed ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁July ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁and ▁becoming ▁effective ▁on ▁ 5 ▁August ▁ 1 9 2 5 . F o er ster ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁p . ▁ 1 5 0 . ▁Thus ▁the ▁public ▁cust od ians hip ▁ended ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁and ▁the ▁prior ▁hold ers ▁achieved ▁the ▁fully ▁protected ▁legal ▁position ▁as ▁propriet ors . ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Association ▁applied ▁for ▁registration ▁as ▁Palest in ian ▁legal ▁entity , ▁granted ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 . ▁ ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Association ▁res umed ▁its ▁own ▁schools ▁and ▁its ▁school ▁in ▁J aff a , ▁held ▁in ▁cond omin ium ▁with ▁the ▁Tem pl ers , ▁however , ▁Prov ost ▁Rhein ▁compla ined ▁about ▁the ▁decl ine ▁of ▁pup ils ▁in ▁the ▁Evangel ical ▁schools , ▁whose ▁parents ▁were ▁German , ▁Aust rian ▁or ▁other ▁German - spe aking ▁Jews , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁difficult ▁years ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁ ▁Starting ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁the ▁new ▁German ▁Naz i ▁government ▁tried ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁German ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁Holy ▁Land ▁under ▁its ▁influence , ▁using ▁again ▁the ▁dependence ▁of ▁the ▁school ▁prov iders ▁on ▁trans fers ▁from ▁Germany . ▁O ert