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December 2006 DECEMBER 2006 VOLUME 20 NUMBER 4 Ben Meed, k”z; Leader of the International Day of Commemoration American Gathering of the Victims of the Holocaust by Michael Berenbaum at the United Nations, January 29 Benjamin Meed is no longer. He died on Tuesday October 22nd the second of Mar Heshvan 5767, surrounded by Registration Required his family: his wife, Vladka, his son, Steven, and daughter-in-law, Rita, his On January daughter, Anna, his five grand- 29, 2007, the children and his beloved sister, United Nations Genia, who arrived from Israel that Department of morning, just in time. Public I learned the Holocaust from Ben Information and Vladka Meed—not the facts and (DPI) will the book knowledge, but something observe the deeper and ultimately more second annual important. I learned from them, as International did millions of others, the human Day of Com- face and human ethos of the Jewish memoration in people who lived through that dark memory of the time and came out determined to give victims of the over the voices, the sounds, the sighs, Holocaust with the courage, compassion and a ceremony from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM m the General Assembly Hall at United determination of those who were Nations Headquarters. Simone Veil, President of the Fondation Four la Memoire lost. de la Shoah and a survivor of the Holocaust, will deliver the keynote address. Benjamin Meed was born cont’d on p. 9 Benjamin Miedzyrzecki in Warsaw, Poland, to a working-class religious family that lived in the old Jewish Sigmund Strochlitz, z”l area. At the age of 16, he joined the by Elie Wiesel Jewish Labor Bund. After the creation of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940, he obtained Sigmund, my dear Sigmund, Marion and I are sad. Deeply sad. false papers and escaped to the Aryan side where he posed as an Aryan, using the For years and years you have been so wise and helpful when I needed counsel, code name Czeslaw. His parents lived in a hut in an old Jewish cemetery. At one tell me now: How does one take leave from a friend whose life has been so point, Ben thought of going to the Hotel Polski and its promise of freedom; his intimately and so admirably intertwined with his own? brother pleaded with him to take his place. Ben consented and his brother, David, I remember, Sigmund, I remember so many episodes, so many events, so was never heard from again. It was a memory that was to haunt him his entire many projects and dreams we were involved in. My memory overflows with life. According to German records Benjamin was dead. memories about you. When did we meet? Perhaps over there, in the forbidden On the outside, he met and married Feyge (Vladka) Peltel, also a member of land where death seemed invincible. Have our paths crossed then? Maybe. But the Bund. After the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in April 1943, he worked with the some twenty years later we really met. And we became inseparable. A French Bund to provide hiding places for other Jews. After the Polish Uprising in 1944, philosopher, Montaigne, was asked to explain why he and another person were he left Warsaw dressed as a woman. friends. And he said, because he is he and I am I. Ben and Vladka immigrated to the United States in 1946, where he became We were friends because I come from Sighet and you from Bendin. We a businessman and importer. belonged to both. Together we fought to make people remember what they In 1966, he helped form WAGRO, the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance represented before the catastrophe: Jewish life, Jewish culture, Jewish tradition, Organization and devoted the remaining years of his life to representing the Jewish values—the pathetic innocence of Jewish children. When the president survivors and organizing their activities. of the United States decided to create the President’s Commission on the As president of WAGRO, he organized the annual Yom Hashoah ceremony Holocaust, you were the first person I turned to. In our battles on so many fronts, in New York City, the largest such gathering in the United States that brought with you at my side, I felt less alone. U.S. presidents and Israeli prime ministers to Temple Emmanu-El and once even I remember our visits to Warsaw, Moscow and Auschwitz. Our anger when filled Madison Square Garden on the Sunday before Yom Hashoah. we discovered the crosses in Birkenau. Nobody was willing to help us to remove cont’d on p. 5 cont’d on p. 6 American Gathering of NON-PROFIT Jewish Holocaust Survivors U.S. POSTAGE PAID 122 West 30th Street, Suite 205 NEW YORK, N.Y. New York, New York 10001 PERMIT NO. 4246 December 2006 TOGETHER 1 FUNERAL OF BENJAMIN MEED TOGETHER Remarks by Roman Kent December 2006 Volume 20 Number 4 Today is the end of an era …. c•o•n•t•e•n•t•s Today all of mankind, and particularly the world Jewish Ben Meed by Michael Berenbaum.......................................................................1 community, join Ben’s immediate family and his extended Holocaust Memorial at UN...................................................................................1 family of Holocaust survivors to mourn the passing of a Sigmund Strochlitz by Elie Wiesel.......................................................................1 true leader and an extraordinary man. Funeral of Ben Meed by Roman Kent..................................................................2 Ben’s praiseworthy dedication to justice and morality Honor Guard by Rebecca Kaplan Boroson......................................................... 2 and his unceasing devotion to preserving the memory of the Holocaust as a lesson Ben Meed Eulogy by Sam E. Bloch......................................................................3 for future generations, will forever light the way for each and every person who Don’t Dismiss Iran by Menachem Z. Rosensaft...................................................3 fights for justice and equality. Funeral Address by Steven Meed. ........................................................................5 Personally, it was an honor for me to be intimately associated with Ben and Eulogy for Benjamin Meed by Sara J. Bloomfield..............................................6 to work closely with him for more than thirty years. He was my dear friend and In Memoriam: Sigmund Strochlitz by Sam E. Bloch......................................... ..7 much, much more. He was a comrade, a partner, and a compassionate force in Sigmund Strochlitz, z”l by Miles Lerman and Michael Berenbaum....................7 our many humanitarian undertakings, particularly those relating to Holocaust Eulogy for My Saba by Richard Primus................................................................8 remembrance. His input and guidance were always unique and inspirational. A Tribute to Ben Meed by Ernest Michel.............................................................9 In this uneasy world of ours, his uncompromising commitment to righteous On Kristallnacht by Jeanette Friedman.............................................................10 behavior constantly guided his life on moral and ethical issues, and today more Claims Conference Updates................................................................................11 than ever he and his deeds serve as an example for survivors and the whole International News.............................................................................................12 world to follow. National Newsbriefs...........................................................................................13 Ben, I promise that I will keep up the work that was so sacred to you, to us, Announcements..................................................................................................15 and to our children. Books..................................................................................................................15 Shalom, Shalom, Chaver – L’hitraot B’olam Habba. In Memoriam......................................................................................................16 Time, Memory, Remembrance and Kaddish by Jeanette Friedman..................16 A FEW WORDS ABOUT BEN: The Miracle Candle by Peska Friedman............................................................17 Ben’s entire adult life was devoted to keeping Jewish memory Jewish Cemetery Restored by Shirley Hackel....................................................18 alive. What he has done for WAGRO and remembrance Searches..............................................................................................................19 ceremonies in New York, with fervor and passion, will not be forgotten. All of us will miss him. Appeal for E-mail Addresses of Survivors —Elie Wiesel and Their Descendants Honor guard The American Gathering is collecting e-mail addresses of survivors and their descendants in order to communicate with them in a more cost-efficient by Rebecca Kaplan Boroson, The Jewish Standard It’s a U.S. veteran’s congressionally granted right to be buried with an honor and effective way. guard in attendance. There are different rites for different reasons, variously Please send your e-mail address to [email protected] conducted by a two-person, nine-person, or 21-person detail. But in every case, taps is sounded and the American flag ceremonially folded and passed to the next of kin. CLAIMS CONFERENCE A solemn and moving ceremony, it reminds the mourners of that person’s CONTACT INFORMATION worth, particularly of his or her valor. Two men of valor died in recent days, Ben Meed and Sigmund Strochlitz. E-mail: [email protected] They were not
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