August 29, 1986 35¢ Per Copy
Jewish Historical R. I. 11 Association Inside: 130 sessions s treet From The Editor, Providence , RI 0 2906 page4 Around Town, page 8 THE ONLY ENGLISH-JEWISH WEEKLY IN R.I. AND SOUTHEAST MASS. VOLUME LXXIII, NUMBER 38 FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1986 35¢ PER COPY ·- Former Israeli Att. Gen'/. Interfaith Group From Massachusetts Discusses The Visits Auschwitz ;;:Shin Beth Scandal OSWIECIM, Poland - "Never Weitz had earlier found the again, never again," cried Cardinal street in Krakow where she Bernard F. Law, his voice shaking remembered her older sisters during a memorial service August giggling with friends on a Sabbath 19 for the 4 million men, women afternoon and saw again the and children, including 2.8 million courtyard at her home, "now so J ews, who were murdered at dark and sad that I knew it was Auschwitz. the graveyard of my childhood." The Boston pilgrims who went At Auschwitz yesterday, she to Poland, led by Cardinal Law, read one of her poems, telling of walked and wept through the Nazi the camp "where children burned concentration camp. A planned and mankind stood by and the two-hour visit lasted nearly twice universe has yet to learn why." as long, much of the time passed in And briefly, during the silence or tears as a guide repeated memorial service, she mentioned the details of the highly organized her murdered parents, Janik and exploitation, abuse and murder at Adela. "We are standing in the the World War II camp. graveyard of our people," Weitz told the other pilgrims. "Here every man and When she finished, Cardinal Frantiszek Macharski, archbishop woman becomes Jewish of the city in which she was born, or ceases to be human.
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