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^eon Zeitlin: the students, which is prompting lUniversity GERMAN SCRAPBOOK teachers to warn against any precipated attempt of winning over students for one cause or another Summer 1955 by an appeal to " emotions." That, they argue, would do no good. The German students are ^HENEVER we former Gentian Jews revisit ferences took place in Frankfurt/Main, where the very matter of fact, hard working, thinking of little . the old country," we are actually in search British Centre had joined forces with the local else but of how to earn as much as possible within Q,,p ,P^* one, and are most likely reminded of a branch of the Associations for Christian-Jewish as little time as possible. They are no longer Pafr, u ^^^^'^ '™^ ^"'^ ^ga'" ^y 'he Jewish Co-operatjon. Considering the numerical insignifi­ easily deceived by a grandiloquent racial, nation- "n >? m Scholem Asch's stirring tragedy cance of Jewish Communities in the Federal istic, or ideological phraseology.. On the other Jewf-)'. °" ^^'' Rache "—•'Does it benefit the German Republic, the strong appeal exercised by hand, their behaviour discloses a mystical trait. Of I vh-i A ^'^'though it was the fourth time when this kind of " organised unselfishness " on men and the two Jewish " Grand Old Men " who enjoy the scim f *\^rmany a few months ago, still subcon- women, belonging to the intellectual and spiritual profoundest respect and even affection in Germany, durin u- ^^^ question intrigued me But strata of the new German society, is both astonish­ it is Leo Baeck who appeals to the elder genera­ Erarl n pursuit of "a new, brave world," it ing and gratifying. There are more than 20 of tion, but it is the mysticism of Martin Buber " Tin- "'^'^"'"'•ed to me that one should not ask: these societies to which the Jewish Secretary- which is strongly attracting German students. Ger^^ It benefit the Jews, or the Jews and the General of their Central Office, Mr. Leopold Buber's lecture in Munich University's " Auditor­ Goldschmidt, untiringly devotes his services. 1 had ium Maximum" was attended by about 1,500 at ™^e? " ''"* " °°^^ '* '^"*^* *'"'"^" *'^'"^^ the good luck that no less a person than Professor students, and in Munster, one of the smaller indir').'''.!'?'^*^'^- ^^^^ ^*s ^^^ subject (directly or Franz Boehm appeared and took me on the plat­ German universities, about 600 students listened at fh^' °^ '**''^^ conferences, arranged for me form. We discussed the crucial problem, whether almost spellbound to his speech. Which ^"SSestion of the British Cultural Centres " the Powers that be "—the State, national, racial, interpf^!^^ taking a sympathetic and constructive political, economic, social, or religious groupings— Chance for Democracy Hum 'D™'' ^ffoi'ts to approach the problem of remain the eternal enemies of the individual's It is, of course, a risky business to predict future from "^'ghts from an educational rather than " human rights," or whether the steep up-hill way developments, but whilst I was in Germany there '" a political angle. The first of these con- via an emotionally maturer mankind might ultim­ were hopeful indications that the students might ately lead to more balanced " human relations" finally choose a truly democratic way of life. The between individuals. strike of the Gottingen students did not only receive general public applause, it has also greatly THE KASTNER AFFAIR Optimistic Approach strengthened the belief that the spirit of resistance Th against reactionary and totalitarian encroachments The Conference came down on the side of those is very much alive in German students. to uT /^TiWe trial in Jerusalem, which is likely firmly believing that higher social-ethical standards still t"^ remembered as the Kastner Aflfair, is than hitherto are not beyond man's spiritual That, in the course of these talks, the " Jewish deiiv^"f,''"'^'"' though the first verdict has been faculties, thus confirming that there js something question " was given much prominence, goes with­ to be said for an approach to German universities out saying. Although it would be over-optimistic know u ^ •'^*' ^'•- ^^'•^^' Kastner, a well- to accept without reservation statements such as of ,V^" ^ungarian Zionist and now a senior official with the view to treating these problems less indifferently than is the case now, and by no "Nazism and Neo-Nazism are dead" (conveniently a j'v^. {f aeli Labour Party, was found guilty by used by German diplomats for consumption witth thth l x^"""^'."X ^ hayinuoraitecollaboraiteda means in Germany only. But it was the third m Nazis in a scheme, which, through decep- Conference, which had to deal with this pertinent abroad), no unprejudiced Jew could possibly deny, tiohunrn i ^A '^"'"'•uption, abetted the murder of issue. In the meantime, I had to attend a " Brains that not only the influential Societies for Christian- Ka«t ^ of thousands of Hungarian Jews. Dr. Trust " on Human Rights, prepared by the Diissel- Jewish Co-operation, in which the Churches play devil".f •"• '^^ '^°"" ^^^^' ^^'^ " ^°'-^ ^'^ ^°"' '° "^^ dorf British Centre, in which, under the chairman­ an important part, but also many other well-known P ship of the Director of the Centre, the other organisations sharply rebuke anti-Semitism, where- (^ ^en if comment were free, it could not easily " brains trusters " were Mr. Karl Marx, the well- ever it may appear. However, there remains still be a u!^^ *''*' competence, for the question must known publisher and editor of the " Allgemeine much reason for dissatisfaction. Time and again, Possihi ' ^^ " **^ '" ^''^ Times, "whether it is Wochenzeitung der Juden in Deutschland," one of I emphasised the growing bitterness about indem­ "nch 11 ^^^" '*''* '^P^^ °^ '™^' '° arrive at any the legal attaches of the British Embassy in Bonn, nification delays. My political friends gave the and ^ "Seable conclusion regarding the motives and the headmistress of a German High School for assurance, that both the CDU and the SPD are Utidp**^''*'"^ of individuals and groups who worked girls. As a matter of fact, one should not expect fully aware of the urgent need for a speedy too much from such performances. But I am glad amendment and improvement of the current legis­ now ^?"'''''ons of strain, danger, and difficulty lation, and I have no doubt of their sincerity. It imapi^" • ^^ ^ appreciated by an effort of the to say that the about 80 well-educated growing up and grown-up people who were present, were the is, therefore, only fair, that I also voice their gination." grievances. They regret that Jewish resentment, 'SSUP 5"^*''°" ^' °°^ raises a very much wider right audience to be reminded that statements, whether made by politicians, scientists, or even justifiable as it is, so often ignores that the " other to h '^^ far was it at all defensible for Jews Germany" did always exist, even in Germany's in tif^"^ any dealings with the enemy ? Clearly, religious leaders, will hardly produce a " Human Rights conscious" generation, unless mankind's darkest days, and that it is the " other Germany " be tf"^ peculiar position, hope could reasonably which still needs and deserves encouragement. armed^° in either of two operations—either in burning need of intellectual and spiritual maturity is being grasped everywhere and by everyone. Must it, they ask, always be identified with Nazi- eated "^^^'^fance or in one of the more sophisti- Germany, which, despite brutal terror, never last ~^"*''es of apipeasement. Resistance was at For the third Conference, the Berlin Free succeeded to crush completely the spirit of resist- did n in Warsaw, and though the attempt University, whose buildings, institutes, and ever ' Prevail, the heroism that staked it will for colleges are widely scattered all over the Western Continued on page 2. col. i foi.j, '^^T'ain a glorious inspiration. Elsewhere the suburbs of Berlin, was chosen at the request of Wits circumstance caused Jews to rely on their Professor Blomeyer, Dean of the Legal Faculty, BUNDESENTSCHAEDIGUNGSGESETZ Can' ^" u "° °"^ ^^° ^^^ ^°^ ^*" '" 'h^''^ place following up a similar meeting last year. However, Verlaengerung der Anmeldefrist i^'dfinT' ^ '^^^^^ conscience presume to pass whilst then only members of the legal faculty Wir hatten in den letzten Nummern der " AJR were present, this time Professor Blomeyer had Information" darauf hingewiesen, dass die aM^f Jewish leaders found the responsibility too invited the Deans of all faculties as well as a repre­ Anmeldefrist auf Grund des Bundesentschaedi­ Ghett ^^^''- -^dam Czerniakov, in the Warsaw sentative of the " Liga fiir Menschenrechte." gungsgesetzes am 1. Oktober 1955 ablaeuft. his K u'^''"^ *° ''"i himself rather than to allow I resist the temptation to report in detail on Der Bundestag hat jetzt auf Grund eines in Lo?*°''en to be k.lled, but Chaim Rumkovski, this high-spirited discussion with the formidable Initiativ-Antrages der Parteien ein Aenderungs­ of (v, ,• decided otherwise, and so did the chiefs team of seven Deans, representing the various gesetz zum Bundesentschaedigungsgesetz verab­ are e.Joodse Raad in Amsterdam. Their actions faculties of the Berlin Free University, with— schiedet, durch das die Anmeldefrist um 1 Jahr, so to speak—" Seven Pillars of Wisdom." It can das heisst bis zum 1. Oktober 1956, verlaengert fouJ^^^^^f'stically the Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad be summed up in Professor Blomeyers' suggestion wird. Die Bundesregierung und der Bundesrat been J° ^^^ K.astner affair " nothing that had not —unanimously agreed upon—that a theme, rele­ haben dem dem Gesetz zugestimmt. Die riftc— ".pne by the Joodse Raad to a far worse vant to the deliberations of our Round Table Con­ Veroeffentlichung des Gesetzes wird also in KSH ^^ 'his. like the first verdict on Dr. ference, should be chosen as the subject of a Kuerze erfolgen. sub il: cannot be the final word. The matter is general discussion during the next Berlin " Univer- Das weiter in Vorbereitung befindliche Gesetz, It js • "^^ 'n a sense beyond the letter of the law. sitats-Woche." das eine "Verbesserung verschiedener Bestimmungen its ow' *^^^ keeping of histor\', which will, in In the last analysis, it is the somewhat enigmatic des Bundesentschaedigungsgesetzes bringen soil, n good time, deliver sound judgment. state of mind of the German youth, especially of ist noch nicht verabschiedet. Page 2 AJR INFORMATION August, 1955 Letter from Jerusalem RESTITUTION NEWS THE THIRD KNESSETH WIEDERGUTMACHUNG FUER CLAIMS AGAINST AUSTRIA As these lines are being written, the election ANGEHOERIGE DES OEFFENTLICHEN The negotiations between the Joint Executive campaign has not yet come under way properly, Board for Jewish Claims on Austria and the DIENSTES although the parties are lined up, the first skir­ Austrian authorities have resulted in an under­ Oeffentliche Koerperschaften und Anstalten taking on the part of the Austrian Government mishes have taken place and the Governmeiit according to which payments are to be made Wir haben ueber die Einbeziehung der Bedien­ Coalition is breaking up. Alas, by the time this to certain categories of Nazi victims, now living steten osffentlich rechtlicher Koerperschaften und publication reaches its readers, voting will have abroad. These payments will not depend on the oeffentlicher Anstalten in der Maerz-Nummer 1954 been effected, and it would be unwise to venture economic losses actually suffered, but on the der " AJR Information " eingehend berichtet. Dort any predictions. Yet strange as it may seem, an victim's present position. They are visualised, war eine Liste der einbezogenen Koerperschaften all-important part of the electoral proceedings is inter alia, for old and unemployed persons, for veroeffentlicht. In der Mai-Nummer war eine Ergaenzung enthalten. over before the battle even begins in earnest, let former concentration camp inmates whose health alone the ballots are counted. was seriously impaired and for widows of persons Im Bundesgesetzblatt vom 23. Juni 1955 who perished in concentration camps. As certain (Nr. 18, S.318) wird jetzt eine weitere Ergaenzung The election campaign is a contest between the legislative and administrative steps will now have dieser Liste veroeffentlicht. Es werden einbezogen parties, but the decisive behind-lhe-scenes struggle to be taken by the Austrian Government, no saemtliche Hauptabteilungen des Reichsnaehr- is waged within the parties themselves, prior to application can be submitted at this juncture. standes, der Landwirtschaftliche Verein in Bayern, choosing their candidates. By the middle of June Further developments will be reported in this die Gemeinschaftsstelle der Landesversicherungs­ 23 lists were submitted to the Central Electoral paper. anstalten, die Saechsische Staatsbank, die Thuer- Committee, of which 19 were confirmed, compros- DAUERNDER AUFENTHALT ingische Staatsbank, der Zusammenschluss von ing over 1,200 candidates for 120 seats (each Mem­ IM SINNE DES BEG Wasser-und Bodenverbaenden. Es werden neu in ber of the Knesseth represents about 14,000 Die bisher bestrittene Frage, ob Haft in einem die Liste aufgenommen: inhabitants). The names of the candidates and Konzentrationslager als " dauernder Aufenthalt " Handelshochschule in Leipzig; Leipziger the order in which they appear largely determine im Sinne des § 8 BEG. angesehen werden kann, Messamt (Reichsmesseamt in Leipzig) ; Landlie- the composition of the Knesseth ; the actual voting ist durch eine Entscheidung des Bundesgerichts- ferungsverbande ; Schlesische Boden- und Kom- may bring minor adjustments, but no landslide— hofes vom 20, April 1955—IV ZR 275/54—bejaht munal-Kreditanstalt in Troppau ; Theaterstiftung worden. Diese Entscheidung ist fuer diejenigen on the whole, it is clear which places on the in Dessau ; Kulturstiftung in Dessau ; Stiftung lists are safe, which are doubtful, and which are Verfolgten von grosser Bedeutung, welche keinen Schulpforta; Kassenarztliche Vereinigung Wohnsitz im Gebiet der jetzigen Bundesrepublik Deutschlands ; Kassendentistische Vereinigung just "show" places. With the electoral system oder West-Berlin hatten, sich aber zuletzt in einem Deutschlands; Kassenzahnarztliche Vereinigung in Israel being what it is, the seats in Parliamen't Konzentrationslager innerhalb dieses Gebietes Deutschlands ; Reichsapothekerkammer ; Reichs- are more decided by internal party arrangements (z.B.Dachau oder Bergen-Belsen) in Haft befunden arztekammer ; Reichstierarztekammer ; Zahn- than by the actual ballot. haben und vor dem I. Januar 1947 aus diesem arztekammern ; Rechtsanwaltskammern bis 13. Gebiet ausgewandert sind. Nach der erwaehnten Dezember 1935 ; Reichsrechtsanwaltskammer ; Ben-Gurion Comeback Entscheidung koennen diese Personen nunmehr Francke'sche Stiftungen in Halle a./S. ; Kammer No wonder that weeks of jostling for position auf Grund der allgemeinen Bestimmungen des der Vereinigungen nichtgewerblicher Verbraucher and acrimonious personal strife preceded nomina­ Entschaedigungsgesetzes Entschaedigung mit der (Konsumentenkammer) in Hamburg; Stadtische tions. The 48 candidates of the biggest party, Begruendung verlangen, dass sie ihren letzten Betriebe Lubeck ; Liibeckische Kreditanstalt. Mapai, included eight new names, mostly adherents " dauemden Aufenthalt" vor der Auswanderung and followers of Ben-Gurion, indicating that the im Bundesgebiet gehabt haben. Sie sind also auch Durch eine weitere Verordnung vom gleichen nicht mehr auf die beschraenkten Ansprueche der balance of power might have swung from the Tage werden folgende Einrichtungen der oeffent­ moderate Sharett group to the more activist Ben- DPs (Staatenlose oder politische Fluechtlinge) lichen Hand einbezogen: beschraenkt. Zustaendig zur Entscheidung ist das Gurion wing, all the more as not the Prime Miiiis' Entschaedigungsamt, in dessen Bezirk sich das Messeamt Konigsberg GmbH. ; Konigsberger ter but the Minister of Defence heads the lis*- Konzentrationslager befunden hat. Werke und Strassenbahn GmbH.; Konigsberger On the other hand, there are persistent rumours Fuhrgesellschaft mbH. ; Stiftung fiir gemeinniit- that, whatever the outcome of the elections, Ben- Der Bundesgerichtshof hat in seinem Urteil zigen Wohnungsbau GmbH., K6nigsberg/Pr. ; Gurion wishes to return to Sde Boker. Eliezer auch festgestellt, dass unter " Auswandern" Dresdner Gas-, Wasser- und Elektrizitatswerke- Livne, one of the outstanding figures in the flr^' lediglich die endgultige Ausreise aus der Bundes­ AG. ; Stettiner Stadtwerke GmbH, und ihre two Knesseths and the most independent thinker republik zu verstehen sei, ohne dass fuer den Vorgesellschaften (Staedtische Werke AG, Stettiner of Mapai, was dropped from the party list because Auswanderer Deutschland eine zweite Heimat Strassen-Eisenbahn Gesellschaft, Elektrizitats- he refused to " toe the line." Livne was offered geworden sein muesse. werke AG.) ; Stadtische Werke Memel AG. ; safe places by at least two ot Ministers. Nfapa^^ First, when a friend of mine, closely attached to During the Budget Debate in the " Bundestag " had to regroup its forces after Ahduth-Haavoda" Germany's heavy industry, took me to the " Park the Social Democratic Party moved that instead had broken away, and now appeals to the nations' Hotel" in Dusseldorf, where, he told me, he had of 160 million DM. 250 million DM. should be electorate on a platform of its own. Dr. Moshe been present when Hitler fooled the industrialists • allocated for indemnification payments during the Sneh, a former Mapam leader, was given a hiS'J " I spent some time in a concentration camp," he household year 1955-56. The motion was defeated place on the Communist list. Herut largely ha* exclaimed, " but none the less I often feel ashamed with 213 votes against 135 votes in favour and 15 put forward its old guard. that I did not try to do more against Hitler's abstentions. tyranny." It was the same spirit which I met, when, A few more high-ranking members of the Armed in Stuttgart. I had a good talk with Dr. Rudolf Deputy Jeannette Wolff, SPD. one of the three Forces have been entered as candidates, a fe Pechel, the editor of one of Germany's oldest and Jewish Deputies, compared the payments of more lawyers, a few more younger men—but, Vienna Zionist paper, Neue syllable of self-indictment and self-humiliation, but exclusively devoted to the restoration of their was expressed at the opposition of some British •^elt, calls upon Austrian authorities to do every­ Zionists to the emigration of their children. thing to make it possible for a murderer like this ' honour' and to the ' dishonour' of the others. to receive condign punishment. By refusing to do . . . Seeing all this, most of our young people Dr. Edith Summerskill, chairman of the Labour ^0., they were, in effect, abetting and encouraging sometimes don't quite know what to think of that Party, caused a stir at the fourth congress of the new suicidal toleration practised by democracy." Socialist International when she criticised Israel's "miscreants. treatment of the Arab refugee problem. After the Israeli delegate had replied with what the Jewish Affairs Manchester Guardian described as " Old Testa­ ment vigour," Mr. Morgan Phillips, the chairman, Siegfried Seelig saved the situation by saying: " Telling you of New Board of Berlin Community the sufferings of the Arabs does not mean criticism J. The new " Repraesentantenversammlung " of the Herr Siegfried Seelig, director of the United of Israel. The British Labour Party greatly admires Berlin Jewish Community elected the following Steel Works trading corporation at Dusseldorf, the progress of Israel under Mapai." ^xecutive (Vorstand): Heinz Galinski (General was awarded, on his 60th birthday, the Hon. Administration and Social Services); Georg Presidency of the German Scrap Metal Federation. Jeviish Youth Clubs J^lueckstein (Religious Services and Legal Depart- Seelig is a member of the German delegation to When he spoke on the function of Jewish youth S?^nt); Wolf Goldberg (Religious Services the Coal and Steel Pool in Luxembourg. He clubs today, compared with the time of their department); Julius Loewenthal (Financial returned at the end of the war from Belgium, inception 45 years ago. Sir Basil Henriques, the i^epartment); Dr. Erich Oppenheimer (Homes and where he had lived underground after escaping Jewish magistrate and social worker, said that hospitals Department); Otto Zarek (Cultural from a detention camp in Southern France. In a with the colossal strides made in slum clearance, department). toast at a reception in his honour, the Chairman the growth of the Welfare State and the increased of the Association of Jewish Communities in prosperity of the population, the clubs were no North-Rhine Westphalia, Julius Dreifuss, praised longer called upon to serve as a refuge from the The Remnant in Baden Seelig's steadfast loyalty to Judaism and the effec­ streets. The unique role of Jewish youth clubs Out of Baden's Jewish population of 21,000 in tive support he had given to the Israeli reparations was now to Judaise, which did not mean the '^^3, no more than 480 are left, it was stated in programme. intensification of narrow nationalism but the gift * survey published by the Stuttgarter Zeitung. In of faith as a basis for an honest life. Every young f^arlsruhe, Baden's only place to have a synagogue History of Liberal Judaism Jew should be proud of the mission chosen for *nd a rabbi, the number was reduced from 3,100 his people. " An atheist Jew is an anomaly, an Dr. Ellen Littmann has been asked by the anachronism and an abomination," Sir Basil said. J.0 100. Of Mannheim's 6,000 Jews, only 140 World Union for Progressive Judaism to write the ^*n>ain, and elsewhere in the " Land " the figures history of L.iberal Judaism in Germany. As the Mr. Alderman B. N. Waley-Cohen, a son of p'*. as follows: Heidelberg 110, Konstanz 40, modem chapter of Progressive Judaism originated the late Sir Robert, was elected a Sheriff for the f[«it>urg 30, Baden-Baden 21, and Pforzheim 13. in Germany, the work will be of special interest City of London. In his speech acknowledging the ^ Baden-Baden their religious affairs are in the to Jews everywhere. election, he recalled that it was 120 years since ^^arge of the French Army Chaplain, and those the first Jewish City of London Sheriff, Sir David ^ Konstanz are looked after by Swiss Jewry. Dr. Littmann, who emigrated to Israel, but who Salomons, had taken office who had also been Most of these people, the article explains, are will settle in Great Britain to do the necessary the first Jewish Lord Mayor in 1855, exactly 100 t^- •—^tween 70 and 75—and incapable of main- research work, was the first woman to study at years ago. (^,'"'ng themselves. In Heidelberg there is a Jewish the Hochschule fiir die Wissenschaft des The Board of Guardians, during the past year, jl'd Age Home, and, says the Stuttgart paper, the Judentums. The Claims Conference has allocated has had a deficit of £23,000. which is expected to ^ntates of that Home are proof to show how a Fellowship for her work. increase during the present year. irongiy the Jews are attached to their country of .1 '8in, for they had come back to Baden because Protestants and Jews Orthodox Concern • "^imweh" drove them; they had come to die The German Lutheran Academy held a two An independent Orthodox group of members .? 'ne land in which they were born. It was their days' symposium at Hofgeismar, near Frankfort, was formed at the iBoard of Deputies. They ^" but helpless attachment" to the old home- on the subject of " Modern Judaism in the Jewish expressed concern at the identification, which they Vl^ads that had been responsible for the Heidelberg View." The object was to present the major felt might endanger the Board's independence, of .^•^e to be built; they had refused to go even Jewish ways of thinking to adult laymen who the Presidency of the Board with the chairman­ ° Frankfort, where they might have been accom­ assemble at such " Academies " for intensive situdy ship of the Zionist Federation. modated more easily and comfortably. sessions on a given topic of the day. The speakers The foundation stone was laid of the new included Dr. Hugo Nothmann, of Furth, an Ortho­ synagogue of the Edgware and District Reform dox Jew, former High School Principal; Professor Congregation whose minister is Rabbi Dr. I. Hans Joachim Schoeps, of Erlangen University, a Maybaum. champion alike of Liberal Judaism and Prussian to \synagogue for the 70 Jews of Recklinghausen, monarchjsm ; and Professor Karl-Heinrich Rengs­ • ochum, and Heme was consecrated on July 10 torf, the Protestant theologian and head of the // is regretted that in last month's " Anglo- J^ Recklinghausen which once alone had a Jewish Delitzsch Institute for Jewish Studies at Munster ludaica" Mr. W. W. Stanton, Headmaster of the Population of 830. University. Hdsmonean Grammar School, was described as " non-Jewish." He is, of course, a Jew. Page 4 AJR INFORMATION August, 1955 Lutz Weltmann. did not prevent him from creating an impressive FRANZ WERFEL Jewish "Passion Play." He mastered a Jewish theme in a dignified manner within the frame; Ten Years after his Death work of a Calderonic "Great World Theatre," abounding in poetical beauty. In America he also •yALKING of Werfel we think now of his great first a spiritual and then a real exile that the wrote a novel with Jeremiah as its hero ; it is ••• novels, first, " Verdi," " Die Geschwister von latent features of his very being became evident. not yet available in the new edition of Werfel's Neapel," " Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh," and In " Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh" he ful­ collected works begun by S. Fischer Verlag, " Das Lied von Bernadette." But it is as a lyric filled his demand for " Magischer Realismus," and. Frankfurt. poet that he stirred our hearts towards the end in the character of the Armenian leader, he gives During the last two years of his Ufe Werfel oi the First World War. Famous verse come the clandestine self-portrait of an " Assimilant' experienced the fate he described in his short from our lips at once, verse we had learnt by who had but few connections with his people and story "Der Tod des Kleinburgers." What use heart when we left school, or rather we did not developed into a veritable Moses figure. did he make of the time granted to him ? He actually learn them, for they impressed us immedi­ achieved, perhaps in a hurry, a solution of his ately and remained in our memory. If Werfel had stayed in Austria he might have life's problem—a compromise: Christ is the Such a miracle was wrought not only by Werfel's remained loyal to his paternal faith only from Messiah for him. But no Jew is to leave the art. It was the spirit that spoke through his a sense of fairness, which would not have allowed community irtto which he was born. Christ and poetry. Werfel was the spokesman of a com­ him to part from a persecuted community. In the Jews complement each other, both being munity, he expressed the sentiments of a whole America, his Judaism stood the test. His Catholic instruments in God's plan of salvation. From com/nunity. He, who would have been 65 this leanings were no longer a matter of mere a pure heart, from the depths of his mind, young September, belonged to the generation of the sensuality. He had to think anew about his Werfel had preached Worid Salvation. Looking so-called expressionist movement—Edsohmid, the Judaism in discussions with a highly intellgent back, he judged his role as a Messiah as some­ leading representative of expressionistic prose, was and generous Catholic priest. Although his rescue what assuming. Politics cannot save the world, born in the same year ; Unruh, the dramatist, is from France resulted in his " most" Catholic neither can programmes of the Right or the Left. by five years their senior. They were stammering novel, " Bemadette," it is no more than a farewell, The destiny of our life is to realise the place of —as mankind was in the days of its prime—what as he had taken a vow to exalt the Saint of " Oben und Unten," Heaven and Eearth, God later generations tried to make real with a more Lourdes if he would be saved ; at the same time, and Man. Time and Space are human terms, wide-awake mind: World peace, social justice, it is an epic illustration of his profound earlier Eternity and the Infinite being conceivable for God understanding of the human heart. essay " Konnen wir ohne Gottesglauben leben?" alone. In this spirit he completed his religious One of Werfel's earliest works was his transla- In the same period he also wrote the volume testament, the greait novel "Stern der la/tion of Euripides' "Trojan Women," completed of poems entitled " Schlaf und Erwachen," where Ungeborenen," a moving document of his human before mothers bewailed, with Hecuba, the heta- his Judaism is more firmly established, and the experience ; at the same time, he wrote a number combs of their slain children. "History of man­ Biblical play, " Der Weg der Verheissung," for of aphorisms, " Theologoumena," an impressive kind," Werfel said in his preface, " has passed Max Reinhardt, where the theatrical apparatus bequest of religious thought in our time. again the stage out of which this drama was born." Whence did this prophetic voice come ? It came from the deepest regions of his racial con­ Poetess of the "Hebraic Melodies" sciousness, unconscious to the poet himself, buried A Tribute to ELSE LASKER-SCHUELER under the manifold impressions of a changing, revolutionary world ; his Judaism had become Ten years ago, Else Lasker-Schiiler, the ecstatic Sensitive by nature, she strove hard to keep the productive in the realm of the " collective sub­ German-Jewish poetess, died—died in Jemsalem, balance, always struggling with a world which she conscious," in his dreams, in his imagination, in the city she loved, she often sang of, the city of had to conquer with her visions and her words. his poetry. Werfel's work is, not only when it her last refuge on earth. She was buried, as was One should read the little pamphlet, " Ich rSume deals with Jewish themes, a self-portrait of the her wish, on the Mount of Olives: auf", in which she accuses, in the name of all Jewish soul exposed to the doubts of the own " Und meine Seele verglUht in den A bend farben poets and writers, the publishers and editors: self and to the attacks of a chaotic time. Attracted Jerusalems." "The creative artist, he, who has a deeper eye, by Roman Catholicism throughout his life and Born in 1876 in Elberfeld, Else Lasker-Schuler's a deeper feeling for things mundane, should be in the end almost a convert, Werfel's work family, though Jewish, was alienated from Judaism. treated with high respect and appropriate re­ describes a wandering towards the Jewish core She was quite young when she married Dr. muneration. How often in the darkness of my of his existence. It was a persistent quest for God. Berthold Lasker, but they soon separated. Later, room have I had—like a thief—to pick up the rug she married Herwarth Walden, editor of the news­ from the floor and put it over the worn, thin Quest for God paper " Sturm " and a great collector of modern blanket." art. This marriage, too, was annulled. By her first A play, " Die Wupper ", which was first shown Born in Prague, spending his life in Vienna marriage she had a son, a gifted painter, to whom in Zurich, was quite a success, because of the before he emigrated to America, he was deeply she clung with a fanatical love. This son, Paul, strong social contents and realistic portrait- impressed by the baroque surroundings of the however, was consumptive and died young. His sketches. Catholic Habsburg Empire. And his conscience death brought a great change in Else Lasker- Jews will understand and value even more her felt disturbed by the death of Jesus. A feeling Schiiler's life; she never recovered from this fatal play, "Arthur Aronymus, a tale from the time of of guilt and of a personal responsibility runs blow. my father's childhood". It was written in 1932 through his work. He confessed it in his short before Hitler's accession to power, and is a true story " Abituriententag," where the judge tried to Having been driven out of Germany, she lived for some time in Switzerland. When, in 1937, she expression of her character and personal ideals. In get away with it after discovering that the accused it we can read some prophetic words of future was not the man whom he had once wronged at last arrived in Palestine, she had worn herself out, had grown old and bitter. With only a small happenings: " No Jewish house will be safe from himself; he wrestled with the problem in the bloodshed! There will be fires everywhere! The story " Nicht der Morder, der Ermordete ist circle of friends around her, she never found in Israel the longed- and hoped-for recognition and days are haunted with fears, the nights are dark and schuldig," where he attempted to exculpate a mur­ without rest!" Like Cassandra, she had strange derer, but the parallel does, of course, not go so appreciation of her work. Only a few new songs were pubhshed. forebodings of the horror of the coming times. far that Werfel considered Jesus guilty. His novel The conclusion of the play, however, is a mes­ " Barbara oder die Frommigkeit" contains the Almost forgotten, old and sick, she crept along sage of hope for future generations: one sees the portrait of a Jew whose belief in Christ drives the streets of Jerusalem, " a king's daughter in Catholic Bishop as a guest at the Seder of the rich him to madness, and in " Paulus unter den Juden," beggar's clothes", and died on January 25th, 1945. and the poor: The New Testament blessing the a work which is none of his masterpieces, the I remember her well: a small, slim person with Old! most moving part is Paul's torment in a scene jet-black hair and large dark eyes, wandering ner­ vously from one corner of the room to another, We can only wish that Else Lasker-Schiiler and with Rabbi Gamaliel. her work will not be forgotten and that her mes­ Werfel possessed both the ecstasy of a truly and speaking in distress of the ups and downs of a poet's life. sage will not go unfulfilled. religious character and the theatralic gestures of PAULA ALI GALLINER. an actor. Perhaps it was this ambiguity which made When, however, she began to recite some of her Rilke, one of his first admirers, say that " he poetry, her " Hebraic Melodies ", for instance, one refrained from embracing this Jew-boy, but con­ was instantly captivated by the manner, the form, CONFERENCE OF PROGRESSIVE JEWS fined himself to a cordial handshake." But, the magic of her language, which was indeed the The biennial Conference of the World Union perhaps, this was a heritage of the Great Baroque language of the Bible. Else Lasker-Schuler's poetry for Progressive Judaism, held in Paris recently, World Theatre, too, and Werfel appears to our is oriental. She had visions of fantastic pictures, was attended by some 200 delegates from fifteen mind's eye now purified and transfigured, as the which were brought to paper in ecstatic language. countries. The speakers included the author M- poet who wrote the noble " Gebet um Reinheit," •' I was forced to write it," she once said, " some­ Edmond Fleg. The report on the activities of the and who, in one of his many poems dealing with body stood behind me and dictated to me! First Union was given by the Hon. Secretary, the Hon- prophets, said: " Und wenn ich denke, Vater,, I thought it was my grandfather—but it was King Lily Montagu, C.B.E. denke DU \" David." Most of her poetry is unique. Now and The World Union will establish an Internationa' In his poems sounds the melody of the psalms. then one can trace some kinship with Alfred Institute for Jewish Studies in Paris, which *•" In his play about the Hussites, " Das Reich Gottes Mombert, the Jewish poet and mystic, because the arrange a comprehensive five-year study course in Bohmen," he tackled the drama and failure style of both resembles the style of the Jewish for Progressive Rabbis and Teachers. of a Messianic movement. In " Verdi" he sees prophets. Yet, whatever she sings of, be it "Abra­ the great composer as a genuis of his people, ham " or " Esther ", or " Peter Hille " with whom ANDRE MAUROIS and, at the same time, confesses the necessity of she formed a deep friendship, or " towns and M. Andre Maurois. the French Jewish writ/''' being good as a premise of divine grace. In mountains"—we find religious sentiment in every the anniversary of whose birthday was the sublets' " Die Geschwister von Neapel" blows the air verse, in every word, a sentiment that embraces of a special article in the last issue, was 70 ^'^ of the patriarchs. But it was not until he became not only Judaism, but the whole Universe. July 6, not 80, as erroneously stated. ^JgjNFORMATION August 1955 Page 5 75 YEARS OF "ORT 99 Old Acquaintances A German Prise-Winner?—Werner Finck once J""" the first time since the last war, the black- Justizrat Brodnitz, the unforgotten head of the said : " 1 would like to go on tour with a Berlin rea-golden flag of the German Bundesrepublik was Central-Verein, and Wilhelm Kleemann, Chairman audience. . ." At the " Berlinale," as they call the rf'^ycd at an international Jewish conference of the German Jewish community, joined the annual Film Festival in Berlin, the public decides J;"^-German Jewry officially represented, when Board of German ORT. Thus, its importance was which is the best picture shown in the contest. y^l held its World Conference at Geneva, from enhanced. This year, they gave the first prize to " Ratten," J^une 26th to 29th, to mark the 75th anniversary of Naturally, with the advent of Hitlerism, ORT's based on Gerhart Hauptmann's famous play but the movement. Both the President of ORT, Dr. activities gained an ent.rely new importance in changed into an up-to-date plot with post-war Berlin ^- Syngalowski, under whose inspired leadership Germany: "Starting in 1933" (Mr. Graetz writes). as its background. It is a good and impressive ^RT has constantly grown in stature and increased •' Jewish lawyers, industrialists, and others who film. However, is it a German picture ? The tne scope of its work, and its Vice-President, who had lost their livelihood began to turn to the ORT Director, Robert Siodmak, who started his career H 1'^° '*'* ^^^ '^^ ^^^ American ORT, Professor for assistance in settling on the land outside Ger­ with "Menschen am Sonntag" is now an American paber, insisted on taking Germany back into the many." ORT suddenly had to cope with the task citizen. So is Jochen Huth who wrote the script. told of the traditional and the more recent mem- of training not youngsters eager to learn a trade, The leading lady, Maria Sdiell, is Swiss, and the ner-branches of the world-wide movement. but grown-up men. many of them successful in two best members of the cast were Heidemarie It is only fair that this should be so. For Ger- their professions, who embarked upon a new Hatheyer, wife of American journalist Curt Riess, nian Jewry has played a decisive role in the history chapter in their lives. ORT helped them to achieve and Curd Juergens, both Austrians by birth. Fritz °J the ORT movement, which has now passed the this remarkable change-over, and an ORT school Rotter, a naturalised American, wrote the song, •nreequarters of a centurv mark. Its head. Dr. was established in Berlin. It was followed in and the producer, Arthur Brauner, hails from ^yngalowski, who directs the work of Ort from April, 1937—as late as that !—by the "ORT Poland. Thus the German victory at the Festival geneva—a personality both of philosophical and Private Jewish Centre for training Jews wishing to is due to several foreigners, and I only hope that 'niinensely practical talents—has taken pains to emigrate as artisans and tradesmen, Berlin, Ltd.," one day they will not regret their part in putting pay tr.bute to the past achievements of German as the rather complex and odd title run. Over German pictures on the map again. The other ^^T in the booklet edited by him for the occasion, 100 Jews received training as fitters, mechanics, German offering was " The 20th of July," a film and also to the present work of the four ORT electricians, plumbers, and that like, until, like based on the Hitler attentat that failed. But the others, this Jewish relief work in Nazi Germany best German picture we saw was not connected training centres in Germany. with the contest: "Children, Mothers, and .Looking back at the past, Wilhelm Graetz, in was closed. his General," produced by Eric Pommer and directed contribution to the booklet, reminds us that Today ORT maintains 274 schools in many a by Hollywood's Laslo Benedek. J fT, which was established as a kind of self- country, and, in the decade since the end of the ""tence of the Jews in the East of Europe—one last war, has trained more than 200,000 Jewish German Changes :—On the floor in Geiselgas- wV if ^""^^^ creations of Russian and Polish Jews, boys and girls. 17,000 of them are trained at teig's studios near Munich we met Hans Albers nich were both idealistic and eminently realistic present. This great rehabilitation programme is and Rudolf Forster acting a scene in the remake of nature—lasted in Germany scarcely more than supported by ORT organisations in 19 different " Der letzte Mann"; the two old-timers looked wo decades. It was in the East that Jewry became countries, and a newly formed " Women's Inter- extremely well and fit. When we asked for an *2er to break the chains that bound them to non­ natipnal OIJT," a fund-raising body which, at the explanation why this picture was produced again, productive occupations and to train boys and Jubilee meeting, pledged itself to fulfil a vast pro­ we got the answer: " It's not very much left of the I'fls in all branches of the crafts, artisanship, and gramme, and with work in the U.S.A., in Britain, old story which Karl Mayer once wrote for Emil Pecially in mechanical engineering, so as to in South Africa, and in other countries. I also Jannings. You see, the idol of the German is no jL^Pare them for a purposeful future if they understand that the British ORT, represented at longer the uniform as it was when that classic film nould emigrate. In Germany at that time there the Conference by a strong delegation led by was produced first. Therefore, Hans Albers, who as no need—or so it seemed !—to follow this Lady Henriques, is being reorganised with the plays the main character, is not a porter but a /^"iple. But the " Hilfsverein der deutschen aim of presenting ORT to the British public on head-waiter, because, today, the German public is a far bigger scale than hitherto. longing for a tail coat. . ." We were also intro­ Uden "—that great body of men whose activities duced to Alfred Weidenmann. who directed «i^ ^ never been told adequately—gave generous The importance of ORT as a means of giving "Canaris," the biggest box-office hit of the German '';^PPort to ORT outside Germany. In 1925, how- Jewish youth a sound practical training, was production. Having never heard his name before, anri"^' °°"* '*^" '"^^^ Rabbi Dr. Leo Back called, stressed at the conference in a special message we asked him what he had done before he directed ^nd presided over, a meeting in Berlin, where an from President Eisenhower. At the end of its that successful film. He became a little embar­ th^^"' appeal was addressed to German Jews for deliberations, the Congress adopted several resolu­ rassed. " I directed some documentaries," he said. ne establishment in Germany of an ORT organisa- tions, of which the most important ones are those Only later we found out that he had produced p°n. Wilhelm Graetz, who relates the story, and recommending greatly intensified activities of ORT several pictures about the Hitler Youth. .''^fcssor Frankfurt took over the chairmanship in Israel, in Iran, and jn North Africa. nd vice-chairmanship, respectively. A year later OTTO ZAREK. His Second Wind:—Though generally the chances of returnees to Germany are not high, there are exceptions to that rule. When Werner Graumann emigrated to Britain he had lost his A FOCUS OF MANCHESTER'S AJR successful fashion business. The well-known lover of the arts and artists had a difficult time in The Morris Feinmann Homes for Elderly Refugees London. Only three years ago, Graumann, now in lon 1 ^°rris Feimnann Homes for elderly and residents are encouraged to lead as active a life his fifties, returned to Berlin and started from tjj^.^'y Refugees have been the first, and as regards as their physical condition permits, to travel when scratch. Today he is again the famous dress Ve'5 historical background are probably the only, they have the opportunity, and to receive their designer he was before his exile. broi K^ 9f its kind in Great Britain. They were relatives and friends. Many of them make use Acws from Everywhere:—German actor of th ' '"'° being by the enthusiasm and sacrifice of what Manchester has to offer as a centre of art, Aribert Waescher lost a leg by amputation. Cent comparatively small Refugees community industry and learning, and of the lovely scenery Max Hansen played successfully " By Candle­ "red in and around Manchester, within a bus ride from the city. light " in Copenhagen and turned down an offer of ,?'^'^' service is as much part of the Jewish as For the Refugees living in and around by Emile Littler of London to repeat his perform­ Whf. » ritish tradition, and the two came together Manchester the Morris Feinmann Homems have ance in English because he is taking over a theatre Marfu "• ^^y. Barash. then Chairman of the become a rallying point and a focus of affection. in the " Tivolj" pleasure garden. a sm 1 ^'^'' -fewish Refugees Committee, put it to No such Homes can flourish and create an atmos­ Cornell Borchers, the German actress who got a of a ^i" group of Refugees in 1947 that the creation phere of security and wellbeing for those in its British " Oscar " for her part in the Ealing produc­ Urgp Home for elderly Refugees had become an care without the steady support, moral even more tion of " The Divided Heart," will play in the to a ' necessity and that the local Refugees ought than material, of a large number of friends out­ musical version of " Njnotschka " in London in e^QJ^'^^Pt the task of providing it by their own side. Their support finds expression in a great which Hildegard Knef stars on Broadway. variety of ways : in visits, in arranging outings, in New York's " Aufbau " opened a collection to bouDK ''•''^' home, with a capacity of 17 beds, was gifts of all kinds for the table and the household, help Claire Waldoff who is in need ; she is over callert i" '^'^'^ ^^ opened early in 1948. It was in organising social events at the Homes and in seventy and lives in Bavaria.—Richard Huelsen- niem Morris Feiimiann Home to honour the subscribing funds for improvements. beck, now a psychoanalyst jn New York and once Man^"^ tof h name treasured by Refugees in The Homes, with central heating throughout and a co-ofounder of the Dada movement, gave a prgj ^^ter and beyond. Morris Feinmann, lately modernised catering facilities, are well lecture in Hamburg. of tl'^^^.or of Mrs. Barash in the Chairmanship equipped but not yet as well as it is hoped they Friedrich Hollaender, who wrote the music for had d ^^nchester Jewish Refugees Committee, will be when a scheme of improvement and exten­ Marlene in " Blue Angel," is on a visit in Germany. of jj ^'^oted his best years to furthering the cause sion, now being studied, has been carried into There he will see his musical " Scherzo" ; it is servi„*'"8ces and in 1944 given his life in their effect. produced by A. E. Franke, who lately undertook Afrj,:^ *hile setting up Reception Camps in North Yet, even in their present state they have the Elizabeth Bergner tour. attracted the attention, and earned the praise, of Grete Mosheim, on a visit in Berlin, played Boch.'^,'*^' 'he generosity of the late Berthold the Local Authority, and of persons leading in Thornton Wilder's " Matchmaker." Sroun"^ ' *^" Chairman of the Manchester A.J.R. social work, not so much because of their material Obituaries:—In Berlin died 74-years-oId Ernst Win, jJ presented 'he Trust administering the Home amenities as because of the atmosphere they offer. Legal, the former actor who became director of to -)/: L g'^' of a further house, raising the capacity No single factor has contributed more to building East-Berlin's State Opera after the war, but /"> beds. up that atmosphere than the warmhearted, untiring changed over to the West later on. reside*''* more than seven years since the first personality of the Matron supported in her turn F. Bruegel, aged 58, died in London ; he was a tradiH *^ moved in, the Homes have established a by a small group of people, all of them voluntary Czech socialist and author. ks nip" °^ 'heir own : that of a large family with workers, in charge of administration and clerical Willy Hellpach, the German politician, died in Heidelberg, 78 years old. PEM u easures and, also, its inevitable sorrows. The duties. L.K.S. Page 6 AJR INFORMATION August, 1955 REFUGEES IN THE NEWS A FRIEND IN NEED Professor Redcliffe N. Salaman, F.R.S., who recently died, was a staunch, sincere friend of the ATOMIC SCIENTISTS A BOLD^APPROACH refugees. He was " one of the original members In the recent A.J.R. brochure (" Dispersion and of the Academic Assistance Council, formed in While reviewing a new book on atomic energy Resettlement ") the South African contributor, Mr. 1933 by Lord Rutherford, Lord Beveridge, and (" Explaining the Atom," by Selig Hecht and W. Heidenfeld, reported that in his country the others to enable the scientists and scholars thrown Eugene Rabinowitch), Professor Cyril Domb, the refugees have so had to identify themselves with out of academic posts by Nazi persecution to Jewish physicist, referred to " the notable contri­ the ruling Whites that " hardly anybody would continue their work. (Mr. Norman Bentwich bution made by refugees from Nazi and Fascist stick out his neck on behalf of the non-European wrote in a tribute in The Times.) Dr. Salaman persecution "; " Professor Hecht pointed out that population." But if this is the rule, there are was active till the end in the Society for the a gap of five years occurred after 1934 before some certainly exceptions, and at least one such notable Protection of Science and Learning (which suc­ important experiments of Fermi in Rome were exception is Rabbi Andr^ Ungar, who came to this ceeded the Council) and was its treasurer for many properly understood. He offered the interesting country from Hungary and last year accepted a years. He was also the founder of a Jewish explanation that these were the years when many " call" to the Reform Temple Israel, Port Eliza­ Professional Committee, formed in 1933, to help leading European scientists were forced to look for beth. He delivered a remarkable Passover sermon those exiles who were fitted to pursue a profes­ refuge in other countries ; forced migration is not there, in which he compared Egypt and her Hebrew sional as distinct from an academic career. I* conducive to creative thought. When, in January, slaves with South Africa and her " non-European " was characteristic of him to help personally and 1939, Frisch and Meitner put forward the sugges­ slaves. It was a brilliant, bold, and visionary per­ privately scores of scholars and students, and he tion of unanium fission, a group of refugee established two trusts for that purpose." scientists in America . . . sensed the war clouds formance. Congratulations are due also to the and appreciated the military implications of the Editor of the London Synagogue Review (Organ During the last war he became chairman of the suggestion. In July, 1939, Szilard and Wigner con- of the Association of Synagogues), who printed Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad. The recent ferted with Einstein and decided to appeal to Presi­ the sermon in full. A.J.R. brochure, " Dispersion and Resettlement, has recorded with gratitude his tribute to the dent Roosevelt. As a result, the first financial RECORDS OF GERMAN JEWRY grant of 6,000 dollars was provided to aid the " refugees from Hitler's Europe," who, he once project." Among works to be published, with the aid said, " in turn rendered good service to this country of the Jewish Claims Conference, by the Union of and the Commonwealth." They will dearly cherish Orthodox Hebrew Congregations are translations and bless his memory. into English of Samson Raphael Hirsch's writings ARTISTS by Dayan Dr. I. Grunfeld and Dr. I. Levy, also a historical review of former German Jewish rural Ludwig Schwerin, the Israeli painter from Baden, communities by Hermann Schwab, Frankfort-born recently held a successful exhibition in Amsterdam. author of " A World in Ruins." Letter to the Editor Mr. Ernst Neubach, a Viennese Jew, now a MORRIS FEINMANN MEMORIAL TRUST Sir,—/ was distressed to read in your " ^^^ French citizen and well-known film producer, has Information" the description of myself as " the written the story of the two Finaly children, who The Trustees invite applications from Students starting their University Course, or from Students non-Jewish headmaster of the Hasmonean were baptised and smuggled into Spain, and later, Grammar School." May 1 be permitted to correct after a bitter struggle, returned to their Jewish attending a University and requiring financial assistance for completing their studies provided the inaccuracy and draw the attention of your family in Israel. The film is being made in readers to the fact that I am a Jew both by birtn Germany. they have not yet obtained a first degree such as B.A., B.Sc., etc. and by conviction. A " one-man " show was also held, at the City W. W. Stanton, Applications should be addressed to the Hon. Headmaster- of Salford Art Gallery, by Berlin-born Ursula Secretary:—Mr. L. K. Sonneborn, Stamford Lodge, Lee, wife of Emanuel Levy, the Manchester Jewish Chesham Place, Bowdon, Nr. Altrincham, Hasmonean Grammar School for Boys, artist. Cheshire. Holders Hill Road, N.W.A.

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He of an old Frankfurt family, he held responsible Landesverband Juedischer Gemeinden" from its *ss a member of the Board since the AJR was positions on the Board of his home community. beginnings until, under Nazi pressure, it had to tounded and there was hardly any meeting which After his emigration he put himself at the disposal discontinue its activities. For many years he was ne did not attend. Even during the last years, of his fellow refugees, whenever his co-operation also a member, and at times the President, of the when illness made it d fficult for him to leave his was needed. When, during the war, the AJR started Board of the Berlin Jewish Community. He was home, he always made it a point to take part a clothing campaign for the relief of the Jews on its acting President during the exciting months in 'n our deliberations. Yet his work for the AJR the Continent, Mr. Erlanger took a responsible 1933, when the work for the community was Went beyond the fulfilment of this duty which he part in organising this scheme. He was also a particularly difficult and dangerous and had to be took very serious. He was in constant touch with Board member of the AJR and attended the adjusted to new circumstances. The efllciency and our day by day work, driven by an urge to help meetings as long as his state of health permitted. quiet dignity wjth which Mr. Wolff accomplished ^s fellow refugees. His assistance was manifold, All those who knew him will cherish the memory his important tasks was highly appreciated by all f^e gave his experienced advice to those who were of this helpful, kindhearted man. who had the privilege of working with or under looking for adequate work or who were in diffi­ him. His judicial mind's power of discernment culties. He also acted as a kind of ambassador was a particular asset. He has left his mark on tor the AJR : he constantly used his widespread SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT the history of German Jewry. ^nneotions to win over new friends for its cause, In July, our Employment Agency received more ^hen, two years ago, the drive for the Queen offers than before and placed quite a few appli­ Neither the burden of his work nor the tribula­ cants ; on the other hand, we could not satisfy tions of our times nor even the sad bereavement Wizabeth Coronation Forest was launched, he of the death of his beloved wife have impaired represented us at the Appeal Committee and all inquirers because the kind of staff they wanted was not always available. Several firms obtained his powers of body and mind. May he be spared personally raised contributions among the AJR for his children and grandchildren and for his Members. holiday relief through the AJR Employment Agency. friends for many more years to come. W.B. . Kurt Bernstein's work for the AJR was an We can still place: Part-time workers for On August 15, Mr. Hugo Sonnenberg (30 'niportant part of his life. It is only natural that attending sick and invalid people, part-time cooks Greencroft Gardens, Flat i, London, N.W.6) will eiose co-operation with him also resulted in strong for private households and sitters-in. Furthermore, celebrate hjs 80th birthday. He was born in personal ties. Those who thus got to know him needlewomen for every kind of work, especially Wetzlar and head of the well-known firm Sonnen­ earned more about his background, about his turn for dressmaking, alterations, linen-repair, knitting, berg & Engel, which, in 1921, he transferred to to Zionism many years before 1933, and about his are available for part-time or home work. Frankfurt. In 1938, after having been in existence attitude to present-day Jewish problems. Illness We received more applications for accom­ for a century, the firm had to be liquidated, and eompelled him to retire at a comparatively early modation, but unfortunately fewer offers. We still Mr. Sonnenberg emigrated to England. He always *8e from the business he had built up with so need rooms with cooking facilities, at moderate took an active part in Jewish life. For 20 years he jnuch energy. Yet in fact this retirement was only rent, especially for elderly people. was a Board member of the Wetzlar Community. More people asked us for home visits as they He was also one of the founders of the Markus partial. From his home he would keep contact Horovitz Lodge in Frankfurt and has continued *"h innumerable people in whose well-being he feel very lonely. Quite a few are now regularly visited by us. We plan to extend this field of our his work for the B'nai Brith in England as a Ook a keen interest. Friends came to see him, member of several committees of the Leo Baeck "ot to fulfil a duty towards a patient, but because activities and should be grateful for voluntary helpers as well as addresses of people in need of (London) Lodge. At the same time he has always '"ey themselves enjoyed his company. He will displayed great interest in the work of the AJR, e sadly missed and will be remembered with home visits. We again received several parcels of German which he joined almost immediately after its incep­ sratitude by those who knew him and who were tion. All those who know Mr. Sonnenberg wish associated with him by the work for the A.J.R. books for our Lending Library and repeat that we are willing to send books by post or by hand to him many happy years to come of undimished W.R. those who are unable to come and see us. vigour and health.

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