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Page 8 The Battalion Wednesday, April 20, W LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN SIDE ROOM OF THE GLOBE Schindler’s widow remembers Holocaust DEEP BLUE SOMETHING The Associated Press enamelware provednr to be a welcome commodity c the black market. ACTON — Walking among the bright bluebonnets Even after the bloody 1943 liquidation of t!i; 50 BAR DRINKS and Indiaji paintbrushes of rural Hood County, 86- Krakow ghetto, Schindler’s factory turned a profiuK year-old Emilie Schindler looked at ease. his workers were saved from the darkest depths of I For weeks she had been asked to conjure up cold, new Plaszow labor camp. & $1.50 PITCHERS bleak memories of Polish and Czechoslovakian prison But in 1944, Plaszow was closed, and Schindler's FROM 8:00 TO 10:00 camps where she and her husband, Oskar, fought to workers were sent to a new factory at Brinnlitzit help thousands of Jews escape death by the German SS Czechoslovakia. The enamel ware was gone; the blac MICHAE during World War II. market was gone. Eventually, the money was gone . belind/ In the warm spring winds of Texas, that all seemed Brinnlitz, the Schindlers had to spend everything the, HEATHE THURSDAY NIGHT very far behind. had earned to keep the 1,200 v/orkers alive. TONI G/ Schindler had traveled to Texas with longtime "It was very difficult,” said Bernard Scheuer. wk LADIES NIGHT IN THE GLOBE friends Bernard and Eva Scheuer, whose son and was at Plaszow. ‘‘In Poland, they could get fooi daughter-in-law provided brief but welcome hospitali through the black market, but in Czechoslovakia it^ ty at their home near Acton. difficult to feed the 1,200 people. You must realizetk TABULA RASA LIVE As they gathered around the dining room table, it the. ration from the SS there for each prisonerwa; was clear that each knows the story of the Schindlers. equivalent to 21/2 ounces of bread a day. Thereavast IN THE SIDE ROOM But they know, too, that much of Emilie Schindler's cup of some blac k liquid that was called coffee, and a story was left out of Steven Spielberg’s film, soup where the most challenging thing was to find: 500 BAR DRINKS TILL 11:00 "Schindler’s List.” piece of turnip. & They discussed her story in their native languages: ‘‘People couldn’t survive on it. It was up to b German, Polish and Czech. There was even a little (Emille) to be die main supplier of food. She supplied 3 H X $1.50 PITCHERS TILL 10:00 Spanish and a smattering of English. all the food and medication. The burden of feeding Based on a book by Thomas Keneally, ‘‘Schindler’s these i ,200 fell on her.” List” focuses almost entirely on the efforts of Oskar And she took in other prisoners, besides those who For More Info Call: 76-GLOBE Schindler to save the lives ox nearly 1,200 Jewish pris came to work for her husband oners who formed the work force for his factories. She recalled one day when Oskar Schindler was Emilie Schindler's contributions are largely over away, and a German t rain pulled up outside the factory looked. at Brinnlitz. In 193 9, on the heels of the Nazi invasion of The train commandant told her that he was sup Poland, her husband made his way to Krakow to find posed to deliver 200 Jew's to one of the factories, bst an investment, leaving her behind. Oskar Schindler that no one wanted them. "I have no choice but tob joined the Nazi party and ingratiated himself with Ger - them,” he said. man officers. “I’ll take them,” Emilie Schindler said. “We be PROJECT BELONG In time, he bought an enamel-works factory, previ- factory, and 1 (will) take these people.” oxisly owned by Jews, and staffed it with hundreds of After the war, the Schindlers eventually made the: residents of the Jewish ghetto that the Nazi SS had es way to Switzerland. They could not return to German; tablished. because they were Considered traitors. The only coun SEEKS MENTORS FOR SUMMER AND/OR FALL He profited handsomely. Labor was cheap, and his try that would take them was Argentina, Scheuersaid EARN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND COURSE "The Germans are obsessive hand accounts. Holocaust record-keepers and documented "We’ve got to ^et the survivon ? CREDITS WHILE MENTORING AN AT-RISK YOUTH themselves the murders they were to tell their stories,’ he said. Continued from Page 1 perpetrating,” he said. "The U.S. Krammer gave several examp Army has thousands of pages of of people who risked their lives to The largest number of rescuers, documents and photographs from save the Jews, including a female En Requirements: 1) at least one semester at A&M with minimum 2.0 GPA 3,300, were from Holland, and when they liberated the camps at mail carrier who was tortured bv Aggi 3,200 were from Poland. the end of the war.” the Gestapo for giving ration cards Margan 2) make a 2 semester commitment to BELONG Krammer said many lessons can Krammer said Gen. George S. to Jews and a Swiss border guard contint 3) provide transportation or have access to it be learned from the actions of the Patton was so horrified when he who violated his country’s poky of Texas A rescuers. saw the camps that he had every de denying entry of Jews into Poland. next pi "One obvious need is to prevent tail photographed and recorded be Krammer, who specializesio to see the rise of anti-Semitism,” he said. cause, he said some day people German history, is currently teach formin; "And there is cause for alarm right wouldn’t believe that something tnis ing the history of Nazi Germany Freema now.” horrible could happen. The speech was held in con continv The majority of the at-risk youth in our project are males and Krammer said he is concerned "We must concentrate on educa junction with “Rescuers of the mitmer 60% are minorities. If you would make a good mentor for such with the results of a Roper Poll tion,” he said. “If one-third of Holocaust,” an exhibit currenllf sity pol from last April which indicated Americans are not convinced now, being displayed at the J. Wayne The youth and/or wish to be exposed to multicultural issues, call 21 percent of Americans do not what will the history books say 100 Stark University Center Galleries evident believe the Holocaust ever hap years from now?” in the MSC. deserve the Project BELONG staff at 845-8800 or e-mail us at pened, and 1 1 percent want to Krammer said the best weapon The exhibit will continue farewel postmaster @ ppri. tamu. edu see more evidence. in the fight for education is first through April 30. of Texa ers’ Cli earned spect oi ing the Departi the Ur Barnes said th questic m AGGIE MUSTER has ye’ answer persist! up this Man ty this CAMARADERIE BARBECUE often THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994 • ACADEMIC PLAZA • 10:30 A.M. - 2:30 RM. 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