Vol. XVII No. 11 November, 1962 INFORMATION ISSUED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH REFUGEES IN GREAT BRITAIN 8 FAIRFAX MANSIONS. FINCHLEY RD. (corner Fairfax Rd.). London, N.W.J Office and Consulting Hours: Telephone: MAIda Vale 9096 7 (General Office and Welfare for the Aged) MAIda Vale 4449 (Employment Agency, annually licensed by the L.C.C.. Monday to Thursday ^0 a.m.—l p.m. 3—6 p.m. and Social Services Dept.) Friday 10 a.m.—l p.m.
m THIS FAIR LAND . . . "NOTHING WILL STOP US" Colin Jordan, leader of the National Socialist Movement, with John Tyndall. Ian Kerr-Ritchie AGAINST RACE HATRED Colin Jordan and John Tyndall, leaders of thc and Denis Piric, are being jointly charged with National Socialist Movement ip Britain, against taking part in running Spearhead, an organisation conviction and sentence for using insulting words for training and equipping members for the use ^^t Rev. Bill SargenL initiator of Ihc Yellow in Trafalgar Square on July I. Mr. Scaton had L •'>ovcmcnl. has urged thc Labour Parly and stated that Jews should be able to put up with and display of physical force in promoting a trade unions to take the menace of fascism criticism. Sir Leslie told the large audience that political object. i.!l!' "country very seriously. Fascism in all its he deplored such statements. Jordan told the jury at the Old Bailey fiom he states, poses a threat not only to racial inoi Emphasising thc need for further legislation lo the witness box that if he were sent to prison it "Hties and democracy as a whole but even stop race hatred. Sir Leslie also called upon Jews would not stop him or his organisation. " Nothing particularly to trade unionism and the lo fight back. He said that Jews were not respected •ork will stop us. As long as 1 live I shall light for ^fs' right to strike. when they " crawled " ; they were respected only thc right of my race and nation. I am guilty when they stood up against attacks. IJC '^- Sargent said that Transport Hou.se should of being anti-Jewish because I love my country ^ *'<: a special investigation into British fascism, Dayan M. Steinberg spoke emotionally of his and hale what the Jews have done to il. I am survival from the Nazis and of how his own wife proud of being a National Socialist." •''fliifications. its composition and its sources of and daughter had survived the Bclscn concentra •^lal support, both British and foreign. tion camp. It was with deep pain and indignation Thc National Socialist Movement has issued a new leaflet entitled " The Jewish Threat lo ^ ^'erring to Jordan's statement in court that that one had. today, 16 years after thc end of thc war, to speak about racial discrimination. Thc Freedom." It is described as a follow-up lo the Com ^'^^"^ Square rally was broken up bv " Hitler was Right" pamphlet. Vgl2?'"nists and Yellow Star gangsters," Mr, whole structure of the country and thc peace and ^elS"' ^^"^ "^*' °" •'"'y ' ^'^ alone was " thc security of the people in this island were under- The latest pamphlet says that " because thc tern ^'^"^ gangster" as thc movement started mind by these attacks, which were launched not National Socialist Movement has dared to expose j^ntineously only on that day. But he was not only against Jews, and challenge Jewish control of Britain, thc Jews tj '"^ 'he Square ; he was on thc steps of thc The object of the meeting was also to launch a arc seeking to ban free speech on thc Jewish y'lj) church of St. Martin-in-the-Fic!ds with petition calling upon Parliament to amend thc question by stretching existing laws and intro '• '0\v Star pinned to his cassock. law. ducing new laws to protect them from all criticism, and ban thc National Socialist Move |, chose Ihe Yellow Star as thc symbol because The Board of Deputies' policy of advising ment and any other organisation which opposes «j^ *^.day it was the Jewish community that was (j^*" Y'lified and I wanted to show my'idcntitica- people to keep away from fascist rallies and of the Jews and procure thc imprisonment of its (^ *"h it. 1 decided on that afternoon to be a campaigning for changes in the law. has been leaders." , myself." he recalled. approved by Deputies. Some, however, called It calls on Ihc British people to "defend your this policy " negative ". i].,^ad the British Nazis on that dav held a heritage against this Jewish threat" and urges 1^', yndcr the slogan 'Keep Britain White' and The Chairman of the Board's Defence Com support for the National Socialist Movement " in IJVJ *'''<^C Britain from Jewish Control.' I would mittee. Mr. John Dight. stated thai as a result its fight for thc liberation of our country from llyj^.(.P''obably blackened my face to identify of the violence and subsequent publicity which Jewish control, thc exclusion of coloured (^'t with the vilified coloured people in this have accompanied fascist meetings since July I. immigrants and thc establishment of a new and ''rhi ^' '" which case wc might have had. the menace of fascism has increased not only in greater Britain." ftli„ ^' ^ Black Face Movement instead of the this country but also in Europe and thc American "o* Star." Continent. He therefore urged thc Board to MOSLEY'S ATTITUDE CLARIFIED reiterate its former policy regarding such meet l|ov[;_?f gent, a member of thc Christian Socialist ings and thereby " re-establish thc climate" •' Action ", the organ of Moslcy's Union Move i^ ""lent and a Labour Councillor in Hackney. which hitherto prevailed. ment, in a recent i»sue clarifies its leader's attitude Vj-/°^rcssing a meeting of the Stamford Hill towards British Jews. %rj>^ Ihe Labour Party on the aims and devel- The major proposal of the Defence Commit ^ J^t of thc Yellow Star Movement, tee's report was that the Board should co-operate He states bluntly that many Jews (" out of all with other organisations—Jewish and non-Jewish proportion to thc number in this country ") have J'tiU ^*^"ow Star Movement's nation-wide —in sponsoring the Yellow Star petition request been engaged in attacks on his movement, and •ill t " '" support of Mr. Fenner Brockway's ing Parliament to make public incitmcnt to race adds: " In fact they are coming very near to lcf:°. "lake the public incitement of race hatred hatred a punishable offence. becoming engaged as a community." '"rth offence is being so well supported that ^f petition forms have been printed. While insisting that this does not alter the YOUTH ACTS movement's policy—" we attack no man on ">»itw°'^'''"8 to the Rev. Bill Sargent, joint account of race or religion"—Mosley gives a Wm?"^'' °f 'he movement, thc original 10,000 warning that those Jews who have participated in b«c^ • ?ach providing for 50 signatures, had all Three hundred teenagers from Jewish and non- attack<» on his group " will have to take thc conse toi^j "'stributcd and demands for more were Jewish youth clubs in the Hackney area marched quences ". They would in fact be prosecuted and 1 I "8 m from all parts of Britain. from Ridley Road. Dalston. to Whitehall to punished as soon as Britain had a government Pfn^^'n*^^' ^^^'^^ f^r- Sargent, had come both present a letter to the Prime Minister calling for " which would administer thc law without fear or \ A'" .''^iduals and from organisations, including favour". Furthermore, they would be liable to •a^^u'""Apartheid Movement and various union legislation against incitement to race hatred. deportation as " undesirable foreigners". But f^'Ua • ^^ addressed the National Union of Some of the marchers carried banners, one of Mosley assures the individual Jew who has done ;ti(j ypcn at thc request of its members, and which read: " Did we fight the last war in vain ? " no wrong that " he has nothing to fear from us ". "1 forms were distributed at the meeting. The letter to thc Prime Minister stated: " Action " concludes that " so many Jews attack Ifcil " '00.000 people have already signed thc " Wc. thc members of thc youth clubs in Hack us and go to such extreme lengths of violence" ''lion -^ anti-fascist petition, for which a because " some of Ihe people who incite to these " signatures arc required. ney, sincerely believe that we are faced with thc most important issue of our lives. The Nazi crimes . . . are involved in the vicious and corrupt --gj-r-^^'is Plummer. M.P.. addressing a meeting movement in Britain is beginning once again to practices which the laws of our future system will ^^sor , ''- "^^ South London branches of the rear its ugly head and we remember only too well bring to an end ". " &ri'fi °^ Jewish Ex-Scrvicemen and Women the millions* of men. women and children Mosley is strongly critical of other fascist move H,|y i^'on Synagogue Hall, made a demand not slaughtered in thc last war as a result of thciu ments in this country, and condemns Nazism Hit ,1,'' .3" inquiry into the activities of fascists which, he insists, is " something entirely German also i doctrines. . . . Wc of thc present generation do into the administration of the law. not want a repetition of the pre-war days of the and nothing to do with fascism in any other L F c *^ referred to a recent remark by Mr. 1930s and wc would therefore respectfully pray country ". He describes the mass murder of Jews j • Scaton, the Chairman of the London that a law be passed making incitement to race as " an unforgettable crime against humanity ".— "S. when giving judgment In the appeal of hatred and discrimination an offence." (J.C.) Page X AJR INrORMAIIOS N«« SHADOWS OF THE PAST LAW AND ORDER Ten Judges Mold Oat WORLD-WIDE NAZI LINK-UP MASS TRIALS Ten former Nazi judges ami puh\,c pr According to a report prepared by Dr. Nazi Police and S.S. have so far refused to give up llicir f» in thc German judiciary, Oripinill) i^n Nchemiah Robinson, Director of the Institute of Thc biggest post-war trial of German war Jewish Affairs of the World Jewish Congress, 14 who refused to take advanl.i(c •>! international Nazi organisations have representa criminals before a court in Rhincland-Palatinate law enabling them to retire volunlarJ). •.«• tives in practically every European country, as opened in Coblenz on October 15. Twelve have now retired. well as in thc United States, Australia, South former Nazi police and S.S. oflficers stand trial on It is still a matter for conjecture *t i» Africa and some Latin American and Arab lands. charges of complicity in the mass murder of Jews will happen to thc remaining ten. Sot In recent years, the report states, neo-Nazi and in the East. opinion seems to favour an cxtcnMi'n i-t (»•• antisemitic groups have staged more than twenty One of the main defendants is Georg Heuser, limit for their retirement r;ilhcr th.in rnM««4 ^ international conferences and gatherings to discuss amendment to the constitution so Ihat t^o •••*' and co-ordinate their activities. At least two or head of the Criminal Investigation Department in be discharged. three known conferences take place every year Rhincland-Palatinate until his arrest in 1959. He with " many European capitals acting as hosts, is charged with thc murder of over 30,(X)0 Jews. War Criminals in Police KCMT« mostly involuntarily ". Heuscr commanded a special S.S. unit which, it is "Bild", the mass-circulation iic*«[»ir«» fHO Dr. Robinson named 22 countrics with fascist alleged, murdered thousands of Jews and other lished in Essen, has said that the Wrti t ni»<— groups or individuals active in or connected with Russian civilians. Thc trial is expected to last police force still harbours "a larjic ntimfc«» * # the " Nazi International " : Argentina, Australia, several months and about 200 witnesses have been former Nazi police officers rcsponsililc I.* mn^ Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Finland, asked to testify. lime mass murders in Eastern Europe. France, Holland, Hungary (exiles), Ireland, Italy, A new scandal was beginning to brc»V «•• » Norway. Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Several other trials of German war criminals West Germany, in which " hundreds" M kmmt' South Africa, Syria, Turkey, United States and are due to begin shortly. The Stuttgart Public Nazi killers would be arrested while MUS « West Germany. Prosecutor is continuing investigations against thc office, thc paper stated. Reporting that thc Ku-Klux-Klan " has also former Nazi Minister of Justice, Dr. Schlegcl- " By criminal leniency on the p.irt otf # branched out in foreign countrics ", Dr. Robinson berger, and about two dozen former Attorneys- authorities, there is still a large numbrr .4 |Mlfr listed ten other groups with international con General in connection with the Nazi euthanasia oflicials in oflBce who carry rcsponsibiliia* •• nections. programme. They arc charged with complicity in annihilation actions in the East during lS« mm The W.J.C. survey stated that thc sources of the murder of thousands of people. the newspaper says. " Men who cry out m tOm financial support for these Nazi groups " is sleep because the shadows of million« of t^ shrouded in mystery but there are reports fhat In Wuppertal thc Public Prosecutor has filed an people fall over them, play at being );iaiJh«M» finances are derived at least in part from Nazi indictment against four former Nazi S.S. and thc law by day." secreted loot, but no proof for this contention Gestapo oflRcers charging them with complicity in The paper said that investigalioni m$ exists ". the murder of Jewish and other Russian civilians. hampered because much evidence had t>«» im However, observed Dr. Robinson, the inter Thc trial is expected to open at the end of the fiscated by thc Allies, and only now wai t*»tn national Nazi publication programme, which year. it being handed over to West Germany. It •# embraces more than fifty periodicals and bulletins criticised some provincial authorities in %Ki in various languages, indicates that " there is no Another large war crimes trial by thc West Germany for laxncss in pursuing investigju dearth of funds for the antisemites and pro- German authorities opens in Bonn this month, (J.C.) Nazis ".—O.C.) when 13 former Nazi guards at the Chelmno extermination camp, near Lodz in Poland, face charges connected with the murder of 180.000 LASTENAUSGLEICHSGEStnV. EXTERMINATION OF PINSK GHETTO Jews in a mobile gas-chamber. By October, 1942, Pinsk was the only major Six arc accused of murder, the other seven with Durchfuehningsbcstimmungcn zur Writ*' ghetto in the Ukraine which remained standing. aiding in the murders. Two Israelis, thc only The Jews of the town, numbering 20,000 or survivors of thc camp, will be the key witnesses ucbcr die Hauptcntschacdigung auf Gra* so (they comprised 63.6 per cent of thc popula for the prosecution. Three of the accused served des Lastenausglcichsgcsetzcs tion before the start of the war), had already in the West German police before their retire ment. Another was a driver in the German suffered heavily. Because a member of thc local Die Lastenausgleichsansprucche der Verfoir militia was fired on by Jews and another found labour force attached to the British Army when he was arrested in 1960. dencn Rueckerstattungsanspruechc zustchen, t dead, a special komiitando executed 4,500 durch die II.VO uebcr Ausgleichslcistungcn b Jewish men. women and children. dcm Laslenausglcichsgesetz vom Scplcntbcf Himmler ordered the annihilation of the Killers Hunted 1956 gcregcll worden. remaining Jews and, on October 27. two regiments of German regular police, supported Nach § 3 Abs. 4 dieser VcrordiinR gill by an S.S. cavalry detachment, moved in to do Thc mass murder of Russian Jewish communi Erwerber als unmittelbar Geschaedigter im .V- the job. They moved into thc ghetto in battle ties by the Nazis during the last war is thc des LAG, wenn sich der Rucckerstaiiir order. Grenades were thrown into houses to subject of a series of investigations opened by thc berechtigtc im Verlauf des RucckersUTllu' force thc inhabitants out. Dogs were used to Dortmund Central Agency for the Investigation of verfahrens durch eine Zahlung hat verglcich«» ferret Jews from their hiding places. Nazi Crimes. abfindcn lassen, statt auf Rucckcrstattuni entzogenen Vcrmocgensgcgcnstandes zu bc«u' Thc operation did not take long. When it Inquiries have been initiated into thc case of Was finished 16.200 bodies lay in the execution a special commando unit of " Einsatzgruppe B " Die Erfuellungsbercchtigung bci Abtrciuni ditches outside thc town. which was responsible for the wholesale slaughter Anspruchs auf Hauptcntschacdigung an polir of the Jewish populations in the areas of Slonim. Verfolgte ist in den Durchfuehrungsbcstimmur Borissov, Krupka. Logoisk, Zembin, Smolcvitshe zur Wcisung ucber die Hauptenlschaedi(!U' Death Battalion Men Arrested and Kholoponitshe in 1941. Amtl. Mitteilungsblatt des Bundesausglcichi 1961 S.4I7—gcregelt. Deren Nr.2 b Abs.4 In: Four former officers of the notorious Nazi All surviving former Jewish residents of these Police Battalion 306 have been arrested and areas are asked to contact the Zentralstelle im " Ist in den Rucckcrstattungsfacllcn dci charged with mass crimes against Russian Jewry Lande Nordrhein-Westfalen fOr die Bearbeitung LcistungsDV-LA von der Wiedcrgutmachi and Russian prisoners of war. von nationalsozialistischen Massenverbrechen, kammer entschieden, dass die Lastenausglc They are Josef Kuhr, Heinrich Plantius, Dortmund. Saarbrucckerstrasse 5-9; File No. 45 § Rudolf Eckert and Adolf Petsch. Other oflBcers Js 38/61. ansprucchc nur ei.nem der beiden 7M\\' and men of this battalion are also under sollen, und ist dies derjenige, der nichl investigation by thc Central Agency for the Eigentum an den Wirtschaftsguetern bchaclt Investigation of Nazi Crimes at Ludwigsburg. Brutal Tormentor deshalb nicht als Geschaedigter im Sinnc which announced the arrests. Former Nazi 11 .LeistungsDV-LA gilt, so wcrden abweic' security police officers at Pinsk arc also being The trial of Willi Duscnschoen, former deputy von den sonstigen Abtrctungsfaellcn investigated. commandant of the Fuhlsbuettel concentration According to the chief prosecutor. Battalion 306 camp, who is accused of causing the death of a Abtretungsempfaenger und seine Erben was involved in the extermination of the ghetto Jewish prisoner. Dr. Solmitz, in 1933, began in Erfuellungsberechtigte behandelt. Das g! of Pinsk, Hamburg. gilt, wenn anstelle einer Entscheidunp Other operations carried out by this police Before he hanged himself in the concentration Wiedergutmachungskammer ein mit cm battalion included the mass murder of 3,300 camp. Dr. Solmitz jotted down some notes on a chcnder Rcchtswirkung ausgestattetcr Vcn Jews at Luninec and Lachva in Poland, the piece Of cigarette paper which he hid in his watch. im Sinnc dcr DB zur II.Leistungs-D^ destruction of a near-by village and all its Thc notes were found by his widow now living in vorlicgt, in dem einc derartige Abtr. inhabitants, the shooting of several thousand thc United States. Dr. Solmitr described the most Russian prisoners at Terespol in Russia and the brufal tormentor among the Nazi guards as a vercinbart ist. Die Regelung gill murder of about 2.000 Jews at Drogitshin.— Sturmfuehrer of the S.S. His description fits Aufteilung des Hauptentschaedigungsp (J.C.) Dusenschoen.—(J.C.) entsprechcnd." 'NIOKMAIION Novcmk-r. 1%: Tfii': WOIU.I) WM fjvi': IN PagiB 3 ANGLO-JUDAICA POLAND "l.ldlAN DICI'OUTATIONS CN.D. Appeal lo Ministers MiiltliiiU'k roiitinnnoriili'il lo mS'Ili'^'Mwi'"'''' " '"""'"^•' '"• '1'="""'^"anions The leaders of thc Jewish Group of the Cam ; y.''"*'" I"'"H.' ..Il.'...l.'.l „ ,„,. ,|„i ,„,e|. 1.1' (I r .•Oil, nniiivcnaiy .If ilic Na/i dcpoita- paign for Nuclear Disarmament have sema jJ|M^^^^^_-l .K'ws 1.1 Ihe dnilh camps of liaslcrn message lo all Anglo-Jewish ministerl'together '• '"''' '""'" ll"' I'lllMMlill!.' nf |lu< |.„li,|, w.lh iin appeal for their support. The Message i Some .'.DOO |ew-t, iiu.sl of llieiii former coiiccn- siuned by the Group's Chairman, the Rev S ' KiKl ^MIIl Ihc |i.iiiii'i|mii,iii of (li-li'i-.iiics liiilioii camp iiiiiialcs, inaichal Ihrough thc streets Amia.s, and its Vice-Chairmen, Rabbi H F Rein- Uiisihi jiiiil iciiicM'iiliilivi's fmin hraci, ol Maliiics 111 ihc barracks from which 26,000 hart and Uie Rev. G. Schneider. ' ' iiml MMiio .Ml nilu-i iiiiiiiiiieH. Jews were taken to Auschwitz. Both as an historic witness for peace and the JitHil ( yi.iiikicwic/, the I'lilish I'lime Alter prayers had been recited, Mr. P. Iluistcin, rescue of human life, the Jewish Group of the '•I. wiiH the LIIICI siu-.ikcr at the opening I'lcsident of the Israel Association of l-ormcr Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has a special i-\liiliili(iii ami .if tile Maidanck Museum, Nazi Prisoners, delivered an address. He warned contribution lo make, slates the message. Because iiecliiii; iiiaikcd a " Maiclaiick Month " that the neo-Nazis were raising their heads in of their age-old ideals and because of their tragic inoiat'mg the tliousands of Polish Jews some countries and said Jews had to fight them experience, Jews should appear in the forefront of dims from other countries killed by the by all means.—(J.C.) the religious groups which advocate British uni in the camp. lateral renunciation of nuclear arms. t (ienerals Nicolaij Antipenko and SERVICE IN FRANCE iter Kaliit;in, who coiniiKiiidcd Ihe Russian Representatives of President de Gaulle, the Hitler Posters in Harlow which lilH-ratcd Lublin anil Maidanck French Government and the French Army , icprcsenlcd the Red Army at the meeting. attended a service held at the Great Synagogue Five posters bearing a photograph of Hitler and t'liiiicsc Ambassador came especially in Paris in memory of the 6,000,000 Jews killed headed " Hiller was Right" were torn down by v'arsaw to attend the gathering, as did the by the Nazis. angry non-Jewish residents of Harlow New Town, •adors of Israel, France, Italy, Holland In an address the Chief Rabbi of France, Dr. Essex. ler counlries whose nationals were killed Jacob Kaplan, recalled the sufferings of the The Chairman of the Harlow Jewish Com camp. The executive Council of the martyrs of deportation and warned against a munity said this was the first appearance of fascist Cultural and Social Union in Warsaw revival of Nazism, which was being permitted to literature in the town. There had been no inci irescnled. as was the local Jewish com- raise its head again " in a legal form" in dents directed agaiust Jews. iif Lublin. certain countries of Europe and America. ocial booklet issued on the occasion of The service was broadcast over the French Consecration of Synagogue lick Month ", giving a detailed history of television network.—(J.C.) records that no less Ihan 100,000 Jews The consecration of the South Hampstead from Warsaw, Bialystok and several large District Synagogue. Eton Road. N.W.3. and the Poland were done lo death by the Nazis ITALY induction of ils minister, the Rev. F. Broza, took amp. Visit to Dachau place recently. The Home Secretary, Mr. Henry Brooke, who is also M.P. for Hampstead, attended ugh "Maidanek Month" was organised Signor Antonio Segni, President of the Italian iiigcd lo coincide wilh the opening of the the ceremony together with his wife. Dame Republic, has agreed to lead a group of former Barbara Brooke. and exhibition, as well as the dedica- partisans and concentration camp inmates on a iiumerous memorial tablets in the various visit to Dachau next spring. Mr. Brooke referred to the new synagogue as •., it is intended to be part of a new They will participate in the ceremony at which a " great achievement", staling that a building of ide by Polish Jews, with the co-operation a memorial will be consecrated to Italians, Jews great architectural distinction and, more important, ulhorities, to collect and record all data and non-Jews alike, deported by the Nazis. a new permanent building for the worship of d with the mass extermination of Jews God, had been contributed to Hampsiead. rs on Polish soil. Swastika Incident ipaign has been started to collect funds No Antisemitism in Scotland memorial now in the course of erection Neo-Nazi hoodlums smeared the interior walls •ath camp at Treblinka. Efforts are also enclosing the synagogue in the town of Merano. The Rev. Dr. I. K. Cosgrove. minister of the •de to rewrite the history of some 18,000 Italy, with 14-foot high swastikas. Garnethill Hebrew Congregation, addressing a id execution places where the Nazis put group of Church of Scotland Sunday School millions of Jewish and other victims RUSSIAN JEWS teachers who were visiting the synagogue, said iC years they occupied Poland. Mr. Georgi M. Kornienko, Counsellor at the that Nazism would never take root in the Christian Soviet Embassy in Washington, has stated that a soil of Scotland, the only country in the world Jewish Communities' Club number of Russian Jews are to be allowed to that could honourably boast of being free from antisemitism. Scotsmen and Jews, he said, had ish club to serve the communities in join their families living in other countries. 'formerly Danzig), Gdynia and several very much in common. They both possessed a NEW ZEALAND'S NAZIS blend of idealism, realism and strong individual iller Polish ports along the Baltic coast, ism, and sympathy for the underdog and the opened in Gdansk. A National Socialist Party, claiming over 400 minority. lib. situated in a modern building and members, is reported to exist in Wellington. A iirnished, will be used for lectures and man claiming to be the leader, Mr. A. G. Tennis Club Bars Schoolgirl herings. McKechie, told the local Press that although the rganiscrs intend inviting the Warsaw Party was based on the British pattern, it did not The Birmingham branch of the Council of Idish Theatre to give a number of believe in racial purity or in persecution of the Christians and Jews has been revived. Councillor ices for the growing Jewish eom- Jews. He claimed that the party was formed on Lionel Wood, a local magistrate, told the meeting living in the area.—(J.C.) the instigation of a British party member. of an application he had made on behalf of his JAPANESE CONVERT The parly had 105 basic aims for changes in eleven-year-old daughter to join the Priory Lawn the judicial and social system, McKechie stated, Tennis Club, Edgbaston. The application had : audience attended a meeting at the but was largely interested in the abolition of trade been sponsored by a retired county court judge, •oris Centre in Mexico City, addressed unions. who had told the girl not to be disappointed if .or Abraham Kolsuji, founder-President The Minister of Finance, Mr. Harry Lake, said her application was rejected as he understood she .litute of Hebrew Civilisation in Tokyo at a public meeting that the country believed in was a Jewess. The girl replied: "What has my 'vert to Judaism. the concept of freedom of speech. " If anyone being a Jew to do with it ? " The application •r Kotsuji had been invited to speak by wants to start a Nazi party, let them ", he said. was in fact returned without any explanation. am M. Goldberg, Rabbi of the Polanco Mr. Lake stated that a similar proposition to ban , who had made his acquaintance during the Communist Party had been made some years Tablet to Martyrs hen he was stranded in Japan with a ago, but was dropped for fear it would drive Polish yeshiva students. members underground.^J.C.) A tablet in memory of the six million viciims of Nazism was consecrated by the Rev. S. I. Sus man in the Leicester Synagogue on Yom Kippur. It was donated to the synagogue by a member and his wife whose families were wiped out in the Feuchtwanger (London) Ltd, holocaust. The memorial was designed by Waller Herz and executed by the School of Sculpture of the Bankers Leicester College of Art. BASILDON HOUSE, 7-11, MOORGATE, E.C.2 Anti-Jewish Slogans Telephone: METropolitan 8151 Anti-Jewish slogans were scrawled across newly Re^reumtimgt erected stands for an art exhibition in Leicester. The exhibition was being held in connection with L. FEUCHTWANGER BANK LTD. I F^UCHTWANGER CORPORATION the Trades Union Festival. The scribblings were EL AVIV I JERUSALEM t HAIFA I 60 EAST <2i>4 ST.. NEW YORK. 17. N.Y. accompanied by the injunction " Join the N.S.M." and giving an address in Notting Hill, London. Page 4 AJR INFORMATION November. 19C
Frita Frieillaiider (Melbourne) which, though idealistic, was cntirch imm»iL»t politically. In this work Mcinecke mailc ISM concession: "But it is also a political anil ht torical duty of conscience to pass judgment cm one's own self and on one's own former nk»U FRIEDRICH MEINECKE and to test as far as possible without prejudice ilw new ideals offered to us Germans" (p. "I, English edition). Centenary of His Birth But unfortunately he did not raise Ihe qiic«lM« of whether the teachers at the pre-Hitlcr Gcini** schools and universities might not be held rc»r«>»^ " Sein Gcisi ist zweier Zeitett Sclilacht- His doubts were shared by another eminent his siblc for Ihis political immaturity of the II iV gcbiel " (Conrad Ferdinand Meyer : " Hultens torian of the Bcriin University who had also youth. lelzte Tage ") abandoned his former Conservative point of view, Hans Delbriick. Both men were convinced that a In May, 1917, when Germany's fate was at grave domestic crisis was looming in Germany, The Jewish Question stake during thc First World War, Friedrich unless the excessive privileges of policy-making Meinecke lectured publicly on the idea of German While the fury of Jew-hatred was raginj: m exercised by the ruling classes were curtailed. In Germany. Meinecke was not oblivious of Ihc tut liberty. The large hall of the Prussian Diel in Berlin, during the First World War, a group of Berlin where the lecture look place was crowded, that quite a few of his trusted pupils were JcwuK like-minded progressive intellectuals gathered or of Jewish origin. Among them was a m.ir, ct for the eminent historian commanded the attention around both historians. This circle was in sym of the educated German. genius held by him in thc highest esteem. \ ttni pathy with Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg and Rosenzweig. whose classical monograph. " llcjH As an accomplished philosopher, Meinecke supported his policy, striving for a reasonable und dcr Staat ". was dedicated to Meincckc ««ii subjected the various changes in thc German idea peace and a moderate domestic reform. gave him powerful stimulus for his own rc^c.nik of liberty lo a close psychological analysis, finally It is certainly to Meinecke's credit ih.il N« drawing two remarkable conclusions. Weimar Republic remained loyal lo his Jewish friends and pupiU On the one hand he protested—though not All the more is his statement on thc Jewish cno unreservedly—against the rigid hegemony of the tion in "Die deutsche Katastrophc" open i# Prussian Junkercasle and demanded equal fran When the unfortunate Weimar Republic was doubt: chise for Prussia. Although he conceded that thc forced to fill the vacuum left by the disintegration Junkcrcaste had " rendered unforgettable service of thc Hohenzollcrn empire, Meineckc. although a "The antisemitic movement at thc bcj-mnii!^ lo the construction of our military potential and monarchist at bottom, backed thc German Demo of the 'eighties brought the first flash ol lnM has given us a Bismarck", ho nevertheless cratic Party. Addressing the Berlin students in ning. The Jews, who were inclined indiscicrO* exclaimed: " We in Prussia no longer want lo be 1925, he warned them of the danger of a politically to use the favourable economic situation r<-»» governed by Junkers and students corps!" reactionary romanticism and exhorted them to smiling upon them, had since their full cm.irh,! On thc other hand, he said: " Shall we look accept the new form of German Stale. But his pation aroused resentment of various sorH. lh«t upon the system of parliamentary democracy as speech radiated a cool and rational spirit that contributed much to that gradual dcprciuix^ something which has to be claimed for the liberty disillusioned academic youth. and discrediting of thc liberal world ol ritc»» of thc German nation ? I answer emphatically: Thc product of Ihis period was another that set in after Ihc end of Ihc ninciccmii No!" magnum opus: "Die Idee der Staatsrason in dcr century. The fact that besides Iheir nepali\c tfi neuercn Geschichte" (1924), a profound and disintegrating influence they also achicvcj » great deal that was positive in the ciiltur.il -M Conservative Background striking account of the wicked developments of the idea of power-politics in modern limes. economic life of Germany, was forgotten t-» Thus wc see the deep-rooted contradiction in Meineckc depicts the age-old struggle between the mass of those who now attacked thc d.imir* Friedrich Mcinecke's political thinking. His morals and politics ; how MachiavcUi, a true son, done by thc Jewish character" (p. 15; Frp «* reason told him that a thorough political and of the Renaissance, first formulated thc doctrine edition). social reform of Imperial Germany was necessary, of the use of power regardless of morals ; how II is perfectly true that thc antisemitic mi>\cfn««« but his sentiment prevented his ridding himself his doctrine was attacked in theory, but put ruth of the Stoccker era harbinpered thc calastrop!i» c4 of the impact of thc past and, while pursuing the lessly into practice in the history of modern European Jewry in thc Hillcr era, but Ihc i^* path of modern evolution, he failed to reconcile Europe, and ultimately expanded by German elusion drawn by Mcinccke docs not lake ir** the past with the present. thinkers from Hegel to Trcitschke into a system account that (I) there had not been a full rni»» Meincckc, born on October 30lh, 1862, in the which morally vindicated power-politics. cipation of Ihe Jews in Imperial Gcrnij^» (2) Jewish business men. e.g.. Carl FiirslenN'j. small town of Salzwedel (Altmark), camo from a And Meinccke's personal stand ? On thc one cultured family of Prussian stale officials, and the James Simon, Eduard Arnhold. in reliirn loi '•• hand he warned against thc principles of Machia- favour of an " economic situation smiling nr--* atmosphere in which he grew up was imbued with vcllism, but on the other hand he regretted that a strictly Prussian-Conservative and a more them", donated vast sums of money to ihjf^i there was no German statesman during the First and most valuable art treasures to the publu »»i enlightened Protestant spirit. Thc young World War capable of unscrupulously applying Meinccke received a high-school education in galleries : (3) the bulk of the Jews in Gcrmufi Machiavelli's recipes for Germany's sake. were hard-working and absolutely honc<.l rr.HU'« Berlin, and afterwards studied history and philo For this reason Friedrich Wilhelm Focrster. the sophy at the universities of Berlin and Bonn, He class people ; (4) it was unfair lo burden iSrx apostle of a truly Christian idea of peace, took people with the responsibility for misdcciU i< » then served as an assistant al the Prussian State exception to Meinecke's attitude. Archives, where he acquired his considerable skill limited number of wrongdoers ; (5) nc Jc»«* in research. His first comprehensive work was a^ writer has "contributed to that dcprccialior, »»J masterly biography of the Prussian Field-Marshal' Defying Hitler discrediting of the liberal world of Idc.n ' •• von Boyen (1896-98), which gave him an opening much as Nietzsche did with his merciless alix* for an academic career. After a short time as a Nevertheless. Meinccke stood the test after on David Friedrich Strauss; f6) On Ihc t»'n''»'» Privaldozcnl in Berlin, he was successively Hitler's seizure of power. Under the heading thc Berliner Tagehlatt and Ihc Fruni't.'te' appointed Professor at the universities of Stras " Von Schleicher zu Hitler " he wrote a leader in Zeitung were considered strongholds of ' ••• bourg (1901), Freiburg (1906) and Berlin (1914), the "Berliner Volkszcitung". in which he described liberal world of ideas ' ; and (7) Ihat rn i !»• where he taught until his retirement in 1928. Hindenburg's action in dismissing Reich Chan Jews, but thc Nazis tried lo denigrate tins »..l.c« »••• wrote his first magnum opus, which made his one of their leading historians. Professor Walter of the Jews in Germany against his no les* IMI««# reputation: " Wcltbiirgertum und Nationalstaat- Frank, conceded that, as a scholar and as a view of his fellow-Germans, whom he i.hi»i»V Studien zur Genesis des deutschen National- personality, Meinecke was worthy of the highest with unfaithfulness to Ihc ideals of (iivib<- r^ staales'' (1907). This was not only a brilliant respect, but was out of touch with his time. whom he could not trust unless they re•rw^v<• analysis of the forces that ultimately led to the This Nazi scholar said the right thing for the those ideals again. foundation of the Reich, but was also an equally wrong reasons. Despite his rational concessions Thc octogenarian, weighed down ssilh rrNc'i*. brilliant interpretation of the tensions between to democracy, Meinccke was a conservative- cholia Ihrough the dreadful experience >•< i>* Prussia and the other parts of Germany. minded aristocrat who failed to advocate thc vital Hitler era. declared Ihal he no lonper «K»»»4 But this masterpiece also revealed the extent of co-operation of fhe middle and the working classes Ranke's pious belief in the rightcoiisncss .'t »«• the author's dependency on his Conservative back in the Weimar era. It was on the same grounds lory, and associated himself with J^nt'l- li>'.» ground for. apart from occasional glances at that he also rejected thc Third Reich, afraid of a hardt's pessimistic outlook on human :i(I..ir. champions of the Liberal or Democratic ideology, possible mob rule by S.S. thugs. While thc But deprived of his credo, he still sina ir »U the author's attention was mainly focused on Weimar democracy promised to embody the principle of personal freedom : thcrcfi>re m l*^ changes in thc Conservative ideology from the potentiality of the mass era, and the Nazi dictator he left the Berlin University for the nr* »«• end of the eighteenth century up to modern ship expressed its evil spirit. Mcinecke's hereditary Berlin University; he became thc hist tf»t. • •# times. Prussianism reacted lo both with a sense of dis this "Free University", where nii msMi w •.» comfort Despite his leanings to Conservatism and his the study of history was named after him loyalty towards the Hohenzollern dynasty, How, in his opinion, did Hitler get to the When he died on February 6th. I9.<4. at I^« t^ Meineckc increasingly became a prey to doubt helm ? In his book " Die deutsche Katastrophc " of 91. he was acknowledged lo be one H 4m as he experienced the blunders of Kaiser Wilhelm (1946) Meinecke stated that Hitler succeeded greatest historians and thinkers in Ihe ftrt* «4 i' II's amateurish, arbitrary and autocratic policy. through the support of a strong youth movement history of this century. ORMAIION November. 1962 Page 5
STORY OF A GREAT OPERA HOUSE HESEARCH ON CATASTROPHE New York's Metropolitan shares with London's i Covent Garden the most prominent place among the opera houses of the Anglo-Saxon world. Two Volumes by Yad Vashem Covent Garden can, of course, look back on a much longer history, but, otherwise, the develop ment of the two houses shows many features which they have in common and in which they *^ admitted at thc outset that there is volumes might have enabled a belter internal differ from their opposite numbers on the Euro !» incongruous, unfeeling even, in the balance to be achieved. None the less, nothing pean Continent. [•"crial from thc Catastrophe as a source must be said Ihat will diminish thc value of these two books as history of a high order and as Even now. first-class oper^ilic performances in !'•""• Is the account of a march of death, testimony lo the validily of the historical method. Britain and the U.S.A. are still limited to a few ''"led resistance movement, of an extcr- The supremacy of history as Ihe conscience and places, with the unfortunate result that acquain I <^amp or even of the emigration policy record of humanity is triumphantly vindicated. tance with the standard works is far less wide 'trnian Foreign Office lo be treated as a In such a case there is no distinction between spread than in many Continental countries. truth and the needs of history. ft for research ? Can the traditional It is certainly worth while following the '[y of the historian or research worker— Amongst the more historically orientated con- development of the Metropolitan Opera from its 'y of the Jewish historian—'be reconciled trihutions a noteworthy example is Azriel beginnings in 1883 to the present day, as told in Shohal's study entitled "The Beginnings of anti an intelligent little book by Artur Holde.* From luJicial oiaminalion of such material ? semitism in independent Lithuania". This rather primitive conditions—except for the engage ^ person be free from emotional pre- examines the implications for Lithuanian Jewry ment of some famous stars—the Metropolitan '"^ of a type Ihat will distort his of its position in the triangular struggle during soared to great heights, notably at a period before the First World War between Jews, the German the First World War when both Mahler and occupation forces and the Lithuanian nationalists. Toscanini acted as chief conductors (alas, not in It is curious and interesting lo note that despite personal harmony!). It is not surprising that the llislorical Validily the policy of Ihe Russian Government, Russian institute also had its share of critical times, when Jewry, by and large, still saw its future linked it had to struggle against competing enterprises luestions such as these two volumes of with the maintenance of the integrity of. the and financial odds. But the support of the city's ^"Wished by Yad Vashem Martyrs and Tsarist Empire. What the Jews feared, should wealthy ilite, together with the devotion of 'emorial Authority (Jerusalem), give by the Russian Empire disintegrate, was the frac- managing directors and artists, succeeded in over [^ •iix affirmative answer. Inevitably, tionalisation of Russian Jewry with consequent coming all obstacles. 1^* twenty writers have contributed to jeopardy lo Jewish cultural life through pressure i Volumes, there is some unevenness of from the national cultures of the liberated The list of famous names associated with the and a varying level of competence. peoples. This point of view also gained Metropolitan includes a large number of Jews I * is a ceriain lack of balance inside strength from the theories of Ahad Ha'am. from Europe: from Leopold Damrosch and his I "le. Volume II is largely concerned Furthermore, from the economic standpoint it son, Walter, to the present Director, Rudolf Bing fpcal questions—antisemitism in inde- was considered advantageous Ihat the existing (who had gained his experience in Glyndebourne ^'•huania, the German Foreign Oflice political entity be retained. "It could be fore and Edinburgh before taking over in New York). . 'sicstine question, Jews in occupied seen Ihat in the national States to be established," There are few operatic stars who have not at one I Jjolume 111, on the other hand, has Shohat writes, " the economic pressure of the time or the other appeared at the Metropolitan. |,,"-"t are more theoretical, technical and non-Jewish majority against the Jewish minority The readers* pleasure in finding so many familiar ' Vy in nature. They deal with proh- would be constantly increasinfi, resulting finally names in thc course of the story is enhanced by J^search, of the rise of modern anti- in its displacement of the Jews from their many pages of excellent illustrations. ij''^*ish archives in occupied Poland, Ihe economic positions." Thus the platform of Ihc H. W. FREYHAN. -^ interview and the special problem Vilna Kuliur Verein in which, apart from the I* i.nto the position of wartime Russian Bund, all the Jewish democratic elements were * .\. Holdc : Melropolllan Opera Honse, New Yofk: '^ judicious intermingling of the two represented, included the following ilem: "In Die Ceschlctate eines Muslktenlnimv. Rembrandt Verltc, consideration of the vital interests of our area, Ucrlin 1961. DM. 5.80. it is imperative that Lithuania be an integral part of Russia,"
Jewish Resistance THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS Another point arouses interest rather through BRITISH SECTION ckermans ils absence than its presence—it concerns the question of Jewish resistance. Almost the only announces reference lo this subject is thc account of Ihe underground archives of the Bialystok Ghetto with its enthralling story of Jewish counter THE 7th NOAH BAROU Chocolates attacks. Yet there is also here a valuable theo retical article by Bernard Mark discussing what MEMORIAL LECTURE De Luxe may be termed the sociololgy of thc Jewish resistance movement. When and why and under whose auspices did it best flower ? These are MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 7.4.5 p.„i. '**AUTIFULLY the sort of methodological questions lo which Mark addresses himself. There can be no doubt JfSlGNED that one of the most valuable aspects of this GUSTAVE TUCK THEATRE, ^RNTATION contribution are the questions it provokes—for University 'College. Gower Street, W.C.\ "OXES there is no gainsaying Ihe fact that the predomi nant impression of the Catastrophe is of the Jews as passive sufferers. But what form did Jewish resistance take ? This is as yet a less well when ^.^fZIPAN documented au'd relatively neglected aspect of the '^^OAUTIES Catastrophe. It would not be the least of the Yad Wasltem if it were to devote special attention DR. GEORGE WEIS . to this problem. " You must not die an abject (General Secreiary of the Austrian ^^^KUCHEN death." declared a manifesto from the Bialystok Assistance Fund) Ghetto. To what extent was this commandment heeded ? will speak on LIONEL KOCHAN. '• "^RNSINGTON CHURCH CT.. "THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF LONDON. W.8 THE RESTITUTION PROBLEM" WES. 4359 and DR. S. J. ROTH Wir kaufan Einzclwarka, Bibliolhakan, {E.xecutive Director, World Jewish Congress '• GOLDHURST TERRACE, European Division) Aulographan und moderna Graphik '^NCHLEY ROAD. N.W.6 In the Chair MAI 2742 Diraktor: Dr. Josaph Suichilzky Admission Free All Welcome 38a BOUNDARY RO., LONDON. N.W.S Talaohon* MAI. 3030 ^ Page 6 AJR INFORMATION November, 1962
Paul Wohlfarth HEAVEN AND HELL IN THE GHETTO Ever since Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote " Gimpcl thc Fool" and the unforgettable " Magician of Lublin ", he has won wide acclaim as thc most TWO JEWISH NATURALISTS important Yiddish writer of our time. And his new book, "Thc Spinoza of Market Street",* a collection of magnificent short stories, fully justi The contributions of thc Jews lo science are appeared between 1782-1784, followed by his fies this fame. manifold and widely appreciated ; but one field " Naturgcschichtc auslaendischer Fischc" in of research seems to be rather neglected by them, 1785-1795. The whole work, "Allgcmcine Singer brings Ihe colourful world of Eastern the Natural Sciences. That scholars in Zoology Naturgeschichte der Fische", comprising twelve Judaism to America—in all its religious intensity, and Botany, however, have Jews among their volumes, is thc fundamental ichthyological book all its heroic faith—and all its weird superstitions. learned ranks may be shown by a short apprecia of the eighteenth century, illustrated with 432 He reveals the everlasting battle between the old tion of the " Fischbloch" and the magnificent coloured plates, one for each species, and the new; he knows full well that some of " Pflanzcncohn ". captfoned in Latin. German, French, and English. the old has to go lo make way for Ihc new (as In the beginning, Bloch paid thc production costs Schiller knew before him). In fact, he portrays Marcus Elieser Bloch was born in Ansbach, of the book, but for subsequent volumes he could all thc doubters and heretics no less lovingly and Franconia, in 1723. His parents were so poor not afford the high expenditure involved. His effectively than Ihe childlike believers, the that they could not afford to give him a proper first work, however, had already roused general righteous souls who still cling to the ancient education, and even as an adolescent he could tradition, the heritage of their ancestors. So the not speak German fluently. But apparently he interest, and wealthy enthusiasts regarded il as a had some knowledge of Hebrew, for when he national duly to assisi him in finishing thc enter learned Dr. Fishelson studies Spinoza's " Ethics " was 18 years old. he went to Hamburg as prise. Even noblemen and princes took part in instead of Ihe Talmud ; and the child prodigy of tutor to the children of a Jewish surgeon, where the undertaking, each paying for a plate. Plate thc Warsaw Ghetto, Shloimelc, becomes a disciple he soon mastered the German language and 351. for instance, dealing wilh the Triglc of the False Messiah, Sabbalai Zvi, who, in the started leaming Latin. Influenced probably by Volitans (Flicgcnder Seehahn, Arondel de Mcr, eve of his life, forsook the faith of his fathers, the profession of his employer, his interest in Flvin-c Fish) carries this caption: " Gcstochcn and became a Moslem. According to Sabbatai, our anatomy was roused, and before long he left auf Kosfen des Malteser Ordens Agenten Herrn world is destined to become completely unclean Hamburg for Beriin to study medicine. In 1747 von Cobrcs in Augsburg". That an ordinary before it can become completely clean and worthy he obtained his degree in Frankfurt (Oder)— Jewish doctor of thc eighteenth century met with of the Messiah. So Shioimele, too, does not there was no university in Berlin in the eighteenth- so much appreciation in Germany cannot fail to distinguish between good and evil: he destroys century—and settled in Berlin as a general surprise us. his young wife—and with her thc entire Jewish practitioner. Thirty-five years passed before his community of his hometown. name as a doctor became known. He published Research in Ichthyology However, alongside of these extremes there arc only two medical papers. " Medizinische in the chetto the pure, childlike believers like Bemerkungen. Nebst eincr Abhandlung vom Mosheh and his Mindele, who moved to the lown Research in the field of ichthyology underwent tjccause " thc beggar said so". They are des Pyrmonfer Sauerbrunnen" (1772) and, for a many changes in the course of time, but Bloch's competition of the Academy of Sciences in work did not become obsolete; ils clear and tined to save Ihc poor house and all its inhabi Copenhagen, "Abhandlung von der Erregung der factual descriptions and beautiful plates main tants from a fire and so become benefactors of EingeweidewUrmcr und dcr Mittel wider tained ils popularity, Lavaux translated die their new community. In gratitude for th's dieselbcn" (Bcriin, 1782 and Strassburg, 1788). " Allgemeinc Naturgcschichtc der Fische" into miracle they save hard-earned pennies and have In the latter, he contended thc hereditary origin French. When Marcus Bloch died in 1799, he a new Sefer Torah written, which is crowned of these worms. His writings, however, would left a large incomplete work "Systema Ichthyo- like a bride and triumphantly welcomed by thc be forgotten today had not his interest turned logiae Iconibus CX Illustratum" which was entire congregation—in memory of the beggar to a different sphere. Yet it was by chance that published by G. Schneider in Berlin in 1801. who had led them here and who may well have his attention was led to the study of ichthyology, been one of the Thirty-six (Lamed Vavniks) for and he devoted the remainder of his life lo When, a century later, another Jewish Natura whose sake alone the world is beinj kept alive. research in this field. list, Ferdinand Julius Cohn. won fame in Germany, times had greatly changed. He had B.B-S. Bloch's predecessor was thc great botanist Carl no financial worries and no external hindrances * I Trip to Vienna: Neither Hitler nor war and Gertrud Kurz : Swiss " Mother of Refugees " occupation could touch the beauty of Vienna and its surroundings. Only Kaerntnerslrasse, once Vienna's Bond Street, looks vulgar and cheap now ; there is even a department store not far I Wth September. 1942, there was a heated Swiss Refugee Aid Society and rescued Jews from from Stone & Blyth in that street. Hotel K,'." 'he Swiss National ,'\s.sembly on thc refu- Hitler's power. Their actions outshine many dark IJ'<^y of the Swiss authorities. What was the patches in the Swiss refugee policy, where it was Imperial, for a long time the headquarters of thc governed by a petty police spirit. On the occasion Russians, is completely Americanised and has j " that led lo this momentous discussion in changed beyond recognition; only the famous ahl!'" ''"^ princip.il pl.ilform of the country ? of these days of remembrance, however, we want specially to think of a woman on whom the Sacher has kept ils atmosphere and serves the I thoiigi, Hitler's armies once more opened best food in town. Demel may still have the best IJ offeii.\|\es in the summer of 1942. pushing refugees in Switzeriand have bestowed the honour able title of " mother of the refugees", whose hors d'ceuvres but you have to fight with the (A'° ''^'•" <^ aucasus and the last chains of tourists for a table or for food. What's left of lore the Nile Valley, it became apparent forceful eloquence, free of all political slant and I *y no longer had the strength to force a relying only on humanity, succeeded in penetrat the Bohemians meets in the Caf^ Hawelka ; and ,| .''"'I that the National Socialist power had ing decisively the conscience of Federal Council where the refugee night-club Sonjas (Wronkow) ||,"s Zenith. And so there followed a few lor von Sleiger, Dr. Rothmund's chief: Frau Plueschsofa used to be before 1938, there is a ,^ lifter iho defeats at El Alamein, the Allied Gerlrud Kurz, cabaret, Marietta, run by G. Bronner, who sur ,' 11 North Africa and the collapse al vived the war in England.—Karl Farkas still ,^?"- It was not difticull to foresee that draws the crowds to Simpl wilh his jokes.—In a L'lv "^' Socialists would once more revenge Visits to Dr. Kurz few days Theater an der Wien will open again.— *ss for the threatening catastrophes on Helmut Qualtinger, who started in cabaret, is I 'their opponents as were defenceless, Since that lime the world knows what she appearing al the Volkstheater in Nestroy's "Eine the Jews, and that the antisemitic per- achieved, both then, before and since. Today Wohnung zu vermielen", adapted by Hans '.,^ in Hitler's sphere of influence would she is decorated with the title of Dr. h.c, con Weigel. who is also dramatic critic of Kronen "* n<--w peak. ferred on her for the part she played in refugee zeitung. i'|,'"''y as summer 1942, therefore, the stream work. Being a modest person, she does not make much fuss about it. We visited her recently at Milestones: Maria Jeritza, born in Bruenn and *'ss increased into every country within a member of Vienna's Stale Opera in the 'twenties, 'l Was on Switzerland particular y, lying her place of work, the Refugee Secretarial of the Christian Service of Peace in Dittlingerstrasse, celebrated her 75th birthday. She emigrated to the i"^.'dst of Central Europe and Hitler's area States and returned in the early 'fifties to sing ."'ciion, that the refugees fixed their gaze. Bern, where thousands of refugees appeared before her, giving details of their need ; scarcely " Tosca" again.—The age of 70 has been , '^s authorities who had admitted many reached by Luis Trienker, who starred in "s of refugees up till then, partly granting one left her without having obtained comfort, advice and help. many German mountaineering films ; Willi Birgel, .,'''n:ineiii :isyltim and partly assisting Iherr born in Cologne, who was discovered for the ^ further journey to countries overseas, " Our refugee work, that is, the work done by screen by Ufa ; and Bruno Manuel, the journalist ,i °, f"-'c' anxiety in view of the swelling the Christian Service of Peace", she tells us, who started with Ullsleins and became literary I 5°' refugees. The then Director of the " began in 1938 after the Kristallnacht in editor of " Sluttgarter Zeitung " after his return I 01^^''°" °f 'be Swiss Department of Justice Germany, and it has never ceased since from the Stales until his retirement.—Professor I |/"je. and Head of the Police Section deal- then. From 1938 on we took care of the Jews Fritz Pringsheim, expert of Roman and German (j 'ne Affairs of Foreigners, Dr. Rothmund, who had fled to Switzerland; after the war law in Freiburg, who survived the Hillcr rdgime j .f °ne day that refugees arriving at the there came the " displaced persons," the in England, has on his 80lh birthday received the |.™?'s to demand asylum should be turned refugees from the most diverse countries in the Star of the Great Cross of Merit. |i5j "I? cold siale-inspired logic he had not east; in 1956 the Hungarians, and in recent ',om*"h the conscience of the Swiss nation. years the Algerians. Sometimes refugees come Germany: Ernst Deutsch, who was awarded Iir,... ."ot swallow this break with Ihe besl even from Hong Kong, old folk who have no the Kainz-Medaille in Vienna, will direct Wesker's I Q '!''.'ons of the right of sanctuary, and in relatives left and who are cared for by us in " I'm Speaking about Jerusalem" in Berlin.— Pinion the law of humanity stood higher. Homes. We negotiate with domestic and Peter Zadek successfully produced Osborne's J, at articles in the Press, written by Her- foreign authorities and succeed again and again " Luther " in Bremen.—William Dieterle will pro .?ocschenstein in the Basle " National- in obtaining entry permits, in helping tormented duce Bruckner's " irdenes Waegelchen " and also '"id by ourselves in Ihc Heme and people lo find rest and peace. Of course, the Hauptmann's " Gabriel Schillings Fluchl " on TV. musses of Jews fleeing from Hitler's domain Out"ewspapers . a terrific storm of protest —Blanche Aubry, Hilde Sessak and Dorothea 1 dp'P'"^' 'be inhuman decrees of the Police demanded more effort in the purely quantitative Wieck apF>ear in a revival of Paul Burkhardl's baling with the Affairs of Foreigners. sense than the later work. But at the time we " Feuerwerk " in Duesseldorf,—Blandine Ebinger also found manv helpers who worked with us and Elisabeth von Molo are in "Die lieben kleinen day and night to alleviate the lot of the refugees." Dingerchen", adapted by Beate von Molo al i Protests Pour In We soon become aware that Dr. Gerlrud Kurz Munich's Theaier unler den Arkaden. does not much like talking about her refugee j'"'I^ enough to fill laundry-baskets arrived work. She helps, she wants lo go on helping, Obituary: Jakob Hegner, the 80-year-old 1 ijj apartment of Justice; the parlies, the publisher, who commenced in Hellerau and sur but she does not want to talk about it. Only vived Hitler and the war in London, has died in cl' 'be citizens in every canton and of when there was a chance to speak of the in t? ''aised their voices ; questions were Lugano.—Ludwig Manfred Lommel, the once- multifarious material and spiritual needs of the well-known radio comedian of " Welle Runxen- le p^'i'iamenl and the Swiss Central Otfice refugees did she become talkative; when it was t ]n5i'^f of Refugees succeeded on 24th dorf ", died in Bad Nauheim al the age of 71.— a case of wresting papers from the authorities or Hanns Eisler, who arranged the scores for many 'lis f • '" forcing Dr. Rothmund lo with- raising money for refugee work, she was the c I 'led oi'ders. The parliamentary debate films and was connected with Brechl, has died in tireless advocate of the hunted and the persecuted. East Berlin at the age of 64. He wrote the East ^ant ?''°^^ 'ben put an end lo this What is the secret of the sheer inexhaustible I Of , '^napler in Swiss policy regarding the German national anthem after his return from C strength, with which she tackled and still tackles the Slates, where he survived the Nazis. 'v '^y'um. which had after all probably her work afresh every day for her " children" l''n 1 ""ndred refugees their lives after (hey the refugees ? She is not driven by reflections I- lh« ."^'•ned back at the frontier and hunted Netvs from Everyivhere: Julius Gellner, the ih i|s ,^'?'b . camps. In reply to the flimsy or principles; no, il is simply love Ihat fills her, love new artistic director of Israel's Habimah, will of the refugees and, arising from it, a very deep open with Piscalor's adaptation of " War and re Wa, justify Rothmund's refugee policy the understanding of their situation. But this love, id i estt ^^'"'' °*' Nationalral Albert Deri, the Peace".—Maarika Roekk will star in Paul which she has radiated now for almost a quarter Abraham's " Ball im Savoy" at Vienna's lo I Ho "'^'^ pioneer of liberalism in Swilzer- of a century, has returned a thousandfold in I "iat (T^'Poved the doubts of those who Raimund-Thealer.—The German TV production I iigj ' Switzerland could not feed the masses the form of innumerable letters from far and of " Hamlet", starring Maximilian Schell and 'loiin^ ' l'^ declared that Switzerland could near, little presents and also sizeable sums placed London's Wanda Rotha, will be shown at thc I renf^ its highest human right, even al the later at her disposal by former refugees for the Film Festival at San Francisco this month.— ^.f^ ';! detriment to its future al .some time continuance of her work. Her room is often An exhibition of the work of Otto Haas-Heye. I' ha''"'' further restrictions. Events proved quite full of flowers, especially around " Mothers' who died in 19.59 at the age of 80, will be held Day." About these flowers the Swiss " refugees' in Mannheim.—Fritz Schulz received high praise ' fcnf •''"'^ brilliantly right. The doors of mother" can tell many a tale; each spray has a for his performance in Peter Ustinov's "Photo I lan.i'^'"^'' °^" '"'"d at the end of the war different, and often very sad history, but all express Finish" at Zurich's Schauspielhaus, directed by br p^^s sheltering not 10,000 refugees, the love and thanks of her "refugee children" in Otto Taussig.—Walter Slezak has written his I '. • Rothmund regarded as too many, but Switzeriand and many other countries today. autobiography. "When Does the Next Swan And nobody in Switzerland went For anyone who has met this woman even once Leave ? ", to be published by Doubleday in New ij| •^wilzerland was able to evolve a retains a vivid memory of her. Lel us never York.—Heinz Herald has become adviser for .reiugee policy during the last war forget her self-sacrificing work for decades for ''inn^'' '"'"° ^ number of refugees American and English plays at Munich's Kammer '''Oris '"^. ^"^ Theresiensladt, after difl^icult the Jewish refugees from Germany and Central spiele.—MaHene Dietrich appeared in a charity ' ^ave *il"^ -^^ National Socialists, she was Europe, though 20 years or more have elapsed concert in Duesseldorf; her performance will be i^s o ^^ 'iv" of many thousands. Kunz. since then. Time passes; the work of love televised in Germany next year. 'Hd r^"^"' in Budapest, the refugee parson remains. many others rendered services to the WALTER GYSSLING. PEM —'I Page 8 AJR INFORMATION November. \<^'l Rahhi Egon Loctveiislein (Saitliago) Paz a community meeting in thc synagog,* was arranged for the last evening of my .sia\ 1 aiso visited the beautiful Jewish sch(Hy forming a federation called " Centra ", iv/i;c/i has its headquarters in Montevideo (Uruguay) and which is alio affiliated The main problem of this community is it* lo the "Council of Jews from Germany". It is one of ihe tasks of "Centra" lo assist lack of stability. It is, for example, very dilli- the smaller and more isolated communities in llteir .social, cultural, and educational work. cull lo solve the youth problem here, since In the following article, which we publish by kind permission of " Boletin Informativo" most of the young people leave the town when (Santiago), Rabbi Loeweiistein reports un the visit he recently paid on behalf of " Centra " they finish school. They resume their studies lo Lima, La Paz, and Cochabamba. in other countries, and many draw their parcnii after them as a matter of course. I do not Lima 1875, not a single one belongs today lo thc know whether the statement of one of the Jewish community. They have completely community members is true : "There are only I did not expect lo be met by a delegation assimilitatcd in this land and have merged with two groups of people here. One group is .so at night-time in Lima and was agreeably sur their surroundings. rich that it cannot break away, and the other prised. I was taken to a new Home for the so poor that it cannot think of emigrating ". Aged, which had been oflficially dedicated Such may be the fate of every Jewish com only the previous week. For three days I lived munity in this continent. We hope that in However this may be, il is very dilficult under in Ihis magnificent building, where for thc time our day, at a time when Medinath Israel gives these circumstances for Jewish life lo maintain being only two persons and the wardens were us all new vigour, this will no longer be pos itself. But ways and means are being sought housed. Fine, roomy bedrooms, large, public sible. But it is a tragic warning. lo advance the community and bring the young rooms, wilh television, and a most amiable There arc many signs of -an alive Jewish people up as Jews. Teachers and youth leaders couple who manage the Home make it a community in Peru today. Three separate con are being sought. Gratifying are the relation pleasant place for the inmates. On Friday gregations : " Union Israelita ", " Sociedad de ships between the various sectors of thc morning Ihe rabbi of the community, Dr. Gold Beneficencia Sefaradi ", and the " Sociedad de Yischuv. The day may not be fair off when stein, showed me thc Jewish school, Le6n Beneficcncia IsraeJita de 1870", thc latter an Einheitsgemeinde will exist in La Paz. It Pinelli—a group of modern buildings with having since then been taken over by Jews is also interesting to hear of the excellent rela bright, airy classrooms. After thc headmaster from Germany, are all combined in thc tionships with the Bolivian authorities, which had spoken a few words of greeting I had an " Asocacion de Sociedades Israclitas del Peru ". are chiefly due lo thc cleverness of Rabbi opportunity to deliver greetings from our Of course, there arc also Zionist institutions, Friedlaender. Clialuz youth organisations, B'nai B'rith, etc. young people to the children who had, in the Cochabamba meantime, assembled in the courtyard. But my most delightful surprise was my visit to the " Hebraica " Sports Ground, which is In Ihe evening during a well-attended ser I continued my journey on Friday morning a pleasant proof of the willing sacrifices of lo Cochabamba. a small lown in lovely sur vice. I was able to address the community. At such a small community. the ensuing Oneg Shabbat I spoke on thc sub roundings. The community there had arranged ject 'The Future of Latin-American Jewry." In the afternoon I chatted with young people a full programme : Divine service, a consulta On that Sabbath I got to know thc problems about their .local problems. Wc arranged that tion with the committee, Makkabi, Home for of the community. The rabbi lold me about two young people should take part in the the Aged, and, finally, a Chanukka Festival his extensive work, and I had a chance to " Centra " course for youth leaders, which is lo in thc B'nai B'rilh Lodge. At " Centra " con- admire the artistic talents which enable him take place this year in Teresopojis (Brazil). It gresvcs the Cochabamba community had to organise and run festivals and informal is hoped Ihat these young people will be able always been held up as an example of a gatherings for the children. At a special Board on their return to form a new youth organisa Yi.schuv which endeavoured lo maintain Jewish meeting in the afternoon questions of concern tion in Lima. It is also hoped that a group life. 1 found this to be fully confirmed. to the community were discussed, and the of young married couples—Spanish-speaking— Recently the two sectors have merged in an " Centra " is expected to assist in their solu may be resuscitated and take an active part Einheitsgeiiieinde and work together in pleasant tion. Here, too, as at other .places, the central in this youth work harmony. In the synagogue, one of the most problem is that of youth. There are not enough beautiful I saw on my travels, there was a La Paz suitable people to organise and lead them. solemn service on Sabbath, with a good Chazan, whom the community had brought On Sunday morning 1 drove with Ihe Presi It is now clear to me why so many emigrated over from Israel. In the Makkabi I was jwesent dent of the community to the Jewish cemetery. from Bolivia. I was not very much upset by at a very attractive performance by children Here was the most vivid experience of the the altitude of 3,600 metres, but I did realise from the kindergarlen, representing the festivals whole journey. In the entrance hall to the that it is not easy to Jive in such a rare atmo of the Jewish year. But the most important cemetery I was shown a marble tablet, with sphere. Everyone 1 met took a great interest problem of this community is again that of the following inscription : "The foundation- in my slate of health. continuous emigration. There is need for a stone was laid on 20th March, 1875—22nd The aspect presented by La Paz differs very Jewish teacher and a youth leader. The com Adar Schaine 5635, by the President. The site considerably from that of the towns one had mittee is trying to start a Jewish school, since of this cemetery was presented by Herr Meiggs got used to in Chile. Here the indigenous the existing schools are either inadequate or to the Jewish Welfare Society. At this time element predominates. Moving is not easy. under non-Jewish religious influence. Thc tbe committee consisted of . . .": here follow Building activity is comparatively limited and demands for help were very outspoken. four names, and after them continue Ihe names there are inany miserable houses. Relatively of the persons who contributed to Ihe construc We have become accustomed to fix our atten few green spaces are to be seen, either in the tion on the big centres of Jewish life in South tion of thc Jewish place of burial—86 family city or the surroundings. A five-minute drive names Out of this total of 90 famihes who America. However, on this continent there into the surrounding country is sufficient to were members of the "Sociedad de Bene- are many communities like Lima, La Paz, and ficcncia Israelita de 1860" in Lima in Ihe year bring one to the wildly romantic sand desert. Cochabamba. If Yischuvim there are not lo It reminds us of thc road from Bccr-Schcba lo S'doiTi by the Dead Sea, or of a landscape on Ihe moon. Gorta Radiovisioii I had an opportunity lo make Ihe acquain EXPERIENCED ADMINISTRATOR tance of thc Federacion Sionista, the Instilule Service Boliviano-Israeli, etc. Problems were discussed WANTED (Member R.T.R.A,) wilh the community, and to give me a chance For thc newly built Jewish Hospital in to become accustomed to the altitude of La Hamburg (216 beds). 13, Frognal Parade, suffer the fate of the "Sociedad Israelila de Applicants must be thoroughly familiar Finchley Road, N.W.3 Beneficencia de 1870" we shall have to set with all branches of institutional SALES REPAIRS about a large-scale organisation of Jewish life administration including bookkeeping. •vvith energy. For this we need a long-term Salary according to official scale. All Leading Makes Supplied programme in our education policy. Refrigerators, Washing-Machines Stocked Applications, with full particulars, to: In the past Ihe only trace left by one com ,Mr. Gort wili always be pleased lo munity was the "key of the cemetery". Wc Kuratorium des Israelitischen advise you. are now searching for Ihe key to thc future Krankcnhauscs in Hamburg, (HAM. 8635) of Latin-American Jewry. Hamburg 20, Orchidccnstcig 14. Alll INIIiKMAIlON NOVI'IIIIMT, I'lii.' KAIIIII DM, .1, M IIIMHiK OBITUARY III. Insrjih Sfliiiiillri, ( liii-f Kiilihl nl S/cucil, lliiiiiiiiiy. Iiim IIIIMI III IIIH ii|ir nl >l I Mil' ltiii iHii' III! llm ||iiii|^iiiliiii Irwhli iiiiiiiiiiiillly, wliii'ii' vi Rabbi Ur. S. Neufeld (Tel Aviv) Before thc Holocaust Again, shortly before the collapse, there •*• • ceremony in which I was able by chance in p»."u«» pate personally. On Sunday in thc t lu» THE HEIDEREUTERGASSE Week. 1937, a new Torah scroll, presented H well-known Berlin wine merchant, Samuel hard, was dedicated. In their addrc.s.»<-» «• Berlin rabbis, Freicr and Freimann. and ihr .•• The name is curious and known only to thc Gollnowstrasse may be mentioned as a particularly scrvalivc Board member of thc Berlin conim-j<.»» very few. It conjures up a dreamy alley in well-known example. A few reformed Betstaettcn Adolf Schoyer, strcs.sed the sacredncss o( ««• Franconia or Swabia, but it actually is an almost were also established, but most of them soon Torah. but at thc same time mentioned lh»! nm unknown street in the metropolis of Berlin, today ceased to exist. However, a second synagogue donor's father was a native of Eisensladi jr>J % LOOK SPECIALLY SLIM WORLD-WIDE T RAVEL Through BARON TRAVEL COMPANY 15. EDGWAREBURY GARDENS. EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX Tel. : STOnegrove 5019 - 8626 Cables : TRANSBARON, EDGWARE PROPRIETOR : J. G. 1. BARON. M.T.A.l. ALWAYS AT YOUR PERSONAL SERVICE MEMBER or TRAVEL TRADE ASSOCIATION & BRITISH TRAVEL « HOLIDAYS ASSOCIATION Such pretty things at Reasonable Prices special A • ^ -^^^^ ^^ PAT. rwD. BRANCHES IN MAIN TOWNS mumettt ^ ,^5ue Silhouette 'X* panels behind you as well a> ,'ront give you all-round control with freedom. STANDARD SEWING MACHINE SERVICE LTD r*V^ side panels smooth your hips and thighs. In ELITE TYPEWRITER Co. Ltd. j^"c net with 1(X) denier Bri-Nylon. Silver Lurex WEL. 2S2a •nming. White or Black. Small, medium, r'%J.. All MakM •auom. Sold, a E>cltsi>(*< ''8<= and extra large. > X^l Rffpairt, Maintananc* Corjefj Silhouette Ltd.. 84 Baker St.. London, W.\. IS CRAWFORD STREET. BAKER STREET. W.l Page 12 AJR INFORMATION NovemNrt II BIRTHDAY TRIBUTES ORGANISATIONAL NEirs DR. LUDWIG FRANK all examinations to qualify as a physician in REMEMBRANCE PARADK England, scl up in practice in London. Again On November 10 Dr. Ludwig Frank will be he has been very successful, and he counts many Thc attention of readers is drawn i.» •» 80. The AJR extends to him ils sincerest good prominent people among his numerous and grate announcement on page 13 of ihn twue t"-* wishes on this occasion, and also its thanks for ful patients. We are glad to say "counts", for further details interested persons «h(iuM nmtme'' the wholehearted support he has rendered it from Dr.' Frank, a very young octogenarian, is for Mr. Long. PRI. 6020 or Mr. Gould. MM •*%• thc beginning. tunate enough still to be able to practice as a Wc deeply regret that for Dr. Frank his anni consultant. A.IR HOARD versary cannot be a day of celebration as. on There arc two sons of his marriage. Thc elder September 30. he lost his beloved wife after one, who is married and has a young son, is a It is regretted that Ihc name «i Mr • I 43 years of an extremely happy marriage. Our chartered accountant; the younger one a research Friedmann. who is also a member nl is« AM deep sympathy goes out to him for his grievous physicist and university lecturer. Board, was omitted from ihe lisl of lloitj tmmi loss. bers in our October issue. Dr. Frank was born in Freienwalde/Oder. A.S.D. Having passed thc Abilur at thc humanistic ZION HOUSE LECI URKS Gymnasium of his home town, he studied DR. J. SUSCHITZKY medicine in Berlin and Freiburg and qualified as As in previous years. Ihc Thcodor llftil VM.«> a physician al the beginning of 1908. Dr. Joseph Suschilzky of Libris. the London (in conjunction with the Univcr»it) «( !#«•*«. bookshop, will be 60 on November 25. He has Extra Mural Department), will hold t ur-mm a* After two years as Assistenzarzt at thc built up a unique reputation in his line of busi lectures by distinguished and expert %t>fiM^ Stadlischc Krankenhaus al Stettin under the ness by buying and selling German books, This year the subject of the scric* n ^mmr famous Professor Neisscr. he became Assistenzarzt libraries, autographs and modern etchings. Born logical Aspects of Jewish I'AislciKf l ioz. £5.15.0 ioz. £10.10.0 I oz. £16.0.0 2oz. £29.0,0 Eau de Joy loz. £3.10,0 AJR INFORMATION November, 1962 Page 13 A. Rosenberg PAINTING FROM TIIE HEART Recent Works by Phoebus Tullnauer— OLD DUTCH AND FLEMISH MASTERS Arthur Jeffress Gallery Art has been defined in many ways. A 1 Too old? OF COURSE NOT! Prior engagements? CAHCEl THEM! Recent events have made it imperative for EVERYBODY to attend the ANNUAL JEWISH REMEMBRANCE PARADE AND SERVICE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18 at the Cenotaph, Whitehall Fall-in 2.15 p.m. at the Horse Guards' Parade Ground, Whitehall, S.W.I. March-off 3.15 p.m. after the service. No marching to the ground is involved. Reviewing Officer : General Sir Roy Bucher, K.B.E., C.B., M.C. Service conducted by : The Very Rev. the Chief Rabbi and tiie Senior Jewish Chaplain HAMPSTEAD EX-SERVICEMEN'S SERVICE Saturday, November 17 Commencing 10.15 a.m. at the Hampstead Synagogue, Dennington Park Road, N.W.6. Hampstead Ajex especially invites members. This space donated by the Ex-Service (N.B.) Association and its friends Page 14 AJR INFORMATION Novemhw* r«M AUSCHWITZ BOOK A NEW FASfflON IN LITERATURE? A volume of documents and ph.>i.-|- rccording thc terrible history of Auuh«it| t^* centration camp has been published m I ?i»4»«Mi It may be just a coincidence—or is it sympto of Hebrew words provides a helpful appendix. by the Europacische Vcrlagsanslall. matic for the general German tendency towards a By contrast, " Die Engel weinen" (Olympia- Bewdltigung of thc past—that, within a few months, Vcrlag, Nuremberg), by Bella Fromm Welles, thc Entitled " Auschwilz-Zcugnisse iind IWf«uu ' two novels appeared whose theme is the fate of former Ullstein journalist whose " Blood and thc 424-page book is edited by Mr. II «. AUtm^ refugees from Nazi Germany. If this is a new of London, author of thc documcniii>.'« mt Banquets " was a best-seller, is very well written— Thcrcsicnsladl ; Mr. Hermann I .injlv •• ^ literary fashion wc cannot welcome it without almost too much so. Her first-person singular Vienna, founder and former General Se^'f.ft •» reservations, for boo'Ks are business, and we may story .starts in Berlin in 1934 when thc world of the International Auschwitz Commute* mmt yet see the tragic and dramatic experiences of Fern, a non-Jewish upper-class girl, is still com Ella Lingens-Reiner, also of Vicnn.i. »h.< »«• • Jewish emigrants misused as the raw material for paratively intact. But soon everything around her non-Jewish doctor serving prisoner* »» «• superficial thrillers. begins to crumble. Aristocracy, diplomacy, big women's camp in Auschwitz,—(J.C.) These two novels, however, arc serious and wcU- business, nothing remains untouched by the rising intcndcd. Jenny Aloni's " Zypressen zerbrechen tide of inhumanity and corruption. She falls in JEWISH LIFE IN UAVAKIA nicht" (Eckart'-Verlag, Witten/Berlin) is the love with a Jewish doctor and emigrates wilh him Dr. Hans Lamm, author of the bmA v w* account of a young Jewish girl's first dilTicult years lo New York. Juden in Miinchen", has been reqiic\ic.l t.) •»«» in Palesline during the war. Obviously autobio Curiously enough, Bella Fromm's heroine pas.ses a book on Jewish life in Bavaria. wi'.S K} FAMILY EVENTS TECHNICAL ENGINEER, 61, seven AJR Attendance .SrnU* years with last firm, seeks post in Accommodation Wanted Entries in the column Family Events engineering firm working with blue WOMEN available to care Ic* are free of charge. Texts should be prints, checking, controls, mathe ELDERLY INVALID LADY wilh people and invalids, as e»mr>» sent in by the 18th of the month. matics, or textile firm (cxfMjricnce in independent means seeks accom and sitlcrs-in ; full- or part i mt underwear) working with patterns, modation and board. Limited per residential. 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'Jit INFORMATION November, 1962 Page 15 JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS Round and About A number of Jewish philosophers from both sides of the Iron Curtain took part in the JEWISH LIFE IN EUROPE "FAILURE" OF EDUCATION CONFERENCE 4th International Hegel Congress in Geneva. ^venty scholars from 14 counlries attended Dr. Hans Ruskin, the Australian delegate to the Professor M. B. Milin, Chairman of the .' conference of Contemporary Jewish Life in recent conference on Jewish education in Jeru Moscow Philosopical Society, who has held a "fope tield recently in Brussels, under the joint salem, has described the gathering as a " failure ". post at Moscow University for the past 30 years, ."•pices of the Hebrew University's Instituie for He told the Sydney Jewish Board of Deputies addressed the congress in German. He later ;'*'»temporary Jewry and Brussels University that the conference failed because religious leaders spoke to " The Jewish Chronicle " correspondent ^Ire National des Hautes Etudes Juives. had given up intcllectualism and were using imma in a mixture of Yiddish and German. "Participants came from Denmark, France, Ger- ture methods, ll had also failed because the '"y. Britain, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, Holland, quality of spiritual leadership was below the level •^'l, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland and which education deserved. HIGH HOLY-DAY SERVICES * United States as well as Belgium. Prominent Reviewing the local scene. Dr. Ruskin said that "Nars addressed the various sessions of the although Australia's system of Jewish education U.S.S.R. ""ference, was encouraging, there was insuflicienl provision ", a communique issued at the conclusion for training teachers. Soviet Jews crowded the only large synagogue ^^icipants stated that they were anxious to set Nevertheless, 50 per cent of Jewish children in in Moscow for Yom Kippur services. ^a commillee of statisticians and demographers Melbourne were being provided with education in ,' 'Ovestigate European Jewish communities. They Jewish day schools. This compared with only Throughout the day the devout of the city's *^ advocated the creation of a study group to 5 per cent in the United States, where 35 per cent Jewish community, which is estimated at 500,000, Courage sociological research.—(J.C.) of Jewish children were without any Jewish reli flocked lo the 80-year-old synagogue. By mid gious education, and 3 per cent in Brilain. In day an estimated 12,000 Jews either crowded the YIDDISH THEATRE IN RUMANIA France only 900 of 160,000 French children synagogue or prayed in small groups in the street attended day schools. Dr. Ruskin claimed that outside. •Rumania's Yiddish Stale Theatre has opened the increased emphasis on yeshiva education dis Il is understood that synagogue services were ,: winter season with a performance in criminated against girls.—(J.C.) '5!j>arest of Ludwik Brukstein's Yiddish drama, also well attended in other Soviet cities with llje Unfinished Trial". sizeable Jewish communities such as Kiev and NAZI ARRESTED IN ITALY Odessa in the Ukraine. Yom Kippur services in j'ne theatre is to lour the 20 Jewish commu- Kiev were conducted with particular fervour. An ••!*S in the provinces. The second Rumanian Gerhard Kroeger, a former Nazi army oflicer, estimated 70,000 Jews were machine-gunned lo !^^hh theatre, in Jassey, opened its winter has been arrested by Italian police in Bologna, death by the Nazis at the Babi Yar ravine out "^n with a play by Horia Abramas. where he was on holiday, and the West German side the city. ,-}M Yiddish literary season in Rumania began Government has asked the Italian authorities to ''" the publication of two volumes of poetry, extradite him. t* by the 75-year-old popular people's poet, Algeria j^.shon Ferscht, and the other by the young A criminal court in West Germany wants to ^'sh poet, Abraham Evvion. try Kroeger, who is accused of having ordered No more than 250 worshippers attended High mass executions of soldiers and civilians on Holy-day service in the two Algiers synagogues BLUMEL RESIGNS Russian territory in 1941. which are still open for prayer, according to a Circles close to the Italian Ministry of Justice report received in Paris. f**- Andr6 Blumel, former President of the feel that Kroeger ought to be extradited, since If t*' Zionist Federation and Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies recently approved a In Oran province, where once there were Pranco-Soviet Friendship Society, has resigned draft Bill establishing that laws restraining extra 30,000 Jews, there are now only 3,000, and ^ the Federation. dition should not be applied in the case of services in Oran itself were attended by as few as J" a statement to the Press M. 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(MAI. 8521) SPE. 0615 Page 16 AJR INFORMATION November, i NEWS IN BRIEF YOUNG .lEWS MEET GERMANS Fifty young people, mostly from Hn Germany, Holland and Austria, spent ten d»> ARGENTINA American Unions Denounce Incidents Driebergcn recently discussing Christian-Jc Thc annual state convention of thc American relations at an intemational conference air*' D.A.I.A. Appcul Federation of Labour-Congress of Industrial by the Council of Christians and Jews, Organisations denounced the antisemitic incidents It was a unique occasion in which Anglk D.A.I.A., the representative body of Argentine in Argentina and Uruguay. Delegates called on Lutherans, Roman Catholics, Jews and nifm Jewry, has made a formal request to the Catholic thc two Governments to take " vigorous steps " to of the Dutch Reformed Church came lofciSt Church in Argentina to speak out against racial prevent a recurrence of such incidents.—(J.C.) talk freely and frankly about the issues intot and religious prejudice. Most of the Jewish delegates came to Ibe The Archbishop of Buenos Aires has been sent ISRAEL ference with reservations about meeting CJrrm a copy of the memorandum submitted some Anxiety About Nazi Revival It was part of the success of thc conference ( months ago by Dr. Nahum Goldmann to Cardinal Mrs. Golda Mcir, the Israeli Foreign Minister, thc organisers' point of view that it compt* Bea. This memorandum, said D.A.I.A. in an in an address to thc General Assembly of thc succeeded in breaking down these undcrslJiitd accompanying letter, not only expressed the Jewish United Nations, called attention to the f.-ict that barriers and both sets of young people wcir . point of view on the matter of eradicating anti an anti-discrimination item was on this year's by thc end of the discussions to meet each c scmitism, but also expressed the noble aspirations agenda, but she did so within thc context of her with respect and friendship. of all mankind. country's deep concern at the revival of Nazi The main lesson ,of the conference wai It was also in line wilh historical decisions symptoms and antiscmitic acts. relations between peoples could best be imp« adopted by the Pope and thc Church, thc letter " Thc reappearance of the swastika is not only by watching for opportunities to extend frirftA- stated, and could contribute substantially to the a matter of concern to my people—a people that to those who held dilTerent opinions, and hy W eradication of racial and religious prejudice which has been ravished by this racist madness more personally concerned with all manifcstalioM was preventing thc enjoyment of full human than any other—but is a challenge to all of us intolerance, whether religious or racial.— ^"'e or 'phone Ihc Ltgl^ ^""^' "' ^^ '°^'° MAI. 2646 nf ""•• ""•' '•- ^«^^J«A|m^^JTRONSA ROAD:"LO;DOrwTr ^'-^ n??, MAI I,,- U