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Discreet charm Diaspora blues and variations of the schmooseoisie PI4 , ^T"his week we celebrate Passover - the ever- destinations). At the JFS in Camden Town - Anglo- I I recurring festival of Jewish liberation in Jewry's largest educational institution 'Re-migrants' pi5 I commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt. Israeli-born children form an integral part of the in­ In significant ways we, too, experienced liberation take. in our own lifetimes. We were liberated from the Education ranks alongside social work, charity threat to our very lives - and from the subsequent and fundraising as a major Anglo-Jewish communal I threat to the survival of the State of Israel. activity. Literally in the last few weeks the commu­ The world In fact the Jewish State now feels so secure that the nity has also spawned a new institution which must act bestselling Israeli writer A B Yehoshuah, has recently analyses the attitudes of its own members. The first i put the galut in its place. Diaspora Jews he said findings of this new body, the Institute for Jewish * should not presume to counsel Israel on what to do, Policy Research, make encouraging reading: sixty ur main and should first learn Hebrew if they nonetheless in­ per cent of Anglo-Jewry reject the idea that "the editorial sisted on proffering advice. only long-term future for Jews is in Israel". Odescribes The Israeli President, Ezer Weizman, has in turn This perception is totally at variance with 'sraci as 'feeling offered counsel to Jews living in Germany, a country Wassterstein's prediction that the Diaspora is secure'. This holds indelibly associated with the Holocaust in his mind. doomed. In reply he could point out that the figures friic in the sense His one-word advice 'Don't!' elicited a spirited re­ - 450,000 UK Jews in 1945, .300,000 today - have buttal from Frankfurt City Councillor Daniel their own irrefutable logic. However, linear extrapo­ t'lat no Arab state (lohn-Bendit in the columns of Die Zeit. lation of the future from the past is a most imprecise n»w entertains The exchange between Weizman and Cohn-Bendit method of forecasting. (Sec Demographic disaster "•^•alistic dreams of was given added relevance by the publication of page 13)U conquering her. Bernard Wasserstein's book with the self- ^^ the same time, explanatory - and attention-grabbing - title The ^^'^ Jewish state Vanishing Diaspora. In the aftermath of Hitler's War the ghost com­ ^=ices relentless munities of camp survivors and U-boats f^ror. Middle reconstituted on German soil had been viewed as ''astern peace is ]jquidationsgemeinden till an influx of East Euro­ ^'tal to the world, pean DPs made them semi-permanent. The addition ^hich must devise of over 10,000 ex-Soviet Jews since the fall of the ^*>unter measures Iron C'urtain guarantees continuity. With a popula­ tion of over forty-thousand, today's German-Jewish f<> terror. F.uropean community is larger than the Italian one - and who '^dvocates of would deny the permanence of the latter? "critical dialogue" (icrmany is not the only area which fails to bear "^•'h Iran call to out Wasserstein's thesis of the irreversible decline of "^'"J Lord Halifax Diaspora Jewry (though, of course, the present Ger­ f"""ing his hopes man community is but a shadow of its predecessor). "n the - W^sserstein has a point when he says that aliyah I has practically halved the size of Russian Jewry - """-existent - } but there has also been a sizable coxxntcv-aliyah of Seder phue showing the four sons, from the right • defer, had, "^"derates in the • Israelis settling in Western Diaspora countries (with simple mid the one who does not understand how to ask. (KPM, ^a^-i leadership D I New York, Los Angeles and London as favoured early nineteenth century). AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996 i wage system which favoured men - seek­ Profile ing equal pay for women; her dedication to achieving family allowances; and not least, the importance she gave to protect­ Bridge builder ing the individual, especially women and olf Rosner was born in Berlin in children. That commitment had led her to. 1917 to parents no longer strongly warn the Commons as early as 1934 o. attached to Judaism; even so he re­ the evils of the Nazi regime and to chaifl' R pion the interests of Jews trying to escape tains fond memories of his barmitzvah at which Rabbi Joachim Prinz officiated. the Nazi terror. Not long after that event, alas, his film Ben Helfgott, chairman of thfi importer father and mother divorced. Yad Vashem Committee, recollected he^ This meant that as a teenager Rolf experi­ utter devotion to justice and humanity enced first a 'private' and then a and her "passionate support for Jewish 'public' trauma - i.e. the Nazi takeover emigration to Palestine". From 1939 on­ - within a short time of each other. wards she was known as the 'Membef for Refugees' as she headed a Hous' In autumn 1933 his father sent him to a Rolf Rosner committee seeking to protect their inter­ (fee-paying) vocational school in Czecho­ ests. slovakia for training in woodwork and cial 'baby' tries to instil an interest in sci­ interior design. The mid-thirties found ence, technology and the environment in Eleanor Rathbone's great-nephew, Tin^ Rolf alone in London where, thanks to school children, and to develop inter-re­ Rathbone xMP, spoke of the family's enof- the Depression, work was scarce and pay gional partnerships between local schools, mous pride in 'Aunt Eleanor' an'' barely enough to keep body and soul to­ industry and commerce. The scheme has recounted a meeting with that largef gether. After hard times, and a bout of gathered broad support and involves doz­ than-life character when he was a young illness, the coming of war drastically ens of schools with literally thousands of boy. From the audience, Simon Reiss rc transformed employment prospects. pupils. called that, together with 9,500 othe' Kindertransport children, he owed his lit' As an evening-class trained draughts­ Is it too fanciful to suggest that living to the urgency with which Eleanof man Rolf now found work at a factory close to Newcastle - emblem: the Tyne Rathbone had introduced legislation i" making components for Royal Navy Bridge - has inspired Rolf Rosner to be­ the wake of Kristallnacht which had al­ ships. (It was at the same workplace, inci­ come a bridge builder in a different sense lowed him 'temporary' refuge in Britain- dentally, that he met his wife). of the word? Prior to her death in 1946, legislatio" Long habituated to study outside of DRG was passed which brought family allow­ working hours Rolf managed to become ances into existence. A school was name'' an Associate of the Institute of British Ar­ in her memory in Israel in 1949 as wa* chitects at the end of the war, when he Eleanor Rathbone Eleanor Rathbone House in Highgate '" joined the LCC Planning Department 1969, a block of sheltered apartment^ (and shared in designing the Ashburton remembered with which the AJR remains closely asso­ Estate near Putney Heath). When the leanor Rathbone, daughter of a ciated. LCC job came to an end he went to Ger­ wealthy Liverpool mercantile family, many where he worked on public housing Eentered the House of Commons in DRonald Channii4 projects, lectured and published several 1929 as a fiercely independent Member books. for the Combined English Universities. THEODOR HERZL In Germany too, he had a fraught reun­ Immediately she devoted her considerable and the ion with his father whose life the second reforming zeal and powerful personality - non-Jewish - wife had saved (while to the advance of social reform and to ORIGINS OF ZIONISM Rolf's mother had perished at Ausch­ pioneering family allowances. More par­ A SYMPOSIUM witz). ticularly, she was an outspoken opponent 16-19 April 1996 of the evils of Nazism, and passionately In the mid-sixties Rolf brought his own Co-ordinator: concerned herself with the plight of refu­ family back to England and became a PROF. EDWARD TIMMS housing architect at the Department of gees in Europe during the 1930s and Centre for German-Jewish Studies the Environment, Newcastle. Since retire­ World War II. University of Sussex ment on age grounds in 1982, he has been On the 50th anniversary of her death, with channelling most of his considerable en­ the life and works of Eleanor Rathbone Austrian Institute, London ergy into two projects designed to benefit were celebrated at a meeting held at the Institute of German Studies the wider community. House of Lords, hosted by Lord Merlyn- The first was the Benchmark Workshop, Rees and organised by the Holocaust Registration £30 to established with Church support, where Educational Trust. Administrative Secretary, the unemployed were taught skills such as Greville Janner QC MP saluted "the Institute of Germanic Studies, textile printing and painting on china. memory of a great and formidable lady". 29 Russell Square, London WCIB 5DP The second is the far more ambitious Frank Field MP spoke eloquently of the Cheque to University of London IGS Bridge Project. This, Rolf Rosner's spe- many aspects of her work: her attack on a AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996

Exodus 1939 heard them phone Cologne for a car to take me away. It was now or never - I JACKMAN• hance has played an incredible had to invent a believable story, and I told part in my survival. Travelling on them: "The Gestapo in Vienna won't be ^ SILVERMAN Ca tram in post-Anschluss Vienna happy if you prevent me from being in COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CONSULTANTS '•" Was dismissed from my job, I met a London tomorrow, as I have a meeting ; 'sh friend in overalls and with greasy with the authorities trying to obtain 500 hands, "How come you still work?" I visas for children." With that, I gave them asked h im. He told me he was a voluntary the card I had received from the girl at the JJrker for the Hechalutz, assisting to Gestapo and asked them to check my (: ^^ furniture for destitute Jews driven statement. y "J "-heir homes by the Nazis, and in- They hesitated in their rage, one of them dialled the number and found that it 26 Conduit Street, London WIR 9TA Telephone: 071 409 0771 Fax: 071 493 8017 \x,.! ^'^'Iress I was given, I found that it was indeed the number of the Gestapo in Was an emergency home for some 20 Vienna. He did not pursue the inquiry as yo[ u "Sstcrs doing 'urban' hachsharah. As the train was about to leave. They put 3s, at 27, the eldest and had profes- their heads together for a few seconds, PARTNER aft. ^"'^Penence, I was asked to look grabbed me, and literally threw me and in I ""unriing of the home. I was able, my luggage back into the train. As I got to in long established English Solicitors j^ ue course, to deal with attempts by my seat, the passengers, all refugees, ^' 'youth to invade us, and to organise looked at me wide-eyed. Two men were (bi-lingual German) would be happy ^1^^ and living conditions. 1 had to call praying, but I don't know if it was the to assist clients with English, German H-h'*' '^aily at the main office of the prayer or my chutzpah that saved me - and Austrian problems. Contact 'M ^ •' situated opposite the hotel but not the letters to Teddy Kollek; they ^; <-'tropoie'^ the Gestapo HQ. After a remained confiscated. few Henry Ebner eeks, I was asked to organise the D F Lane ^ariou you ''"'•''"'ns camps where about 2,000 Myers Ebner & Deaner "gsters were schooled for agricultural 103 Shepherds Bush Road Work "1 Palestine. The young man in London W6 7LP chj 'Conscience and Honour* eus"^^^ "^ ^^'^ Hechalutz, with whom I dis- Telephone 0171 602 4631 (sub "^^ "'^^ ^^^'*' ^^^ ^'^^^ Uberall rofessor Overy's lecture refuting the Avr T'^"'^"^'^ known in Israel as Ehud revisionist contention that Britain ALL LEGAL WORK UNDERTAKEN ijt'l, director of Bcn-Gurion's office), Pcould, and should, have negotiated occ -^^ ^"""'•se of my work, I had on one peace terms with Hitler in 1940, drew an ' hjl-c"k '° ^'^" ^^^ dreaded Cicstapo HQ. audience of three hundred to London ^-lerk*^' chance, I met a female officer or University's Logan Hall on Sunday 25 February. An abridged version of the lec­ SEARCH FOR ASSETS Sii ,^ ' l^ncw from happier days. ture will appear in a future issueD iih,. "^^ ^ <--ard with her name and IN On 'umber, just in case I was molested SWITZERLAND wl^j m,1y' •''^'Muenfr t travels to the camps, of y. ^'-'re situated within about 50 miles PRITCHARD ENGLEFIELD ml,,. ""'^' ' also became involved, in a 5 YEARS AND STILL NO have now received from the 'ran ^^^^' '" ^^^ organising of illegal PROGRESS ON YOUR Contract Office for the Search of the X^^^^ °"^ "*" Austria. We assembled 6() , 'l*^'" youngsters in groups of about PROPERTY CLAIM Dormant Accounts Administered by Swiss Banks detailed questionnaires tiiimi''^'"'^ '^he massive entry gate of IN BERLIN & EAST 'liner \ r • • • •• relating to such enquiries. ^ievv ( ^""zagagasse, within direct GERMANY? (i(.^j ' hundreds of windows of the We shall be pleased to assist you If you We are specialists in speeding up cases. I apo opposite. They were then taken believe that you can claim such funds as ' "Us fjfL ^ We buy and/or process claims. (iii-tr "'' '*' PO'iits outside Vienna, tor References of satisfied claimants with heirs of depositors. '^anuh"^^'^" to Italy, or to a boat on the completed claims are available. Please contact Mr H.H. Marcus Was a"^ / ^'^fore the outbreak of war, 1 NAGEL & PARTNER Pritchard Englefield, Solicitors Knoij V 8 last able to make use of my Conuct our Representative Conuct in Germany 14 New Street, London EC2M 4TR Aaeh. ^'^^' ' travelled by train via Phone 49 30 882 56 31 inGB TeLOITI 972 9720 Was " "^^ ^^*^ border with Belgium, I Fax 49 30 88139 16 Attorney Hans H. Marcus Fax. 0171 972 9723 me ,^^';"^.'"^"'ied by the SS, who found on Phone 0171-972 9720 Uhiandstrasse 156 mitted'i"^'"^ an extra 2/6d above the per- Fax 0171-972 9723 10719 Berlin if you are interested in further letters I u ^ ^^^^ "^ Hebrew reports and 14 New Street, information and our conditions "^•'iiek I ^^ '^^''•'" ^^^^^ '^° ^^^^ ^° ^^^^y London EC2M 4TR ^ for carrying out such work. Was arrested, screamed at, and AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996

Reviews Zionist leadership. Kyra in her freezing garret in Kens* Some aspects of this book may leave the Green. In between nostalgic exchanges th' Ashkenazi reader somewhat perplexed. two ex-lovers 'sing' individual arias' Sephardi journey There is, for example, among the profu­ he a hymn to job-creating capitalism, sn* sion of Ladino phrases and expressions of a paean of praise to selfless communit! Victor Perera.THE CROSSANDTHE PEARTREE, street wisdom a considerable number service. Andre Deutsch. 1995. £17.99. which display overtones of gratuitous sur­ Meanwhile the garret grows col'' lthough the number of Jewish vic­ realism (was Dali a Marrano?). The enough to give the term 'chatterini tims of the Spanish Inquisition was author claims that the once flourishing classes' a new meaning. The restaurateur" Afar less than those of Hitler's Final community of Salonika, overwhelmingly plea that they adjourn to somewhef' Solution - and despite the fact that the Sephardi in its make-up, was wiped out warmer - for instance the West Indies,"' latter did not even have the ghastly option by the German occupiers with the dis­ at least a nearby restaurant - is rejected of conversion, exile or death - the events graceful help of its Ashkenazi Chief but finally Kyra thaws out sufficiently '" before and after 1492 were for Victor Rabbi. And is the statement that "...self- go to bed with him again. Perera's forebears 'a holocaust stretched effacing humility has never been the Nookie occurs during the interval -' out over centuries'. It is the memory of Sephardi's strong suit" not also an un­ tasteful departure from current theatric* this dark chapter in his family's history substantiated generalisation? usage for which I would like to thaO* which prompted him to undertake the That said, however, it is important to David Hare. But not for what folloW*" quest chronicled in great detail in his lat­ see this work in its proper light. It is not a While the first act mainly reprises the hiS" est book. The result is a fascinating textbook on five centuries of Jewish his­ tory of the affaire, the second largw account of one person's endeavour to un­ tory; the author readily admits that he has repeats - at higher decibel level - t" derstand and live up to his legacy of done his research with "the storyteller's Capitalism v Socialism cliches the ex-lo*' ancestral pride, grief, prejudice and joy. licence" rather than with strictly aca­ ers had previously bandied about. "' With his mother's Ladino admonitions demic scholarship. The book is not a curtain fall the warmth of their affectio" still ringing in his ears (and ours), he sets guided tour round a museum of antiqui­ has dropped to room temperature, whil^ out to travel back and forth through ties: it is the logbook of an adventurous the basic argument remains unresolveO" times and distances, opinions and events voyage of discovery to a world of which However, since in any debate betwec" from medieval Spain to modern Israel. all Jews are part. head and heart we, the public, incline '" Along the way he looks impatiently for DDovid tAaier side with the latter. Hare can claim t" more and more knowledge of his own have succeeded in smuggling a Social'' ethnic background, as well as of the gen­ message into his wintry love story of t" eral history of Iberian Jews and non-Jews Where are the chalkface St Joan and the fat-cat restaurateu'' dispersed along the shores of the Mediter­ But, I would ask, is Kyra really a "' ranean, the North Sea and into the New emperor's clothes? Joan figure? What sort of a conscience World. We enjoy with him the glories of driven Socialist would have carried of the Golden Age in Andalusia, Aragon and David Hare. SKYLIGHT. Wyndham'sTheatre. six-year liaison with the husband ot Castile and suffer with him the indignities LondonWCl woman friend who trusted her? . and pain inflicted on his ancestors and icture this. Kyra, a veritable St Joan This larger inconsistency is compound^* others by Torquemada's execution of the chalkface, lives in squalid dis­ by any number of smaller ones. O" squads. We relive with him some emo­ Pcomfort while teaching disadvan­ minute the playwright lauds social wof'' tionally powerful personal experiences, taged - and frequently delinquent - ers - the next he pokes fun * such as his bizarre encounter in Madrid children. bereavement counselling on the ratfj with a Catholic priest purporting to be a And this. In a previous incarnation the Then there is the restaurateur's puzzl''* kinsman, his visit to the Great Synagogue selfsame Kyra had been closely involved speech contrasting entrepreneurs (goO* in Amsterdam and to Spinoza's 'Chris­ with the family of a wealthy restaurateur, with bankers (bad). Shades here of tn tian' grave, his trips back to his native sharing the wife's business responsibili­ Nazi distinction between schaffendes ti" Guatemala. We are intrigued by his ties, baby sitting the children, and secretly raffendes Kapital. friendship with an Israeli Arab and we sleeping with the husband. I could go on, but I won't. Suffice it | feel for him as he tries to forgive his par­ Then, after six unconscionably blissful say that for me David Hare has ag*" ents for inflicting on him a supernumerary years, the wife had twigged the liaison. failed to justify the hype surrounding hi"^! circumcision. With his marriage close to collapse the (Having sat through his film Wetherby. At times the pace of his narrative may restaurateur had proposed to Kyra who defy anyone to tell me what it was ^ leave readers slightly breathless. But he had not only said 'No', but instantly about). Yet I am obviously in a minor'" also takes time off for reflection, not least packed her bags. of one, for he is currently (next ™ upon what he refers to as the 'other Is­ Thereafter a blight had descended on Cezanne) the hottest ticket in town: o^ rael', that of the Sephardi and Oriental the family. The wife developed terminal ling of the National Theatre directorate^ Jews who form a large percentage of the cancer, the daughter went her own way, critics and public alike. All I can say ',' country's population but have not been and the son, after escalating rows with Cromwell, thou shouldst be living at tn (at least not since Jehuda Halevi and the father, left home. hour (and not only because you readmitt^ Shlomo Ibn Gabirol dreamed their ro­ All this pre-history is regurgitated when the Jews to England)! mantic dreams) more than peripheral to the widowed restaurateur tracks down AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996

changes in the book: 'Martha wants to l^he Oedipus of Belsize know what to wear' 'I don't know. AUSTRIAN and GERMAN Whatever you wear to a conventional PENSIONS Square bloodletting'. J"*^"! Hirsch, LAST DANCE ATTHE HOTEL In other words, though the author had ^^PINKSI. University Press of New England. strong reservations about the bris, he PROPERTY RESTITUTION cleaved to Jewish tradition sufficiently to he past is another country' - clas­ CLAIMS go through with it. T sic opening line of LP Hartley's EAST GERMANY- BERLIN He also followed tradition to the extent R u °"^^'"^^^« - hardly applies to of abandoning his hitherto half-nomadic I ? '" Hirsch, who subtitles his book 'A On instructions our office will life style and (together with his psycho­ ''^'" the Shadow of History'. assist to deal with your therapist wife) acquiring a brownstone , ^ author's parents were refugees applications and pursue the house in New York. His current J ° had met in Nazi Berlin, married in matter with the authorities. workplace, however, is a theatre cafe ^^ ndon and started a family during the where episodes from this autobiography ^•Despite this unpropitious backdrop, have apparently been performed. For further information and ^ the surface the author had little to I enjoyed the book though at three hun­ appointment please , Plam of in his early life. He grew up dred pages I found the narrative unduly contact: ^ , "^^^^onable comfort, went to prep extended. Even so the occasional repeti­ ICS CLAIMS _^^Jioo|, got into St. Paul's and obtained tion or long-drawn-out passage was Oxford scholarship. Hirsch's smooth 146-154 Kilburn High Road compensated for by a touch of cosy fa­ 6 ession from salubrious St lohn s London NW6 4JD miliarity. The early chapters abound in '•^ tne dreammg spires was, how­ Tel: 0171-328 7251 (Ext. 107) ever H I ".-"."•"& c.p..v.^ . references to Belsize Square and such stal­ ' aarkened by two shadows. warts as Rabbi Salzberger, Cantor Fax: 0171-624 5002 wh t ^^'^ ^'*^' ^^ <^ourse, the Holocaust Dollinger, Dr Falk and the theatre enthusi­ an 1*^1, decimated his parents' family ast Herbert Levy (the last mentioned attered the few scarred survivors. three, thankfully, still with us). Even AJR second shadow over the author's life Information receives a mention! ^, as cast by his father - a near-ogre DRG he °>*^f'."^'^tently bullied (and occasionally Out u ^^^ mother's reflex of making at th ^^ ^" ^'-^ ^^ ^'''^' disobedience was ters ^^^^ °^ every row didn't help mat- BELSIZE SQUARE SYNAGOGUE Kr^L- mood of Oedipal disaffection, ANTHONY J. NEWTON aroi """sen, not surprismgly, cast SOLICITOR 51 BELSIZE SQUARE, NW3 tWo u ^^thcr substitutes. He found Auset ^'"''^ ^^^ '''"• ""'^''^ George, an We offer a traditional style of •^oth ^''^'' ^"rvivor, and Jochem, his 22 Fitzjohns Avenue, religious service with Cantor, fou^,'^'''^ first husband. (I personally Hampstead, NW3 5NB Choir and organ Ics^ S I ^""t'loving Jochem with his end- hit Q/ ^'irmerei about feminine beauty a Further details can be obtained ALL LEGAL WORK j^ ^ pain, but no matter). from our synagogue secretary UNDERTAKEN thcr""*^^^^'"^' ^y ^^^ ^'^^^'^ e"'^ ^^^ ^3- tieit), ^^^^^ ^s a character from whom Including German & Austrian matters Telephone 0171-794 3949 WitkL ^tithor nor reader can wholly 10 Who " admiration: it is he, after all, Minister: Rabbi Rodney J. Mariner Tel:OI7l-435 5351/794 9696 arshi*^"?*^^ his son for the Fulbright schol- Cantor: Rev Lawrence H. Fine deter'^ ^^^^^ ^^"^ ^^ America and thus Fax: 0171 435 8881 life "^^ ^^^ subsequent course of his Regular services: Friday evenings at 6.30 pm, Saturday mornings at 10 am •?' all th, Religion school; Sundays at 10 am to 1 pm USA H ""''' '^ e fact that once in the n.,. '^"•^^^h forevrewen, t an academic career Space donated by Paha Limited net rity Worl^j ^^^.P'^orically 'dropped out' (by Michael H. Scott "8 in the theatre and - briefly as }^g "^j}^ what can only be described & Company CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS BELSIZE SQUARE SYNAGOGUE as a ^ "^^rishna Judaism) could be read 51 Belsize Square, London N.W.3 OedL^I^'^^'^'y unacknowledged, act of 132 Kenton Road, Kenton Our communal hall is available for Wcl.^11l pal rebelli'onc . Then, when he was Harrow, Middx HA3 SAL itte*- cultural and social functions. thcthe,r u° '^'^ forties, Robin became a fa- Tel: 0181 907 9200 ^^'f. The circumcision that Fax: 0181 909 1503 Tel: 0171-794 3949 fallows D8^ prompts one of defining ex- AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996

judging by his performance in Chechnya - can hardly be described as a "dove"! I should also like to take issue wit" RDC's reference to the "friendly duels of pre-War German university students aS an essential part of the university ritnl' (Profile of Gary Leon in same issue). Botl" my father and older brother were undef REKINDLING THE MEMORY Another stanza included the lines: Und graduates (1891-95 Freiburg and 1930-33 de Wiener weiblach/sennen friimme Berlin, respectively), and although hoW' The 'Our forgotten Neighbours' exhibi­ teiblach/kurten Shpielen se de gauze ing firmly "assimilationist" views, neithe' tion was displayed from May till October necht/Weihnachten benschen se lecht... found it necessary or desirable to imitate in a small district museum in Vienna. Netherhall Gardens Michael Hellman their non-Jewish co-students in their puf' It attempted to piece together data London NW3 suit of this crazy and typically Teutoni*^ about some of the 13,000 Jews who re­ "cult of manliness". Why, I wonded sided in the Third District in 1938. Over should Jews of all people have wanted t" 60% were traced, some still alive (mainly GREAT GERMANS adopt these less admirable German traits- in the USA, Israel and Britain), others on Sir - I refer to your February item on Southcote Lane F Luslii deportation and death lists. desk calendars for 1996 produced and The initiative, planning and compilation Reading published by the Federal Government's of materials was the work of the museum In June the Russian electorate will fd^^ Information Office. curator, who received funding from the the stark choice: Yeltsin or the Comtrt"' I would like to thank you for your inter­ Vienna municipality. nist Zyuganou (and/or the Fascii' est in "a beautifully produced illustrated Having assisted the curator and having Zhirinovsky). Hence Yeltsin has to be thl desk calendar devoted to the theme of introduced some pedagogical features to West's favoured candidate. Ed. great Germans and their home towns". enhance learning from these 'snapshots' For your information I would like to of the Holocaust, I am keen to present a draw your attention to the fact that the related programme consisting of two vid­ JUSTICE DENIED work of Albert Einstein has been hon­ eos and support material to schools, Sir - Arthur Rudolph who was produ*-" oured in our desk calendar 1994. interested groups of adults and museum/ tion manager of V2 rockets which cost tN En)bassy of the Federal K Peter Gottwald exhibition centres in the UK. lives of at least 20,000 prisoners, inclu''' Republic of Germany Anyone interested, please contact Peter ing several thousand from nearby Waldmann, 11 Dalegarth, Hurst Park Av­ Buchenwald, lived to the ripe old age "' enue, Cambridge CB4 2AG. Tel. 01223- CHARITY SHOP 89, died peacefully, and the West Germa" 500521. Government could find no charges o<* Sir - Some time ago, when my mother their statute book to bring against him. died, like all daughters I had to dispose of The perverse verdict of the Hamburg her goods. She specifically wanted every­ VIENNA'S YIDDISHTHEATRE tribunal which would pay him a pensio'' thing in good condition to go to a Jewish Sir - No holds Bard (December issue) because he worked willingly for the NS'^' Charity shop. put me in mind of dimly remembered vis­ machine and deny it to those who wC' However, these are not easy to find, and its to Yiddish plays at the Nestroy-Platz. forced to do so, a decision which affei-'f' I was pleased to be recommended to the Occasionally I would join some other kids me too, is only too typical. So is the d'*' ORT shop at 80 Ballards Lane, Finchley hanging about in front of the theatre. We crimination against Jews who were bof^ N3. barely had the price of a ticket between in Germany but held foreign passportSi They were glad of the clothes, small fur­ us. 10-15 minutes before the end of the Czech in my case, as regards pensions' niture and bric-a-brac. As I have a car I show the manager allowed us to come in The SS-man who sent me to work on 3^' could deliver, but they tell me they can and stand at the back of the stalls. Even rival in Auschwitz, and my parents t'' also collect if you phone 0181 349 4554. seeing just the end of a play was a little their death, didn't ask first what sort "' bit of magic. The theatre orchestra vividly I hope this information will be helpful passport we had been entitled to. A stat^ evoked the East European world of our to others and save them the bother of the willing and able to reconstruct its eastefj parents. search I had. half is able to recompense a small an" A regular reader One I do recall, which had the audience dwindling number of survivors if it has * in stitches, was a Gstanzl type Yiddish mind to. song set to new words, with the refrain These reverses, indeed humiliations' 'Oy is Wien a shtetl, Oy a shtetl Wien' . RED BROWN DAWN seem to be taken on the collective chi''' A stanza about the football club Hakoah, Sir - I was rather surprised to see you with a stiff upper lip as an addition to ou' then struggling at the bottom of the First putting Boris Yeltsin into the same cat­ physiognomy. Sterile mushrooming mus^' Division, went like this: Und die egory of statesmen as Gustav Stresemann ums too, seem to avoid the issue of thos Hatschikoiach/shpielen kennen se oiach/ (February issue). Surely the latter worked still living. bey jeden match ivard full die kasse/goals tirelessly for reconciliation and peace, in Warren Lane Frank Brig''' schiessen se a masse/se werden noch collaboration with his French counterpart Mar^esham Heath meister weren/fiin der Zweiten klasse! Aristide Briand, whereas the former - Ipswich .y.r, ; ,-;; J AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996

^^IGRATION FROM NAZI ANNUAL GENERAL Schoeps, 6pm Senate GERMANY House, London University MEETING (org. by Sussex University) r ~ Would anybody who benefited Sun-Mon De-Nazification, Re-educa- fom the services of the Palestine and Ori- of the 21 &C 11 tion 6c Reconstruction in Uoyd travel office, Meineke Strasse, ASSOCIATION OF Germany 1946-1949. ^^•"'•n between 1933 and 1938 please JEWISH REFUGEES Conference organised by act me and give me details of services the Wiener Library at •ved so I can supplement the archives will be held on "1 HQJ.'- Birkbeck College. £12 rlin. SUNDAY 9th JUNE 1996 (concessions) Susanne Dyke Mon 22 Reflections on life in the '« Rood. (nee Exiner) AGENDA:- Eastb, former GDR: Anthony 'ourne BN2 / LEE • Annual Report 1995 Webster, Middlesex Univer­ • Hon.Treasurer's Report sity. Club 43, 8pm • Discussion Tues 23 Variety in Voluntary Serv­ ^^THOR, AUTHOR! • Election of Committee of ice: Rita Levy, Ex Mayor Management* I I ~ lour readers are both knowledge- of Barnet. JACS 2pm • Followed by a talk to be given by , ^ and kind. May I thank those who Mon 29 Images of Women in Ger­ George Clare. , replied to my enquiry about the au- man Expressionist Film: Dr. tnor of 'T^ n • -1 '^ ,1 . *No person other than a committee member retir­ Carol Diethe, Middlesex Q, "» L>as Riesenspielzeug ? (It s ing by rotation shall be elected or re-elected a University. Club 43, 8pm iTiisso!) AJR Information was my last committee member at any general meeting unless:- (a) Tues 30 Question Time: Guest "^'nspired) port of caU. Thanks. he or she is recommended by the Committee of Man­ Panel. JACS 2pm agement, or (b) not less than twenty one clear days Gerda Mayer MAY before the date of appointment for the meeting, notice Tues 7 Origins & Development of executed by ten members qualified to vote ot the meet­ ^^'^LTTHE DECLINE the Wiener Library: Ben ing has been given to the Society of the intention to Barkow, Wiener Library, Aff • ^"''^*-'y by the Institute of Jewish propose that person for election or re-election together 6.30pm, £2 ere "^^ confirmed the danger of an in- with notice executed by that person of his willingness to ^. '""8 loss of Jewish identity in this be elected or re-elected. Tues 7 The Isosceles Trio: Recital with piano, violin & cello. Th JACS 2pm iTiind f"''^^y described Jews as "tough . °n social welfare for the unem- FORTHCOMING EVENTS - Sun 2 Association of Jewish Ex- ^ 1 and round them on average APRIL 1996 Berliners. Musical after­ tion ^ "^"'^ than the general popula- noon, 2.15pm. Contact Judy Field on 0181-452 {' 1' ^''traordinary un-Jewish findings! APRIL 9681. fg^V^^'sh values - the sanctity of life, Ongoing Leon Greenman, Ausch­ and ^'^"cation, charity, social justice witz Survivor: Jewish ORGANISATION CONTACTS have'^",'"'^^^^'"" ^"^ ^^^ '"^ fortunate - Museum, Finchley. Club 1943, Anglo-German Cultural What do wc tell our chil­ Jews y^ evoked admiration by non- Mon 1 Forum, meets at Belsize Square Syna­ dren? Being a second gogue. Hans Seclig 01442 254 360 generation Jew in Britain. rati,, r '^y n"t receive the same admi- Simon Maier M.Ed reads JACS at Belsize Square Synagogue, his prize-winning poetry. NW3 4HX. Tel: 0171 794 3949 ^t^uV^^'^ the decline. Rabbi Julia Club 43, 8pm RSGB/Jewish Museum/Manor House Us (y J^^'^ (The Times 17th Feb), wants Tues 2 Economics in the Jewish Society, Sternberg (Centre for Juda­ brav ^/*''ave about what Jews stand for, Enlightenment: Prof. Derek ism, 80 East End Road, Finchley, anj L ^ ""t our attitude to social justice, J. Penslar, Indiana Univer­ NW3 2SY Tel: 0181 346 2288 mino "^^^^"^ about standing up for other sity. Wiener Library, 6.30pm, £2 Jewish Museum, either Sternberg Centre (as above) or at: 129/131 of jp . understanding and appreciation Mon 15 Heimat, Sprachc und Exil Only 1 value^<«'ucss by all ofr us, could not (in German): Fritz Beer Albert Street, NWl 7NB. Tel: 0171 284 1997 ^^Wt' tak,(.^1 . '• '^"*-" ' decline but restore the pride OBE, President des PEN So/If,'/''"""''Jewish identity. Zentrums deutsch- Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, Kurt Rose sprachiger Autoren im W'es, t ^idla, London Wl. Administrative Secretary 'nds Ausland. Club 43, 8pm 0171 636 7247 Tues 16 Chutzpah, How Come I'm a Theatre Reviewer? Hazel University of Sussex Centre for Ger­ Kyte, broadcaster. JACS man-Jewish Studies. Diana Franklin AJR 2pm 0181 455 4785 or 01273 678 495 IA t'iJ'^MPSTEAD GATE AJEB (Association of Jewish Ex-Ber- •

Singing along guages - from songs in German which unions. Among many people who particu recall members' childhoods, through Vi­ larly recalled their earlier lives were thosC ngela Arratoon, with her ebullient, ennese waltzes, Israeli favourites, hits like who escaped from Nazi persecution "^i cheerful personality and lively Bei mir bist du shejn, Lily Marlene, Roses survived the atrocities of the concentra' Amezzo-soprano voice, leads the of Picardy, A Nightingale Sang in Berkley tion camps. weekly sing-along sessions at the Paul Square, to London cockney favourites. Preliminary meetings to discuss the ne* Balint AJR Day Centre. Angela has a Angela catches the idiom of each, though group have already been held by ^ strong musical background in piano, cho­ she is not Jewish herself! number of former refugees with the fu" ral work and opera. Completing her team Any member is invited to turn up for a support of the AJR (which has success­ is pianist Maurice Hermele who can play good sing-song, or just to listen; music has fully established a number of associated just about any melody, as well by ear as to be the best therapy there isD groups) and Leeds Jewish Welfare Board' from music. Originally from Poland, dur­ I^C Please telephone Ruth on 0378 780 838 i* ing the thirties while studying in Paris he you would like to know moreD earned a precarious living by playing ille­ Manchester Holocaust Centre gally in dance bands. On retirement from Spanish connection his career in dentistry, Maurice took up planned retired couple who are long' the piano again to entertain the Day Cen­ t the inaugural meeting of Man­ tre members. standing members of the AJR havc chester's new AJR group, local Lset about forming a new Ajl^ khistorian Bill Williams discussed Ai Ai group if there proves to be a sufficieo' plans for a Holocaust Centre to be estab­ number of people from their shared back­ lished in Manchester's Jewish Museum. ground in their locality. New AJR group* As envisaged, the premises of the mu­ have been recently started in South Lon­ seum would be enlarged to enable the don, the Midlands, the North West an^" creation of themed sections, one of which currently in Yorkshire. The latest group would be of Holocaust exhibits. A quiet proposed is rather different - it centre* room would also be included in which on the holiday resort of Marbella in Spa'" visitors could sit, reflect and recover their where many people from England haV composure. Many of the fifty members chosen to spend their retirement years •" who participated in the meeting related Mediterranean sunshine rather than in the their own experiences and promised to cold and gloom of an English winter. donate items of memorabilia; others sug­ Any member who may be interested, o' gested appropriate names for the anyone knowing a potential member wh"^ proposed centre. would be pleased to participate, in th' Manchester AJR is planning a visit to first instance should write to Box 1284 aj Bet Shalom, the new Holocaust Memorial AJR's offices from where your letter Wi" Centre near Nottingham. A programme be forwarded to the organisers in SpainU to record survivors' stories is being initi­ Angela Arratoon and Maurice Hermele run ated which will be included in the through some of their favourite melodies for a sing- centre's archival material. AJR'Drop in* Advice Centre along at the Paul Balint AJR Day Centre. The meeting was chaired by Werner Paul Balint AJR Day Centre When Angela moved into West Hamp­ Lachs who can be contacted on 0161- IS Cleve Road, London NW6 3RL stead back in 1967 she befriended Gusti 773-4091 for further informationD Weiss, a German-speaking Jewish refugee between 10am and 12 noon on the following dates: (who today is a resident in Leo Baeck New Leeds group House). Despite moving from the district Monday I April for more than 20 years, Angela kept in nyone living in the Yorkshire re­ Tuesday 16 April contact and on a visit picked up a copy of gion who has Jewish roots, and is Wednesday 24 April Thursday 2 May AJR Information which called for volun­ keither a refugee or a survivor from A! and every Thursday from teer home visitors. While Angela was the Nazi era, is invited to join in the for­ 10am to 12 noon at: home visiting, AJR volunteers' co­ mation of a new group centred on Leeds. ordinator Laura Howe spotted her It will aim to provide people from similar AJR, I Hampstead Gate, la musical potential and invited her to lead backgrounds with opportunities to share Frognal, London NW3 6AL the Day Centre's choir where she was their experiences and meet socially. No appointment is necessary, but please bring soon to be joined by Maurice. The 50th anniversary of the ending of along all relevant documents, such as Benefit Angela and Maurice present a wide the Second World War in Europe Rooks, letters, bills, etc. range of melodies sung in several lan­ prompted many commemorations and re­ a AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996

•Message from the Director PAUL BALINT AJR hirty years ago when computers DAY CENTRE Sunday 21 DAY CENTRE OPEN - NO generally were no more than high Tel. 0171 328 0208 Tspeed calculators, fed by punched ENTERTAINMENT 3ras or paper tape, producing voluminous Open Tuesday and Thursday 9.30 a.m. - Monday 22 GYPSIES & BIRDS - P'^'nted reports, I joined BEA, one of the 6.30 p.m., Monday and Wednesday 9.30 a.m. - 3.30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. Lecia Robertson ^°nstituent parts of what today is British (Soprano) accompanied ""^ays. The company was an industrial Morning Activities - Bridge, kalookie, scrabble, by Clair Hiles (Piano) l^der in real time computing, in the shape chess, etc., keep fit, discussion group, choir Tuesday 23 MUSIC TO SOOTHE ^"e airline reservations system. I was in (Mondays), art class {Tuesdays and Thursdays). THE SOUL - ^•"ge of computer systems' development. Guyathrie Peiris We developed a number of sophisti- Afternoon entertainment - (Mezzo) accompanied ated systems with ever more (to use the by William Patrick fgon of the time) man machine interface. APRIL 1996 (Piano) "'^n'le some of us dreamed and forecast Monday 1 APRIL MISCELLANY Tiense new applications for computers, I - Louise Lavilles Wednesday24 TRINITY TRIO - "ot think that anyone foresaw either (Mezzo) accompanied Amanda Palmer ^ commonplace would be the use of by Sally-Anne Satkin (Soprano), Devon '•omputers or how powerful they would be- (Piano) Harrison (Bass) accompanied by Marek P- In the intervening years we have Tuesday 2 TRINITY DUO - Dabrowski (Piano) '^ome quite used to computers controlling Amanda Palmer onshots and probes to Jupiter, planning (Soprano) accompanied Thursday 25 MUSIC FOR SPRING strategies, running factories, or analys- by Marek Dabrowski - Rona Israel g medical conditions, but how many of us (Piano) (Soprano) accompanied 0 have imagined a computer capable by Marek Dabrowski Wednesday 3 CLOSED AFTER "laking the world chess champion (Piano) sweat? LUNCH Sunday 28 DAY CENTRE OPEN Thursday 4 CLOSED - PESACH , ^ss, and I know this is a game played - NO many of our members, has always been Sunday 7 CLOSED - EASTER ENTERTAINMENT ti \^ "^ ^^ °n^ of the supreme intellec- Monday 8 CLOSED - BANK Monday 29 THE JOYS OF SPRING ^1 '^ 3^'hievements of mankind, and to think HOLIDAY - Pamela Kolirin ^ this kind of achievement can now be Tuesday 9 A PIANO TRIO - accompanied by th ^^^^ ^y ^ "^3chine is quite a sobering Bridget Hurst, Myrtle Geoffrey Whitworth '^"ght. It is true that the IBM machine ca- Bruce-Mitford & (Piano) , "^ of this feat has been programmed by Timothy Barratt Tuesday 30 DUO KINNOR an beings, but those human beings ^ould Wednesday 10 CLOSED - PESACH ENTERTAIN WITH A beaten POT POURRI OF gl^^tov. Although the champion man- Thursday 11 CLOSED - PESACH MUSIC -Madeleine Sunday 14 A PARTY ^, to win, it was not without difficulty, Whitelaw (Piano) & AFTERNOON - fpj Peters can be programmed to learn David Richmond Dorothy Sayers (Piano str '"^ mistakes and to adopt different (Violin) . egies, so perhaps it will not be too long 6c Accordion) re they will be able to defeat any chess THE GEOFFREY "^^mpion. Monday 15 STRUM & HELEN ^ 's leads us to speculate whether in the BLAKE DUO MAY ^^ Je New World of the coming millen- Tuesday 16 SONGS FOR SPRING Wednesday 1 MAYPOLE WITH IAN symh' '"'*" ^"'^ computer will live in - Christopher & CAROL-Ian h fi'"^'^' or whether man will be enslaved Butterworth (Baritone) Bradford (Tenor) i h '"'''^'^'"'^ he has created. with Piano accompanied by Carol tall<-^^*^ tio answers to this conundrum, but Accompaniment Algranati (Piano) [^ g of slavery, let me wish you all a Thursday 4 2 SONGS FOR »ur e^ach, the festival commemorating Wednesday 17 SPRINGTIME WITH EVERYONE - Shirley '•'scape from bondage. VIENNESE MUSIC - Claude May (Baritone) Gurevitz accompanied DErnest David with Own by Sylvia Cohen (Piano) Accompaniment Sunday DAY CENTRE OPEN >;°f^tinuity funds - NO KWisli f" Thursday 18 APRIL WITH LAURA of ENTERTAINMENT t3gn^,00 Continuit0 y committed a total - MARCUS & PAUL ro^j . - to support 40 projects in its latest with Piano Monday 6 CLOSED - BANK dfcl awards aimed at ameliorating the Accompaniment HOLIDAY *• of Britain's Jewish communityD AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996

FAMILY families with similar back­ DIN DELIS HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENTS ground and interests for social Residential Care Home SHELTERED FLATS contact etc. Also interested in TO LET Birthday forming a local group of AJR for Senior Citizens Religion highly honoured Power. Mrs. Irma Power, 20 members. Please write to Box A choice of attractive Pleasant relaxed atmosphere Marston Close, Fairfax Road, No. 1284, AJR. warden-controlled flats All single rooms with TV London NW6 4EU, will cel­ available at Miscellaneous & telephone ebrate her 90th Birthday on Eleanor Rathbone House Electrician. City & Guilds For information contact: May 6th 1996. Highgate N6 qualified. All domestic work Mrs HR Fearon Pennant Deaths undertaken. Y. Steinreich. Tel: Phone 0181 903 7592 Details from: Baum. Hans Baum, born 0181455 5262. Fax 0181 903 4195 Mrs. K.Gould, AJR, on Oberhausen, April 1902, died Manicure 6c Pedicure in the 0171-431 6161 London 3rd February 1996. comfort of your own home. Tuesday and Thursday Fondly remembered by his Telephone 0181 455 7582. R. &G. mornings. many friends, and relatives World Wars. I collect cards (ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS) Viewing by appointment only abroad. and envelopes from the camps. LTD. Levick. Henry Levick (Hans Please send with price asked to 199b Belsize Road, NW6 Lewinnek) of 27 Newborough Peter Rickenbach, 14 Rosslyn 624 2646/328 2646 Grove, Birmingham B28 OUX, Hill, London NW3 IPE died peacefully 1st February Members: E.G.A. BELSIZE SQUARE N.I.C.E.I.C. APARTMENTS after a brief illness. Greatly POTPOURRI 24 BELSIZE SQUARE, N.W.3 loved and missed by his wife /to/ion, Russian and son. Tel: 0171-794 4307 or & German Opera 0171-435 2557 Rowan. Mrs. Hedy Rowan, Sunday 28th April ac 3pm SWITCH ON nee Rosenfelder, Nordlingen, ELECTRICS Fred Rosner - Bass MODERN SELF-CATERING HOLIDAY Bavaria. Died in London on Geoffrey Whitworth - Piano Rewires and all household ROOMS, RESIDENT HOUSEKEEPER MODERATE TERMS January 13th at the age of 88. Essex Unitarian Church electrical work. NEAR SWISS COTTAGE STATION She came to London in 1934. 112 Palace Gardens, Nottinghill Gate PHONE PAUL: 0181-200 3518 In recent years she helped with £3 incl. programme the delivery of meals-on-wheels TORRINGTON HOMES and with transporting AJR MRS. PRINGSHEIM, S.R.N. Board of Deputies C. H. WILSON MATRON members to the Day Centre. of British Jews Carpenter For Elderly, Retired and Convalescent She will be much missed by her Painter and Decorator (Licensed by Borough ot BarneO CHANGE OF ADDRESS French Polisher • Single and Double Rooms. cousins and friends. Antique Furniture Repaired • H/C Basins and CH in all rooms. Commonwealth House Tel: 0181-452 8324 • Gardens, TV and reading rooms. In Memoriam 1-19 New Oxford Street Car: 0831 103707 • Nurse on duty 24 hours. Weiss. Karl Weiss, died March London WC1A INF • Long and short term, including trial pehod il required. 1982, and Tommy Weiss, who ALTERATIONS left us suddenly March 1956, From C250 per week RETIREMENT FLAT OF ANY KIND TO 0181-445 1244 Office hours not quite 11 years ojd. "Es ist LADIES' FASHIONS 0181-455 1335 other times bestimmt in Gottes' Rat, dass Newly decorated, I also design and make 39Torrington Park, N.12 man vom Liebsten das man one-bedroom flat children's clothes Large lounge with balcony West Hampstead area hat, muss scheiden, ja 0171-328 6571 scheiden." Lisl. Residents lounge, car park Residential Home 24 hour warden availability Clara Nehab House Qualified, experienced (Leo Baeck Housing Associaton Ltd.) Well situated for shops 13-19 Leeside Crescent NW11 and Golders Green Station BEAUTY THERAPIST Consecration All rooms with Shower W.C. and Lawrence. Gertude (Trudy) £135,000 negotiable provides wide range of H/C Basins en-suite Lawrence. Memorial service Details from: treatments Spacious Garden - Lounge & and stone consecration will Elaine Hallgarten, 0171 722 1077 Dining Room - Lift Electrolysis, Massage, Near Shops and Public Transport take place at Edgwarebury Waxing etc. 24 Hour Care - Physiotherapy Lane Cemetery, on Sunday Long & short Term - Respite Care ADVERTISEMENT RATES Suzanne Seaton CIBTAC 21st April at 1.30pm. FAMILY EVENTS - Trial Periods First 15 words free of charge, Tel: 0181 203 7445 Enquiries: Josephine Woolf E2.00 per 5 words thereafter. otto Schitf Housing Association ,1 CLASSIFIED The Bishops Avenue N2 OBG Phone: 0181-209 0022 CLASSIFIED C2.00 per five words. BOX NUMBERS AJR E3.00 extra. Personal DISPLAY, SEARCH NOTICES 1 HAMPSTEAD GATE AJR Group, Marbella, Spain. per single column inch 1A FROGNAL The AJR does not accept Retired couple living in 65 mm (3 column page) C12.00 responsibility for the 48mm (4 column page) £10.00 LONDON NWS Marbella, long-time members COPYDATE 5 weeks prior to standard of service of the AJR, would like to meet publication Tel: 0171-431 6161 rendered by advertisers

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-1 '^''ce Schwab Also at the Manchester Art Galleries (until 21 April) is an exhibition of paint­ SB's Column ings by Jack B Yeats (1871-1957), brother of the poet W B Yeats and considered to be the foremost Irish painter of the twenti­ Tale of two cities. To coincide eth century. with the erection of a Kristallnacht The National Gallery is showing (until AMemorial, Bamberg is staging ex­ he Diaghilev exhibition at the 19 May) Masterpieces from the Doria hibitions chronicling the achievements of Barbican Art Gallery (until 14 Pamphilj Gallery, Rome, one of the finest Franconian Jews. The memorial window TApril) is very exciting and should private collections of old master paintings features a photograph of the Bamberg not be missed. An excellent, but rather in the world. Included are works by Synagogue at the time of construction in "Iky, catalogue Diaghilev, Creator of the Velasquez, Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian 1910, and is strikingly presented, sur­ Jillets Russes, has been issued (price and many others. An illustrated book with rounded by heavy copper and steel plates. ^17.50). reproductions of the most important pic­ In Regensburg, building work near the ca­ Ihe Frederick Leighton exhibition con- tures in the collection is available at the thedral uncovered parts of the medieval '•nues at the Royal Academy, until 21 exhibition (price £7.95). Jewish quarter which once consisted of '^Pnl- Leighton (1830-1896) made a sen- some 30 houses destroyed in 1519. ^ational debut in London in 1855, became Archaeologists date the origin of the syna­ p "member of the Royal Academy and its gogue back to the 11th or 12th century. ••esident in 1878, a position he occupied Star of silent films, Lya de Putti, Hun­ for the rest of his life. garian-born sex symbol, was the subject . "e David Livingstone and the Victo- of a German TV retrospective which "an Encounter with Africa exhibition at called her the 'trendsetter of the vamp ^ ^ Rational Portrait Gallery continues type.' Some not-so-young film buffs may " / July, after which it moves to the remember her in Variete and Das "yal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. indische Grabmal; the advent of the Vis Newman, one of Britiain's most ' Talkies' in 1928 set an end to Lya de 6 ly regarded contemporary artists, is Putti's short career as her voice proved lowing her work at the Camden Arts unsuitable for the new techniques. She did ^^''^fe (until 5 May). Paul P 'I not survive long, dying in 1931 after "' reilcr is having an exhibition at the swallowing a chicken bone. <•"''' ^^Ilery, St Ives (until 21 April). -Since 19^^ k u L j Birthday. Hildegard Knef has turned 70. Li . . '^~'J ne has had many one-man ex- Today no longer in the limelight, she is re­ '°|t'ons both at home and abroad. Born membered as one of the first postwar P ^[^nkfurt on Main in 1918 he came to Cezanne, Portrait by the artist, 1879-82 German actresses to achieve fame within ^•^"gland in 1933. He attended the Slade and outside her country, and to assist in And, lastly, the magnificent and enor­ the rebirth of German cinema. Her auto­ ta .k ^"'^' ^^^'^^ internment in Canada, mous Cezanne exhibition at the Tate biographical novel Der geschenkte Gaul, In^'fg ^^ Radlett, Eastbourne and Bristol, Gallery (until 28 April). It is a block-bust­ published in the Sixties, gave a vivid pic­ ch A ^*^ '''^•^''•'^d from teaching and pur- ing, grandiose affair and is attracting ture of life in Europe during and after the whTh ^ '^'^"^^'^ chapel in Cornwall great crowds. Those who prefer to admire war. J^ has been his home ever since. Cezanne more quietly and more cheaply, So k ^^*'^a' °*^ Britain was held on the can see many of his works at the National Obituaries. German classical actress VJH ^""^^ '" ^^^^ ^"'^ ^'^^ ^^^'^^ ^""" Maria Wimmer has died at the age of 84. Sv k'^ "°^ mounted an exhibition Gallery (admission free) and at the Trained by Fritz Kortner she was a mem­ J,"ibols for 1952 (until 21 April). The Courtauld Collection, Somerset House ber of the Kammerspiele, Munich, for ,^ 8'nal sculptures for the Festival, includ- (admission £3)0 long periods. Dresden-born Ruth j^s Works by Eduardo Paolozzi, Barbara Berghaus who died, aged 68, was a theat­ JaccX"'^^'^' Henry Moore, Reg Butler, Place a message in the concert rical producer and choreographer whose Well ^'•''^^^'" ^"'^ Lynn Chadwick, as souvenir brochure/programme work triggered lively disputes. bro ^k ^kylon, have been traced and pi f^ together again. The original EUROPEAN CHAMBER OPERA Married to the late Paul Dessau, who 'ncl"ud fhe Royal Festival Hall are also QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL composed the music to some of Brecht's rgj, ' ^^ well as the current plans to WELLWISHERS' PAGE plays, she became artistic director of ain r building to its Festival of Brit- Your message of not more than 14 words Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin. An sul^''."'^''"«er City Art Galleries are and donation of £25 should arrive at the ardent Communist Party member, she •^ owing Whitefriars Glass, the Art of AJR office before 17th April.Thank you. produced opera in an avant-garde manner, which often alienated critics and audi­ James p'"'^''" ^ ^°"* *""^'' ^° ^""^ The Brochure Chairman,AJR, ences alike. Her only British production nf«, ^- °*^" ^ ^""S' were the most iinr - I Hampstead Gate, la Frognal, in u' •'^'^ ^""^ creative glassmaking factory was a controversial Don Giovanni for •^''ta'n in their time. London NW3 6AL. Welsh Opera in 19840

II AJR INFORMATION APf^L 1996 1 SEARCH NOTICES seeking people recalling their war work WE CAN MAKE YOUR and continued connections with those Karl Katz wishes to make contact with they rescued. Please contact Dr Rebecca LIFE MUCH EASIER.... anyone who v/as with him at Wallingford A. Pope, English Department, Farm Training Colony, Wallingford, Oxon., Georgetown University, Washington DC in 1939-40. Among them were Hans 30057-1048. Tel. 202-687-7435. Kutscher, Krumholtz & Frelsinger. Would Hedwig London (Miss), born 15 Feb. like to make contact with any of them. 1899, Heydekrug, Germany. England Please write to Karl Katz, 3 Back Lane, 1939, naturalised 1951. Worked for Col. Bexley, Kent DAS I BE, or Telephone & Mrs. Gibbs in Gloucestershire until 01322 554 442. 1982. Believed to have family in Israel/ Liese Lotte Kuzmova, previously Klein South Africa. Information sought on Miss (nee Frohlich) and Miriam Jelinkova London's early years in this country. (nee Klein) last heard of in Prague, Contact Lesley Faulkner, Cirencester Czechoslovakia. Being sought by relative Social Services, 33 Querns Lane, Cirencester, Glos. • • . you need help in reclaiming Howard Cohen, 25 Chasewood Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England. Edith Foy, nee Wilhelm. If Edith Foy or property in Germany or Austria? Tel: 0181 864 6888. any friend or relation of hers knows her • • • you want to make or change Ruth M. Jaeger, last heard of in Wales present address, Eric Linfield (close friend a Will, appoint an executor or 1945. Being sought by Howard Cohen, 25 in the 1950s) of 6 Camerton Close, require help in managing your Chasewood Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Saltford, Bristol BSI8 3BT would like to affairs? Middlesex, England.Tel: 0181 864 6888. contact her. Fritz Landauer. Munich architect and • • • you desire to establish a designer, lived and worked in England, permanent memorial in Israel? mainly London, from 1933 till his death in AJR/Self-Aid Concert 1968. An exhibition of his work is KKL, a subsiduary ofthep^F planned in Germany, as well as a Opera and Operetta Charitable Trtist, can do it all. publication describing his life and achievements. Would anyone who knew Queen Elizabeth Hall WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU or remembers Landauer or his work please communicate with Mrs. Agnes M. Sunday 19th May at 2.45 KKL Executor & Trustee Company Schilling, Graf-von-Seysselt-Str. 16, D- PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME Limited is a trust corporation with 86 199 Augsburg, Germany Phone 0049- Barber of Seyllle: Largo al factotum, nearly 50 years experience in 821-92006, Fax 0049-821-993709. handling thousands of Wills and Dunque io son I estates. Correspondents in Israel Elisabeth Janstein. Information, photos, Marriage of Figaro: Non plu andrai and throughout the world. letters, material Is being sought about the Cos! fan tutte: Soave si al vento Austrian journalist and writer Elisabeth Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee, All consultations are free of charge Janstein (Iglau 1893 to 1944 Seguldilla and in strictest confidence. Winchcombe). Contact: Dr. Ursula Don Carlos: Son io mio Carlo Write or phone for information: Seeber, Osterreichische Exilbibliothek, RIgoletto: Questa o quella, Quartetto Seldengasse 13, A-1070 Wien. Tel. +43/1/ Herman Rothman Gianni SchicchI: O mio babbino caro 526 20 44-20. Fax. +43/1/526 20 44-30. KKL Executor & Thistee Pearlfishers: Au fond du temple saint Company Limited Renata Rosenheck, believed to be living Lakme:Viens Mallika - Sous le dome epais Harold Poster House in London. In 1942-43 aged seven in Lyon La Boheme: Che gelida manina. Mi Kingsbury Circle with mother; father interned in Gurs chiamano Mimi, O soave fanciulla London NW9 9SP concentration camp. Renata taken to Fledermaus: O weh ist mir, Chacun a Telephone: 0181-204 9911 Switzerland but mother deported. son gout,'Eins zwei drei' Facsimile: 0181-204 8099 Information on current whereabouts of Tales of Hoffman: Kleinzack, Scintille Freephone: 0800 901333 Renata being sought to return family diamant, Barcarolle memento. Please write to Aimee Stauffer, CzardasfiJrstin: Die Madchen 4 3 rue de la Mairie, 1207 Geneva, Merry Widow: Maxims, Love unspoken, Switzerland. Vilja Lied EXECirroitTmism CXNiV/WY UMITEO Ida and Louise Cook. Under-cover Das Land des Lachelns: Dein Ist mein KKL-TAKING CARE opera lovers, on repeated trips to ganzes Herz OF TOMORROW TODAY IN A Germany smuggled out valuables Paganlnl: Gern hab' ich die Frau'n belonging to Jewish families to serve as gekCisst PROFESSIONAL AND CARING WAY immigration guarantees. Biographer is 4

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•demographic disaster changing rather than vanishing. Dr. Jonathan Webber, of the Oxford 'n the Diaspora Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, observed that ethnic identity was based on '^ws are disappearing from the area of many factors, including the non- turope which was the heartland of rational, and that Jewish practice offered Jewry for five centuries". Bernard wide scope for inconsistency. J Wasserstein, the historian, of Brandeis Other points made were that being Jew­ u niversity, presented the thesis of his re- ish had become voluntary in the last 50 Israel's Finest Wines «ntly published book Vanishing Diaspora years, that the ultra-Orthodox should not (Hamish Hamilton, £20) in stark terms to be underestimated, that the vitality of from the '"e Institute of Jewish Affairs (now Insti­ Britain's Jewish community should be tute for Jewish Policy Research). recognised and that the whole Vanishing Golan Heights \/i ^''pounded on three specific areas. Diaspora debate was insignificant com­ Yarden, Golan & Gamla ' ost significantly, emigration had re- pared with the losses suffered in the "ced European Jewry from 4 million Holocaust. In his reply Prof. Wasserstein Write, phone or fax ^ ter the war to below 2 million, and with warned that we should not deceive our­ for full information '/ate of emigration from the former So- selves; what Diaspora Jewry had to do ^'et Union of 100,000 per annum (some was to manage an orderly and dignified House of Hallgarten '000 to Israel) the process continued. decline. Dallow Road, Luton LU1 1UR etondly, with Jewish deaths exceeding ORonald Channing Tel: 01582 22538 ,*^*'^h births, the rate of decrease was 'Sner than in any other comparable Eu- East ending Fax: 01582 23240 ^opean group. Thirdly, the 'melting' of Bloom's kosher restaurant in White- Jews mto the general population was re- chapel, centre of Jewish life and cuisine in '<^«ed in a 50% rate of outmarriage. London's East End for 75 years, has Annely Juda Fine Art ••thodox Jewry did not welcome con- closed. Mourned by all who still retain the 23 Dering Street (off New Bond Street) ^ersion, while Liberal and Reform lingering taste of its salt beef sandwiches, Tel: 0171-629 7578 Fax: 0171-491 2139 ""Versions were of little demographic latkes and other cholesterol-packed deli­ CONTEMPORARY PAINTING ^'i?nificance. Yiddish and Ladino were no cacies brought to these shores by Jewish AND SCULPTURE °"8er languages spoken by Jews. What immigrants from Russia and Poland, as Tiained was a sub-culture within the well as by those who specially enjoyed the '^t cultures to which Jews made their begrudging service brought to a veritable •-""tributions as individuals. artform by the waiters. GERMAN and ENGLISH abbi Dr. Jonathan Magonet argued BOOKS BOUGHT ^ ^^ the positive role of Reform and Lib- Policy research ^^' Judaism had been omitted from Prof. The Institute of Jewish Affairs has Antiquarian, secondhand and modern sserstein's analysis. The nature of changed its name to the Institute for Jew­ books of quality always wanted •*-\vish identity rested on a complex of ish Policy Research in an endeavour to Most subjects, but especially ractori; " j i place the organisation's future emphasis '^ - an ever-developmg commu­ nity of .- • , , I on in-depth research upon which conclu­ ARCHITECTURE, ART PHOTOGRAPHY ^ ' "1 raith responding to the sions and recommendations are to be MUSIC ^"["'^"nities in which they live". He made. EROTICA cul ^'^'^^"'•'*^a"y vvhether " Jewish MOUNTAINS, LANDSCAPES, GARDENS ^ ture was the culture of the last country GERMAN BOOKS EASTERN EUROPE, ASIA, POLAR REGIONS ^'got thrown out of?" We are always buying: FEMINISM, ANARCHISM, ANTI-FASCISM ^^ abbi Magonet also referred to the Books, Autographs, Judaica emmgly ever-increasing number of Is- and German works of art ECONOMICS & PHILOSOPHY _^^^''s in Europe. With the State of Israel Antiquariat Metropolis SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE ^^ ^ ^"urce of Jewish identity, he believed Leerbachstr. 85 BIBLIOGRAPHY & FINE PRINTING em ^ ^^'^tew-speaking culture could D-60322 Frankfurt a/M MANUSCRIPTS & ORIGINAL DRAWINGS Th ^^ ~ "^ '"^ ^^^ "°* done so already. Tel: 0049 69 559451 ([^ ^ '-immunity's objective should be nei- REGULAR VISITS TO LONDON Immediate response to your letter let su or phone call. *"'rvival nor continuity; rather to '^t^ablish a Jewish purpose We pay good prices and come to collect ^. " jewisn p ;1 May, I ^^ichael May, Director of the European GERMAN BOOKS Please contact: of Ipwic BOUGHT Robert Hornung, MA (Oxon sis H"^I ^^ J'^wish Communities, empha- sised the vitality of Jewish life in Europe 2 Mount View, Ealing, tod"cr^a ' ^^^ accused Wasserstein of A.W. MYTZE London W5 I PR r,... f "^ ^° ^^^ culture of Eastern Eu- Telephone 0181-998 0546 ope vv/" L L 1 The Riding, London NWll ^. ' ^'tn the prosperity of European (5pm to 9pm is best) "imunities, Jewry could be said to be Tel: 0181-458 0419

13 AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996 1 Preheat oven to Gas Mark 7, 425°F, On a more elevated level I would Cooking with Crete! Beer 220°C. Sift the flour into a warmed bowl. substitute the straightforwardly Anglo- Cream yeast with a teaspoon of the sugar, Saxon usage Heads-I-win-tails-you-lose add the tepid milk. Make a well in the schmooze for the Greek loanword hubris, centre of the flour and pour in the yeast Dont's-and-Do's schmooze for (similarly mixture. Sprinkle a little of the flour over Greek-derived) Ethics, and Lautrec- the top, cover bowl with a cloth and set Toulouse schmooze for the Frenchified in a warm place to prove. 'chatter in the Salon de Refuses. ' Butter a Guglhupf mould, sprinkle with Lastly I would dignify Dr Jonathan slivered almonds and dust with flour (or Miller and rabbis Lionel Blue and Hugo ground almonds). Set butter in a warm Gryn with the honorific schmooze Jews - place. When the yeast mixture begins to and proclaim Vanessa Feltz as our bubble, mix yeast into remainder of the schmooze muse in residence. flour, add remaining sugar and lightly DRC Guglhupf beaten eggs. Beat mixture well with a wooden spoon or use the dough hook of orever popular and, of course, there an electric mixer, until the dough leaves are numerous variations on that sides of bowl clean. Stir in the raisins and theme. My own preference is for a Survivors of the Shoah F grated lemon rind. Guglhupf made with yeast, and this par­ Arrange mixture in the prepared ticular version is sometimes known as Visual History Foundation Guglhupf mould which should be about 'French' Guglhupf in Vienna. It is very teven Spielberg is donating the entire two-thirds full. Cover mould with a cloth easy to make, but use fresh rather than proceeds from the film Schindler's and set in a warm place to rise. When the dried yeast (available from most good List to this historical documentation- mixture has risen to within an inch of the S bakers and also from some health food Between now and the end of 1997 world top of the mould, put the cake into stores). wide interviews with survivors will be preheated oven. After five minutes turn conducted. 9oz (250g) strong plain flour down the heat to Gas Mark 5, 575°F, The video interviews will take approxi­ '/ioz (15g) fresh yeast 190°C and later to Gas iMark 414, 360°F, mately two hours and the interviewee will 2 tablespoons caster sugar 185°C without opening the oven door. receive a copy of it as a memorial keep­ ^A cup tepid milk Bake for about 45 minutes in all - if nec­ sake for family and friends. Five of the 4oz (llOg) butter essary cover cake with buttered Holocaust memorial institutions (such aS 3 eggs greaseproof paper towards the end of the Washington Holocaust Museum and 14 cup raisins baking time, in case it browns too Yad Vashem) will eventually be able to grated lemon rind quickly. Carefully remove cake from call up the computer-processed and cata­ butter and flour for the mould mould and set on a rack. Dust with icing logued interviews by computer 'online'. sugar sieved with vanilla sugar whilst still abt. 2oz (5.5g) slivered almonds A previously given interview or an al­ warmD icing sugar sieved with vanilla sugar ready existing biography should present no obstacle to additionally presenting the likes of Teresa Gorman and John Red­ one's reminiscences in this manner. As a The discreet charm of wood in Britain. Ranking even above the general rule there is a preliminary discus­ schmooseiocrats are the chat monarchs: sion with the interviewer. The intervie\v' the schmooseoisie schmooze queen Oprah Winfrey in the proper is conducted at a second meeting- rom shopping malls to roller blades, USA, and Melvyn Bragg and Angus Have- Documents will be recorded and photo­ Hamburger chains to political cor­ I-Got-Sc^moo2e-For-You Dayton over graphs will be taken and the family i* F rectness, what the US does today the here. invited to appear at the end of the inter­ UK will do tomorrow. Therefore stand by These interesting new coinages listed in view. the countrywide dissemination of the The Times have encouraged me to devise Should you be interested, please write word schmooseoisie. This newly minted several new - and rhyming - combina­ to Dr Albert Lichtblau, Institut fur term deriving from the Yiddish verb tions in which schmooze features. I leave Geschichte, Universitat Salzburg. schmooze, to butter up, has somehow readers to judge their usefulness: Rudolfskai 42, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria been absorbed into (American) English to ' True Blues' schmooze for 1922 Com­ (Tel: 0043-662-8044-4743; Fax: 0043- mean to talk or chatter. mittee sessions, news schmooze for 662-8044-413; E-Mail: albert.lichtblau Schmooseoisie, pace The Times (9 Jan) Current Affairs, schmooze news for gossip @.sbg.ac.at) for further information. You was coined by an American Professor of columns, cruise schmooze for shipboard can also telephone freefone to the follow­ English writing in the Boston Globe in gossip, schmooze cruise for a Swan-Hel­ ing numbers in the USA and in Germany 1992. It describes a 'rapidly expanding lenic lecture trip, schmooze crews for respectively: class which makes its living by talk, on ra­ talkshow panellists, crews' schmooze for Survivors of the Shoah Visual History dio or television.' astronauts' chitchat, short fuse schmooze foundation, (P.O. Box 3168, Los Angeles, As frequently happens with classes the for road rage counselling. Blues schmooze CA 001-213-90078-3168): USA 001-800- schmooseoisie has various strata. An up­ for a Musical Express column, and 661-2092 or Jessica Mehler (Frankfurt) per stratum, the schmooseiocracy, include schmooze Blues for BBC phone-in cutbacks. 0049-069-724400 D

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'Re-migrants ture the painter William Rothenstein HILARY'S AGENCY came to the rescue. Rothenstein, son of a Specialists in Long and Short-Term he term Remigranten describes the wealthy German-Jewish Bradford wool Live-in and Daily Care RESPITE AND EMERGENCY CARE (relatively few) refugees who re­ merchant, smoothed Gertler's entry into CARE FOR THE ELDERLY T turned to postwar Germany while the Slade School of art and procured a HOUSEKEEPERS RECUPERATION CARE ^ great mass stayed on in Britain, grant for him. Soon Mark blossomed MATERNITY NURSES "lerica or Israel. Interestingly enough, both as an artist and as a personality. NANNIES AND MOTHERS' HELPS ^ phenomenon of a few returnees swim- Through fellow Slade student Dora EMERGENCY MOTHERS "^'"g against the tide had also occurred Carrington he met Lady Otteline Morrell, Caring and Experienced Personnel Available '^r on, when Jews were essentially whose Garsington Manor served as a We will be happy to discuss your requirements PLEASE PHONE 0181-559 1110 '^'^onomic refugees.' wartime refuge and 'play area' of the Thus during the Depression the War- Bloomsbury Group of artists and intellec­ s^aw-resident Polanski family had gone to tuals. It was at Garsington that the poor ' ""'s, where their son Roman was born in boy from the East End met luminaries like FOR THOSE YOU CARE MOST ABOUT •'• Finding France an unpropitious en- Bertrand Russell, Maynard Keynes and - ^'fonment, they returned to Poland, with the similarly proletarian - D H Law­ Springdene

nnehevably maladroit timing, just before rence, (who promptly put him into his A modern nursing tiome with "^ Nazis brought the war, and with it the novel Women in Love). 26 yrs of excellence in health 'holocaust, to that country. care to the community. These encounters took place while guns Licensed by Barnet area •ittle Roman, though, survived against were booming on the Western front. It health authority and the odds because even at seven he was in reaction against the war that recognised by BUPA & PPP. w how to creep through sewers and Gertler painted Merry-go-round, his best- HYDROTHERAPY & • ^^P rough in alleyways and ruins. known work (now at the Tate). PHYSIOTHERAPY provided by full time chartered physiotherapists for ostwar, the indestructible street urchin During the postwar years his early inpatients and outpatients. '^"Ived into a successful film director - promise began to fade. Marriage brought SPRINGDENE 55 Oakleigh Park North, <«e Work is, however, hardly ever free a measure of contentment - but he even­ Whetstone, London N.20 a viciousness that clearly harks back to tually felt that it stymied his creativity. 0181-446 2117 his fo •>rmative years. There were also financial and health wor­ SPRINGVIEW 6-10 Crescent Road, Enfield. Our (f I'i'^"^'^'^ Kops was one of many children ries. Worn out, he took his own life in completely new purpose built hotel style retirement th f"'^'^''^"''" P-3st Fnders. In the thirties June 1939. home. All rooms with bathroom en-suite.Tel: 0181- 446 2117. y^mily suffered such poverty that the DRG atherr mf^r>rn,rnootedl „a _!-plan„ i:„for. .-!.;„taking„ .the1 r hack to Amsterdam. The scheme came to noth , '"8, however, when it turned out that y <-"ouldn't even raise money for the Long life COMPANIONS rare R f I Members of the AJR are, we are ex­ • oetore long they were to become tremely pleased to report, living to OF LONDON are of a terrible paradox: the abject exceptionally great ages. A recent sur­ A specialist home care service ^^^y 'hey had meant to escape had, by vey conducted by the AJR revealed that to assist the elderly, people ' tooning them in this country, saved 80% of members were aged 70 years with disabilities, help during '^';^ very lives. and over, many celebrating birthdays and after illness, childcare tlccade or so before Kops senior's ar- well into their 90s! and household needs. P '' i-ouis Gcrtler had fetched up in the Two thirds of AJR members were For a service tailored to your individual needs hi u ^"^^^ Cialicia. Here his wife gave by Companions who care. Please call born in Germany, a quarter In Austria, ^^rth to their fifth child, Mark, but a few and the rest gave Czechoslovakia, Po­ 0171-483 0212 • on bleak economic circumstances land, Hungary and England as their 0171-483 0213 1\ I ^ '' advisable to return to Austrian countries of origin. '""• T^hey embarked on the homeward 110 Gloucester Avenue, To no-one's surprise, it was con­ *-75 but several poverty- stricken Primrose Hill, firmed that three quarters of the AJR's th- \. '' '^'^'^y came to the conclusion London NWl 8JA '^f England was after all preferable to members live in North West London - (Emp Agy) an inheritance of their placement by the Jewish settlement and relief agen­ hea'^'l'^ '" ^P'^^'ic'ds, British-born Mark i^'/ '^'''^^ words of English on entcr- cies before and during World War II. Simon P. Rhodes M.Ch.S. ^ Pi'imary school. By the time he left Long may they continue to add conti­ STATE REGISTERED CHIROPODIST nental conversation, cuisine and Kultur fU . "^' had shown such aptitude for art Surgeries at: that K- ^'lown sucn ap to the cosmopolitan character that re­ ,„ --• arranged for him to work 67 Kilburn High Road, NW6 (opp M&S) • ^ his father arranged for mains in today's Hampstead, Highgate, Telephone 0171-624 1576 J"astainc(a stamcd- glass factory and attend Poly- St. John's Wood, Golders Green, Hen- 3 Queens Close (off Green Lane) the in ^ '^^ '" fhe evening. However, don and Finchley Edgware, MIddx HAS 7PU evt hour working day followed by ORDC Telephone 0181-905 3264 Cio I ^ study undermined Mark '•''• s health. Fortunately at this junc­ Visiting chiropody service available

IS AJR INFORMATION APRIL 1996 i grade for many days. Our journey ended in Austria near the One Man's War Our captors realised that if they were small town of Wolfsberg. However, after a Parts not to arrive with corpses at the end of few days we were split into Arbeits-Com- the journey, they had to be somewhat le­ mandos and I was back on a train with Relocation nient towards us, as long as it did not about 25 others. This time it was in a nor­ fter some days or weeks the Ger encourage escapes. They allowed the mal railway carriage, albeit with locked mans moved us to a railway sta trucks' sliding doors to be left open in a doors. After a few hours travel and stop­ Ation and made us board a train, fixed position about a foot wide, facilitating ping or passing many stations, I became about forty men to a truck. (All of a sud­ limited contact with the outside world. rather depressed. Opposite me sat a little den everybody was an expert on the exact We found that a German guard near our Sephardi Jew who had never seen the wording of the Geneva Red Cross Con­ gap was actually from Vienna and Palmai world outside Jerusalem. He told me to vention. I don't know where the was immediately ordered to sit at the report to sick parade and that I was fully knowledge came from.) We remonstrated opening to start a conversation. The Vien­ entitled to see a doctor. I insisted that 1 i with the Germans that the convention nese are a peculiar lot: when one meets was all right, to which he retorted; "Why permitted no more than about 26 - 30 another one far from home they start are you crying then?" Without my notic­ prisoners per rail truck. The Germans set­ reminiscing about their home town. ing, some tears must have run down my J: tled the matter by saying that all those Where did you live, what school did you face. 1 had memories of having passed who entered the trucks voluntarily would go to, where did you work? And they al­ through the area with my father, mother end up in a proper POW camp in Ger­ ways knew it well - that street and the and sister in our Chevrolet en route for a many with three meals a day. Our jailers nearest tram stop and that bistro that sold holiday in Velden on the Woertersee, not never adhered to the minimum amount of lovely wine, and so forth. The prisoner so long ago. I said to the Jerusalemite, calories as outlined by the Red Cross. sitting close to the gap of the truck had to "Well, you see, I have been here before. Otherwise, the authority - Wehrmacht be a clever fellow and a bit of a diplomat. What could I tell him? Heer - under whose jurisdiction we were A clot could not have achieved anything, We left the train in Lienz and marched held acted correctly. But there were some but Palmai was excellent. Bartering a bar to our new camp which was lovely; neat, transgressions. The Geneva Convention of toilet soap he sent his Viennese friend light, spotlessly clean cabins with washba­ was our Bible. It was mentioned daily. to see if he could get us something to eat sins and showers, three-tier bunk-beds, You raised your left hand with an open for it. The following evening the guards but, of course, barbed wire fences. The palm with the words 'The convention allowed some civilians to approach the biggest surprise was in the evening, when says....' And the German replied 'I train with food and they came every the Austrian woman who cooked a mar­ know, I know - but....' If there would evening. vellous soup, shouted: "Anyone fof not have been a Geneva Convention with Though Yugoslavia was overrun the second helpings?" Unbelievable. Nor­ its Red Cross parcels I would not have Jews of Belgrade still lived normal lives. mally, even if there was some food there been alive to write these words. Hearing about the hundreds of Jewish was never enough and the last got noth­ The train journey from Greece took us POWs at the railway station, they ing. Our daily chore consisted of laying j through Yugoslavia where our train, con­ brought us food, preferably after dark. the hardcore stones on a minor road - sisting of perhaps as many as 30 cattle How they heard about us I don't know which led to the Grossglockner pass. trucks, was shunted into a siding at Bel- - possibly from Palmai's compatriot. (to be continued) D H PWeiner

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Again the Ist April has come around. That day in European Chamber Opera 1933. when SA men had prevented customers from entering Jewish shops, and a few houses and in a businesses were demolished. It became the trag­ GALA CHARITY CONCERT edy of Europe that the Ist April was not taken seriously, even in 1933. of Germany, at that time, was still a member of the League of Nations; Hindenburg was Reichsprasident who less than a year before had Opera and Operetta guaranteed the civic rights of German Jewry. Queen Elizabeth Hall, RFH2 on the South Bank World reaction to the boycott did not meet the fundamental issues. Sunday 19 May 1996 at 2.45pm In Great Britain public opinion was more im­ pressed by the personal tragedies of scientists, Seats at £ I I, £ 14, £ 17, £20 available from the AJR doctors and writers than by the war on civilisation which, in fact, Germany had declared that day At a I Hampstead Gate, IA Frognal, London NW3 6AL protest meeting in Liverpool. Eleanor Rathbone had said that the persecution of Jews would have Please send SAE with your cheque taught us to see in the "outbreak of temperament" of the German people a serious menace to the Royal Festival Hall world. ^^ AJR Information, April 1946 on thie South Bank

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