6 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle .Escape from Germany It's too bad that in the inter- ests of safety, I don't give you all the details about my trip, but still, I would like to tell you a few things. What I was most afraid of was the ride on the train. Luckily I could present an old, long outdated identification paper from the Post Office fur the year 1938, which bore neither the stamp "Religion" nor the first name "Israel." The inspec- tion occurred in the crowded sec- ond-class compartment right out- side Berlin. Since the inspector merely checked hastily, he over- looked the fact that the wiper had long since expired. In case A Joyous Chanukah to All FEIGENSON BROTHERS CO. Manufacturers of 3579 GRATIOT AVE. PLAZA 3933 PERRY FEIGENSON, Pres. BEN FEIGENSON, Vice-Pres. SINCERE CHANUKAH GREETINGS MERCHANTS FUR COMPANY Manufacturing Furriers 206 E. GRAND RIVER AVE. 805-9 Merchants Bldg. HURD CLARK From "Inside Germany" Reports Early this year, an elderly German Jewish professor made his way out of the Reich illegally to safety in Switzerland. This man had suffered all the indignities of a Jew in Germany during nine years of Hitler rule, had been interned in Dachau and by chance escaped being shipped off to the Jewish reservation in Poland. He is a man of intelligence and high professional standing. Below we have retproduced the story that he tells of his last experience in Germany in full, because, although he shows touching gratitude for the kindnesses done him by German Aryans, we believe he was a well qualified observer and that his experiences were in some degree typical. of an emergency I had a few other documents with me that attested to my former state po- sition. In Stuttgart I had the bad luck that my train was too late to make connections and consequen- ly I was forced to spend the night there. Now then the great diffi- culty of staying overnight with- out registering officially. To spend the night in the waiting room was naturally out of the question on account of the danger of a police inspection, moreover, I wanted to continue the trip well rested, for my nerves must not give way again. (You must already know that my first at- tempt to leave the country, short- ly before Christmas, failed, though I got as far as X, because my nerves gave way completely towards the end. That time I got to the border, saw the bless- ed land, and had to turn back! The lake had not frozen over yet, I should have had to crawl across the countryside from X. LOU GENDLER SINCERE CHANUKAH GREETINGS BORDEN'S FARM PRODUCTS COMPANY OF MICHIGAN to Y. You can imagine my des- peration. I had then to face the danger of inspection on the re- turn journey—you know all travel is forbidden for Jews. Naturally I had taken off the Jewish star.) After much effort I succeeded in finding the necessary quarters for the night. The next day my journey continued; at 11 a. in. I was in R. Now that we were ap- proaching the frontier, I was afraid of a further inspection on the train or at the station in IL But, thank God, nothing like that happened! I had to wait around in R. until the Post Office closed at four in the afternoon, in con- stant fear of accidentally meet- ing an old acquaintance. How- ever, the day passed uneventful- ly, as did the ride in the mail truck to the region around our old home. At first I intended to cross the lake on ice skates, which, togeth- er with the necessary shoes, I had been able to obtain in Berlin af- ter a long search. However, after thinking it over, I told myself that it would be better to go on foot; if I had an accident on skates I would be utterly help- less. Crossing the lake—it took eight or ten minutes—was very easy since the ice was covered with a thin layer of snow. I had hit upon a very favorable eve- ning, just before dusk, for it snowed the next day and then crossing the lake would not have been so simple. For protection against being seen, I wrapped myself from head to foot in a white mantle made out of an old sheet. Flight was possible for me only in this region as I knew it well and furthermore had stu- died the map thoroughly. In anticipation of getting my Swiss entrance permit, I had tried every means of leaving the coun- try legally. I was running around for weeks trying to get the iden- tification paper necessary for an exit visa. It would be too much to recite all my efforts to get this visa. I finally succeeded in getting to the very highest au- thorities and they treated me in a very kind manner. If there had been the slightest possibility, they would have given me a passport and identification papers. But, since Himmler himself had given the orders that no exit visas were to be granted, my appeal had to fail. A particularly friendly high official strongly advised me to PLAZA 9000 Season's Greetings Id pop up anytime for ALT S December 4, 342 1 INDUSTRIAL CASTINGS CO. C. A. BRADY W. L. MAYBERRY 8955 THADDEUS AVE. cross the border illegally as he thought any change in the orders was out of the question. How- ever, I kept hearing rumors that exceptions would be made in cases of people over sixty and I kept wavering in my resolve. That, after all, is understandable con- sidering the risks involved in an illegal flight. But after a second conversation with the friendly of- ficial I was finally decided. And so my flight succeeded at last. The goal was worth the risk. Now, as to your questions: The order now is that the parties of mixed marriages have to separ- ate, and in case of refusal the Aryan party is to be considered a Jew. Divorce has been forced in many instances of artists and there have been a number of sui- cides as a result. For example, a well-known actor who was mar- ried to a Jewess killed his wife and his child and then commit- ted suicide. Suicides are very com- mon among Jews. In Berlin, hun- dreds have taken their lives to avoid the uncertain, or rather, the certain fate in the East. Even earlier, when the Jewish badge was first introduced, there were many suicides obviously because people feared insults and physi- cal violence when they had to appear on the streets labelled as enemies of the state. These fears proved to be completely unjusti- fied. From my own observations I believe that eighty percent of the people refuse to accept this outrage against the Jews, fre- quently even expressing their feelings in a very demonstrative way. Many show their good will by offering Jews cigars and rig. arettes, giving candy to the chil- dren, offering seats in streetcars and subways, and in a hundred other ways. 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