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January 28, 1944

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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Sabbath Readings of the Law

Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 10:1-13:6.
Prophetical portion—Jer. 46:13-28.

JANUARY 28, 1944

SHEBAT 3. 5704

A Tragic Anniversary

January 30 will mark one of the great-
est tragedies in the tragic history of man-
kind, for on that day 11 years ago Presi-
dent Paul von Hindenburg appointed
Adolf Hitler Reichs Chancellor of Ger-
many.

neighbors and imposed their authority
upon them. The New Order, however, was
the reversion to a much earlier day, when
the Roman legions conquered their weak-
er neighbors and enslaved them.

The idea of a colonial empire of Eu-
rope was one of the psychopathic ideas
of the Nazis. Many of these madmen no
doubt believe implicitly in the Nordic
supremacy and master race dogmas. They
succeeded in indoctrinating millions of
young Germans with the notion, the Nazi
prisoners in America still believe it de-
spite the defeats in Russia and Italy.

Had the Nazis succeeded in conquer-
ing all of Europe their idea of a New
Order based upon the enslavement of the
400 million Europeans would have failed.
The peoples of Europe has had too long
a position as sovereign peoples and, since
the French Revolution, the idea of equal-
ity and freedom has grown despite the
many setbacks it has received.

We now are confident that the Nazis
will fail in their grandiose plan of Euro-
pean and then world conquest. The tragic
experiment has cost too many lives and
destroyed too much wealth for us to fail
to learn something from it. The problems
of Europe cannot be solved by conquest,
nor were they solved before this war by
balance of power arrangements. There
surely must be some way out. Intelligent
Europeans will surely try to find a way
out after this frightful tragedy.

This was a day of delirious rejoicing
for the Nazis, for now this crew of psy-
chopaths, degenerates, street fighters,
sadists, charlatans and pseudo-scientists
were handed over the reins of government
and there was no authority to oppose any
Perhaps the idea of the welfare of all
scheme they may choose to impose upon
Europeans
and not of a particular country
a bewildered, depression- and inflation-
may
emerge
from the holocaust.
ridden people.
Perhaps the idea of cooperation and
The story of the destruction of all dis-
federation
may be found to be a sound
sidents is a familiar tale. Those who were
basis
upon
which a just and enduring
not coordinated were annihilated, and
peace
can
be
made.
those who could not be coordinated, the

The Nazi way and the way of 'the bad
Jews, were completely obliterated from
old days of Europe surely are not founda-
German life.
The cornerstone of the structure of tions upon which to build.

Nazidom was the Nordic superiority dog-
ma, or the master race dogma. The fact
that not a single recognized scientist ap-
proved these dogmas meant nothing to
the Nazis. The Nazis were determined to
establish "A New Order in Europe" with
the master race in control and all the
other peoples of Europe -their serfs and
slaves.

The treatment of the Jews should have
aroused the fears and suspicions of the
peoples of Europe who had predicated
their political life upon the ideas of
greater freedom and more equality, but
just as many Germans thought that Naz-
ism was a temporary ailment that would
pass away, so many good, honest and
forthright Europeans thought that Nazism
was for domestic consumption only, and
once all Germans were part of the Reich
that all would be well.

We have learned to our great loss and
sorrow that the master race dogma was
not merely a slogan to rally the Nazis
and Germans everywhere, but was the
very heart of Nazism.

Cruel and ruthless masters have never
shown any regard for the sensibilities of
their slaves. To these masters, slaves must
serve and masters should rule. The master
race proceeded on this assumption. The
property, rights, lives and sensibilities of
other Europeans were of no concern to
them. These peoples would either accept
the Nazis as their masters or would be
annihilated with fire and sword. Thus,
Jan. 30, 1933, was the beginning of a
tragic era surpassing any like era in the
history of mankind.

A Welcome Order

The Executive Order of President
Roosevelt establishing a War Refugee
Board consisting of Secretary of State
Hull, Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau and Secretary of War Stimson is a
piece of very heartening news.

Now there is at long last an official
American government agency that is di-
rected "to take action for the immediate
rescue from the Nazis of as many as
possible of the persecuted minorities of
Europe, racial, religious and political."

The order specifically provides: "It
shall be the duty of the heads of all
agencies and departments to supply or
obtain for the board such information
and to extend to the board such supplies,
shipping and other specified assistance
and facilities as the board may require in
carrying out the provisions of this order,"
and further, "the board and State, Treas-
ury and War Departments are authorized
to accept the services or contributions of
any private person, private organization,
State agencies, or agencies of foreign
governments in carrying out the purposes
of this order."

Plain Talk...

by Al Segal

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THIS CIVIL WAR

correspondent, who has
Y OUR
himself retired from the bat-

The citizens who killed the most
mosquitoes were decorated fu r
tles of Israel (see recent col- valor. They carried ha rmers:
umn), regrets to see the boys "Ten Thousand Fell Before Mc
marching again on a new cam- Today!" or "I Was Victor Over
paign of internecine was-fare. His 5,599!" or "4001 of the Enemy
blood courses swift again at the Fell Under My Hand".
It is needless to say that in
new call to combat and he is
about to put on his 000-Zionist, the midst of all this the wolves
zInti-Jewish Commonwealth uni- broke through the borders of the
form, but he holds himself back. village and when they were
No, your correspondent says, through with their ravages not
I shall not join in the new bat- a citizen of Dummkopf survived.
tles. Enough of the windows of But another Dummkopf sows
Israel's house are already smash- arose. There always will be a
ed and already useful fighting Dummkopf.
Your correspondent is mindful
to be done. The Hitlerites and
the Japs haven't yet been con- of wolves surrounding the house
quered and, for God's sake, what of Israel. They will be around
folly to go fighting other Jews even after the war when Israel
over the fantasy of a non-exist- will have to stand in defense of
his right to live and to be free
ent state.
If your correspondent has in a world of wolves. But Israel's
blood to shed he shall give it to strength will have been spent in
the Red Cross. If he has money divisive contest over mosquitoes.
Your correspondent, a non-
to spare it shall not go to any
warfare in Israel but to War Zionist and against a Jewish
Bonds. He is sure that this is State, roots for neither side of
also the view of most American our combatants. He says confu-
Jews whose chief devotion is sion on both their houses and
to their sons on all the battle- he could laugh at both of them
fronts and to hell with the petty were it not for the tragic impli-
cations of their welfare. They
warfare of the professionals.
It does give a laugh, though: themselves appear to be enjoying
One's ears are strained for the it and one can imagine them
roar of the first blow of tragic carrying proud banners for valor:
conflict impending on the French "I Aimed Such Beautifully Turn-
coast when suddenly out of the ed Phrases in One Speech!" or
stillness, a peep-squeak sound! "I Let Go With a Sharp, Bril-
What is this? It's a declaration liant Epigram Today!" or "What
of war. The Zionist Organization a Broadside I Gave Them!"
It all calls for action by the
announces it is marching against
the non-Zionist American Coun- helpless majority of Jews. The
cil for Judaism. A special na- majority who are non-partisans,
tional committee has been form- who are simply Jews who ask
ed for combat. Presumabily only to be allowed to live and
funds will be gathered for this, to work and to bring up their
children right, who want libera-
since warfare takes money.
In the tragic hour your cor- tion from their leaders, who be-
respondent manages to get some lieve that this civil war in Jewry
comic relief out of this. He re- is no good against the time when
members another incident in the Jews will have to stand together
village of Dummkopf of which at the peace table in defense of
he has written here before. equal rights eVeryWhere, who
There was an occasion when want Jews to be strong and to
Dummkopf was menaced by speak with one voice when the
wolves and everybody should time comes.
They are inarticulate since
know what a menace wolves arc
to a community. You can't let they have had no opportunity to
the children out for fear they train their voices at speakers'
will be devoured and with a lot table and in conferences. They
of wolves around even strong are the plain people who will be
men aren't safe.
the most hurt by the folly of
their leaders, since they are the
f
N THIS dreadful hour the majority. It is they who will in-
citizens of Dummkopf took up herit the evils that must flow
a campaign against mosquitoes from divides! counsel.
which infested Dummkopf. I
It is time for them to organ-
can't explain the Dummkopf the-
ory in this, for the Dummkopf ize for defense against their
mind is not explainable. Anyway, leaders and for such action as
it was a great war against the will be representative of Jewish
mosquitoes even while the wolves unity when the time comes to

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were at the gates of Dummkopf.

See SEGAL—Page 9

BACK THE FIGHTING MEN WITH FIGHTING DOLLARS

Many complaints have been registered
by those who felt that there was callous
indfference on the part of the govern-
ments of Britain and the United States,
and the specific complaints were that the
available shipping for rescue was not
utilized and that private organizations
that were equipped to do rescue work
were not given an opportunity to use
their expert personnel and experience.
The executive order now takes care of
these two serious and oft-repeated com-
plaints.

The "New Order in Europe" was new
in the sense that no European aggressor,
for centuries, had attempted to enslave
his neighbors. Other aggressors had at-
tempted to conquer and had for a time
succeeded, as did Napoleon Bonaparte,
but the conqueror did not think that he
We now have good reason to hope that
and his people were a master race ; they
had greater military power and used it many of the rescuable victims of the
to take the property from their weaker Nazis will be saved.

U. S. Treas.'', Den ,

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