Friday, September 15, 1944 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE sod The Legal Chronicle Page II Dutch Jews Approach the Holidays In a More Hopeful Spirit By JULIUS MORITZEN "The Contemporary Jewish Rec- EDITOR'S NOTE:—Mr. Moritzen is a writer on International ord," there is for instance an in- affairs. He is the author of "Peace Movement of America" teresting account of the genesis of the Dutch Jews. and other works. "To Amsterdam, the Venice of To speak of the Dutch Jews Economic Affairs; Dr. J. J. C. van the North," we read, "certain in- dividual Marranos had already as of the Netherlands is nothing Dijk, former Minister of Defense; come. Amsterdam welcomed the short of a paradox. For of the and J. Ringers, it civil engineer thousands who formerly consti- head of the Department of Re- settlement of these merchant princes and proud hidalgos from tuted the .Jewish communities of construction. Dr. M. Friediger, Chief Rabbi the Iberian Peninsula. Free from Rotterdam, Amsterdam and the other cities of Holland, only a of Denmark, himself deported to the iron hand of the Inquisition, were handful remain. It is said Germany when the Hitler pm- the Jews quickly declared openly that their number is so insignifi- secution of the Jews in Denmark their ancient faith, and although cant that even the Nazis no marked up another crime under many of them had been brought longer bother hunting them down. the Nazi regime, in his work, up as Catholics, the foundation And Yet, whether some Jews still "The history of the Jews," and was soon laid for a Jewish com- find shelter here and there in speaking of the Dutch Jews, says munity whch was destined to ac- Holland, whether they have been that "in no land did the Jews quire great prestige and learning deported, found asylum in other enjoy greater privileges than in as the years passed. Relations lands, or have been incorporated Holland. Holland received the between Jew and Christian in the golden days of Amsterdam in the armies of the United Na- fugitives from Spain and else- tions, all must look upon the lib- where with the greatest hospital- were cordial. "Through International trade, eration of Paris as a good omen, ity. She gave them a peaceful a forerunner of their own D-Day, home. That was why the com- in which their relations with oth- the end of the holocaust in which munity life Nurished. Thanks er Jewish communities through- the Hitler fanatics engulfed them to it widespread system of self- out the world and their clandes- for more than four years. rule, the Jews formed a strong tine contacts with Marranos in Spain and in Portugal gave them In none of the Nazi-occupied national-cultural entity. countries of Europe have the "Like their fellow religionists considerable advantage, Amster- Jews suffered more than in Hol- in most other countries the Jews dam Jewry acquired great wealth. land where the citizenship of of Holland did not have to pay It was not long before they had many dated back as far as the a special Jew-tax. They could time and money for literature, 13th century. There is an omin- own property according to their learning and the arts. The re- ous blacklist being prepared of desire, and as the population at nowned Athias printing presses those responsible for the horrible large understood to value their gave the world sonic of its most murders, persecutions and depor- Jewish fellowmen according to beautiful Hebrew books. Plays tations meted out to the Dutch their real worth, the good rela- appeared in Hebrew, Ladino and Jews, and one need not wonder tions existing between the Jews Portuguese. A history of the that retribution will be swift and and their neighbors laid the foun- Jewish people was written. State- thorough when the day of rec- dation for the cultural eminence ly mansions like that of the weal- thy de Pinto family adorned the of the Dutch Jews." koning comes. Underground Dutch newspap- This glimpse of the Dutch Jews city; the costly synagogue in Am- ers regret that when the day of by so prominent a religionist and sterdam is a perpetual monument liberation arrives Holland will fellow-sufferer as Rabbi Fried- to the glory that was the New be virtually without political ige• makes it the more pertinent Jerusalem." Such, then, was the beginning leadership, since the taking of and desirable that the liberation hostages of importance was part of Denmark from the Nazi yoke of Judaism in the Netherlands. of the plan of Hitler for the sub- shall occur in the same hour when jugation of the country. Accord- the bells of freedom will rung out ing to the "Netherland Weekly," over Holland. There is reason Rosh Hashonah Greetings the latest group to be deported to feel that as the Jewish holi- days approach, a more helpful included Dr. A. M. Joekes, Lib- RIDAL'S SERVICE eral Democratic member of the spirit will arise among the Dutch Lower House of Parliament; J. Jews as it will among the Scan- STATION Schouten, member of the Calvin- dinavian Jews of the North. As offsetting the picture of ist Party; and Loos Vorrink. That Good Gulf Gas" chairman of the Social Democrat- brutality that has characterized Brakes Lined and Adjusted ic Party, and member of the Up- the existence of the Dutch Jews Cars Washed after the advent of Hitler and per House. The underground "Vrij Neder- his henchmen in 1940, there Is Cor. Milwaukee and John R. land" adds to the above that Arie some compensation in glancing Vorrink, leader of the Labor back and giving sonic attention PETER RIDAL Youth Organization, and D. To- to Jewish affairs in Holland pre- ornstra, Social Democratic mem- vious to those tragic days that TRINITY 2-9698 ber of the Amsterdam City Coun- set civilization back decades. In cil, were also taken to Germany. 1 Other groups of hostages taken to the Reich included Dr. T. J. Our Sincerest Greetings and Verschuur, former Minister of • Season's Greetings and Best Wishes Season's Greetings and Best Wishes • • DR. S. COLE OPTOMETRIST—OPTICIAN 1107 FARMER ST. Om Crowley Milner Co. RAndolph 6776 - onward course. There are no darker pages of history than those that were written since 1940 May the Jews of Holland, as well as Jews everywhere who have lived under the Hitler domina- tion, meet the coming day in a new spirit that will write off the past as a nightmare best to be forgotten, but for the lesson it brough humanity. On the eve of the New Year, the American Jewish Conference sends its fraternal greetings to the Jews of America and to all Jews in every land. The long night of Jewish hu- miliation and suffering nears its end. The lights of Freedom, Equality and Fraternity are be- ing rekindled in the darkened areas of Europe, and once more Jews are returning as free men to the Capitals of Civilization, that are being cleansed with fire of the pollution of barbarism. The tragedy of Jewish life wt.s rendered insufferable not only by reason of the shameful abuse of the tormented body of the Jew- ish people, but because of the prolonged indifference to their plight by the democratic world. which even after it had chal- lenged the barbarians to the ar- bitrament of war, persisted in avoiding consideration of Jewish suffering; refraining from help when help could be given; clos- ing the doors of escape when es- cape was still possible; and exer- cising an ominous restraint in giving any assurance to the Jew- ish people as to their ulace in a free world. Today our hearts rejoice at the sight of Jewish liberation in lands where only yesterday oppression was the order of the day. Every area occupied by the United Na- tions brings the restoration of Jewish rights and status, the re- covery of equality, the ouster of every remnant of the vile pur- poses of Nuremberg. Every vic- tory registers under the restored symbols of Justice and Democ- See GREETINGS—Page 12 Rosh Hashonah Greetings Hannan Real Estate Le Shono Tovo Tikoeevu Helin Tackle Co. Manufacturers Exchange, Inc. General Real Estate and Property of "The Famous Flatfish Lure" Management and Insurance See us about Mortgage money 300 Lafayette nig. CAdillac 7700 R. BLISS WOLFE, Pres. Over 1,050,000 Sold in Last 3 Years Season's Greetings and CHARLES HELIN, Prop. Best Wishes 6342 PULFORD AVE. • N..aza 1458 Wishes For a Happy New Year • Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu Wolf Sanitary Wiping Cloth Co. ANGE BAUNE Blue Bird Fur Shop 974 SHERMAN AVE. 6 Trunk Lines to Serve You • 23 E. 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