Friday, September 15, 1944 3 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle :- REVIEW OF THE YEAR -:- A Glance Back at Some Headline Events of the Jewish Year 5704 Israel is like a mother who has received from the War Depart- ment a dispatch that her son is missing in action. She hopes By MARTIN SILVER that this does not mean death. She hopes that somehow he is The world's eyes the past year high officers was also very signifi- alive and that one day he will oncentrated on the battle- cant, and it was particularly come rapping at her door. were c fields. It was there we knew the gratifying that the commander remains of whatever civilization of the White Russian Army, first w e had left would have to be to reach the German border, was sa ved. It was there that any a young Jewish military genius hopes that Jewry had must be of 36, General Chernikhovsky. The rapid advance of the Rus- re ali z e d. Hitler's annihilating hand could only be stopped, in sian armies, however, brought the last analysis, by choking the gloom also as the liberating armies entering old Jewish cen- life out of his armies. The two main events of the ters of populations, discovered year were the relentless Russian that Hitler had made good on his drive in the east, ousting the threats to annihilate the Jews. Germans from the last vestige of In Odesso, Vilna, Minsk, Pinsk, Russian soil, pushing them back Lublin, cities which had boasted in Romania, Lithuania, and Po- large Jewish populations and land and approaching to the very which historically had been great gates of Germany, and the Anglo- centers of Jewish culture, scarce- American landing in Normandy. ly a Jew was to be found alive. D-Day, which marked the inaug- Some, to be sure, had fled to uration of this second front, was join the partisan forces fighting heralded by Jews throughout the roundabout. Others had escaped world. In Jerusalem, Jews gath- in time to the interior of Russia, ered at the Wailing Wall. In but there was scarcely room for Brooklyn, elderly pious Jews doubt that the greater portion marched in their praying shawls had been exterminated by the and recited psalms to mark it. Nazis. This extermination had been of It came with particular satis- faction to Jews to learn that the a manifold nature. Doubtless first assault line of boats on many had died of starvation, D-Day was led by a Brooklyn others had been worked to death Jewish boy, Lt. Abraham Condi- by the Nazis, but the greater otti, and that a Brooklyn Jew- portion had been deliberately put ish boy, Sargent Halperin, was to death in "death factories" es- the first to actually set foot on tablished by the Nazis. A Chris- tian organization with headquar- French soil. Jews took great satisfaction, ters in Switzerland, the Interna- too, in learning of the important tional Church Ecumenical Refu- part Russian Jews were playing gee Commission, revealed that in the Russian offensive. The list their reports showed that in two of decorations for valor con- camps close to two million Jews ferred on Russian Jews ran into had been put to death in "gas the tens of thousands during the chambers." Hope still refuses to down. year. The number of Jewisl In ellemory of Henry Holinstat who passed away Dec. 1, 1939 Blessed be the memory of one whom we loved dearly. How many Jews have survived in Germany, Austria, Holland, Czechoslovakia, Jugo-Slavia, Den- mark, France, Poland? In Germany, we may take it for granted, that except for such Jews from European countries who may have been imported for slave labor, there are virtually no Jews. In Austria, the Gestapo itself released figures showing that only approximately 1,500 Jews are still to be found in Vienna and that in other parts of Aus- tria there are only between five and seven thousand Jews. It may be that this figure is rela- tively accurate. In Czechoslovakia, what ev e r Jews may be left will probably be found in the Therezin fort- mal offer to Hitler to take this ress or concentration camp. In Jugoslavia, thanks to the General Tito, there may be more Jewish survivors. One report had it that no less than 30,000 Jews were fighting under the banner of the Partisan leader, General Tito. In France, too, there may be hope that the underground has helped many Jews to escape. Yet we cannot be too sure that their number is large. In Denmark, many Jews es• caped to Sweden. Swedish fish- ermen, following the beginning of Nazi raids, launched a reg- ular ferry service carrying escap- ing Jews. It was significant that in the case of Danish Jews, the Swedish government made a for- Mrs. Henry Holinstat and Family provide them asylum, but the Nazis rejected the offer as im- pudent. They were not only seeking to get rid of the Jews but wanted the satisfaction of murdering them. Happier news (luring the year came from Italy. At first the surrender of Italy led to an in- tensification of drives against the Jews, particularly in northern Italy. But after the Allies had driven them out of Rome and its environs, the plight of such Jews See REVIEW—Page 14 Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu • Rosh Hashonah Greetings! Kaufman's LAFAYETTE WASTE PAPER CO. Kosher Products MORRIS GOLDBERG • 8622 OAKLAND 1042 RIVARD ST. TRinity 2-9772 New Year SEASON'S GREETINGS! Greetings BROTHERS Custom Shirt Makers • • BRENNAN TRUCK CO. SEASON'S GREETINGS C. J. Leggert PLUMBING — HEATING Furnaces Vacuum Cleaned Parts and Grates 1244 Washington Blvd. 20547 FENKELL AVE. 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