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Friday

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

How Italian Christians Sheltered Jews

By REV. ROBERT ANTHONY

Page Thirteen

Personal Problems

Mlawer Celebrate
Victory With Dinner

(Continued from Page 5)
The Mlawer Umgegend Verein
I presume, also, that your parents applied pressures. Some folks
believe that an unmarried daughter of twenty-five or over is a family will celebrate victory with a New
tragedy. They think she is doomed and has lost all possibility of ever Year's Eve Dinner Dance that will
of which Jews in peril in the marrying. In this country, that thought carries no truth.
take place at the social hall of the
north were speeded on their way
Congregation Mishkan Israel, 8627
to the south of Italy where they
Things To Do
Linwood at Blaine. A seven course
could be more easily concealed
What
can
be
suggested?
The boys are coming back. They will r•o kosher dinner will be prepared un-
among the Italian population. In
der the personal supervision of the
the floor of the children's play- back to school, to work, to a business or profession. More hopefully, Ladies Auxiliary in the kitchen of
room a trap door was built, over they are home boys who know you and your parents. Their parents the synagogue. Drinks will be
which linoleum and a rug were know yours. These boys will be in your company at school, on the job, served free and an orchestra will
placed. Jews on their way to safe at dances. They are the boys from whom you will choose a husband. provide music for dancing for the
ty were sent to the Waldensian You are the girls from whom they will choose their wives. It has been night.
minister. They were hidden in this proved, all over the country, that Hie single greatest help in marria,;e
The tickets can be obtained for
is geographical closeness. Boys marry girls who live near them or who
concealed room.
individual and group reservations
are
in
close
association
with
them.
That
holds
for
all
groups.
If
the
The Fascists were certain the.t
by calling Mr. Lewenhoff at TY.
somehow or other the Waldensian girls are older, they will find the boys also older.
7-2079, the treasurer of the ar-
One
part
of
the
answer
seems
clear.
Your
job
is
to
create
maily
minister was connected with the
rangements committee. The last
escape through Florence of Jews opportunities of meeting these boys. You will go places where they are date for the same will be Dec. 14.
or
may
be
encouraged
to
come.
You
will
be
forward,
to
a
degree,
about
from the north. They sent men to
The chairman, Mr. S. Kline, has
measure the church building and getting introductions and following them through.
picked the following members on'
Secondly, war pushed women out of their second-fiddle role Int., his committee: Mrs. J. Moss, Mrs.
the apartment and to look over
Every inch of the enclosed space. men's work. With peace, women will return to their office jobs, to their H. Kasmer, Mrs. L. Semansky and
They never discovered the hidden original feminine position. This is extremely important because mail Mrs. Lewenhoff. The members of
room. Search parties came rather expect women to do things indirectly.
the Verein are urged to make it
What does your full-length, brightly-lighted mirror say to you? Is a success and assure themselves
often, sometimes Jews were hid-
your
dress
attractive?
Are
your
clothes
in
good
taste?
Is
your
groom-
ing underneath the playroom. The
cf a good time. Mrs. I. Hyman is
minister's children knew all about ing up to your par, your voice modulated? Have you read enough to the president of the Verein.
listen
intelligently
to
current
affairs?
Is
your
appearance
modestly
it. When the search parties came
trying to find the refugees, the different to make you stand out favorably? These are little matters,
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children apparently unconcernedly I know, but little matters which reflect you and help give your pic-
Centrally Located
went about their play. The Jews ture to an outsider.
You and your group have been delayed four years in your usual
were never caught. Of course,
there was the problem of dishes, objective. You are not lost but you have to make up for lost time. The
for they had to eat and it was conditions are tremendously competitive. In this job, no holds are
necessary that only a few should barred but they must be indirect. You have at least one thing in your
re used, for too many dirty dishes favor. You need not worry about your younger sisters. They will have
seen by a servant or some other men of their own.
visitor would disclose that this Editor's Note: Your quest OIN In perS011,11 1,10i111.11IN 1111i be alma tired by mail as
was a station on the "under- far ax possible or In theme columns. Sunil your question and a stamped, self-
whit timed envelope to Dr. W. A. Goldberg. 1314 Eaton Tower, Detroit 24. Michi-
ground railroad" to safety.
gan or to the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, 525 Woodward Avenue, Detroit 26, MM.
When we reached Rome, we
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were ill. They were worn out. The
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item in the annual budget of the
wife had tuberculosis and so at
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schools, and it helps pay for the
Twin or Double Beds
that time the children could not
education of children whose par-
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stay with their parents. The girl
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The United Hebrew Schools of offs are unable to take care of
was taken to the Waldensian or-
Reasonable Weekly.Monthly Rates
their
tuition
fees.
In
addition,
LOU NADLER
phanage, the boy went to Rome Detroit is now conducting its an-
NAT HOCHMAN
Resident Mgr,
Director
to the home of his maternal nual membership enrollment. Tice a large membership lends moral
support
to
the
institution.
grandmother. They told us in object of this campaign is to en-
Rome that the difficulty with the roll an additional 1,000 members t_
pastor and his wife was that they for the schools. The annual mem-
had worked too hard and eaten too bership fee is $5. The member-
little. It was true. For in addi- ship committee is headed by Philip
a.ltington at Eighth, Miami Bench, Floridu
tion to caring for the Jews, hiding J. Gilbert and Abe Kasle is presi-
All outside rooms with private bath, shower, telephone, elevator serv-
them and feeding them, they had dent of the schools.
At a recent meeting of the
ice, and sun terrace—Central location.
helped many of their needy neigh-
Experienced. courteous management. Reservations now being accepted.
bors. At one time during the bom- membership enrollment planning
bardment of the nearby railroad committee, Mr. Gilbert stated,
tracks, thirty-eight people were among other things, "The United
sheltered in their own apartment Hebrew Schools is the communal
Yea
and in the church buildings. The Jewish educational agency with a
minister, his wife and some or history of over twenty-five years of
their friends saw to it that they loyal service to the Jewish commu-
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Yes, the Protestants of Italy have succeeded in bringing up a gener-
room. European Plan.
been good neighbors. Don't you ation of young men and women
. '
fie.
Ownership--Munugernent, Irving linmens and Mao 'Weiner
who play a leading role in various
think so?
d
communal, educational and phil-
anthropic endeavors."

(The writer of this article was a member of a Protestant
mission of mercy to Italy during the war.)

Recently I served as a member
a commission of three Ameri-
I Protestant ministers who
nt to Italy on a mission of
.endshiP and relief. While there,
M'ri
I I learned of some instances of
friendship and helpfulness that
impressed me deeply.
For many centuries the Protes-
tants and the Jews of Italy have
been on friendly terms. Both have
._ been and are still minority groups.
:„,-,;,./ Both have suffered severely at the
hands of the State because 'if
their religious faith.
Before the war broke, the Fas-
cist Party, at the behest of the
Nazis, had passed repressive laws
against the Italian Jews. In 1937,
when I visited Italy, I found very
little evidence of anti-Semitism on
the part of the Italian people. The
Jews were regarded as loyal and
valuable members of Italian soci-
ety. All this was changed when
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
became allies. Immediately the lot
of the Jews in Italy became a
tragic one. As early as 1937, the
1 Protestants spoke of their regret
at the measures that they believed
would soon be passed against
their Jewish neighbors and
friends. They showed then a de-
sire and a determination to help
tnem. A chaplain just returned
from Italy recently said, "The
Protestants of Italy certainly
stood by the Jews right through
I heard of it in Paris and learned
of it myself in Florence." Here
are two stories of what some of
them did.
In the 'city of Turin, the Wal-
ilhdensian Church rented apart-
•ments. Their deaconess sudden!y
acquired a number of new rela-
tives. These she had to visit fre-
quently taking with her on her
visits food, clothing and medi-
cines. All of these new relatives
were Jews who had secured or
been supplied with false papers
and who were cared for and pro-
tected by their Protestant neigh-
bors, which was a dangerous thing
for them to do.
In Florence there is a small
Waldensian Church. The minis-
fa:..., 1,ter's apartment adjoins the church
R. auditorium. Underneath the chil-
'
dren's playroom and above the
roof of the church auditorium they
discovered a place where twelve
people could be hidden. The Wal-
aensian Church and the minister's
home became a station on the
"underground railroad" by means

Annual Membership f
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Hadassah Little Women Intermediate Club
Starts in Young Israel
Dance Will Be For
Young Israel Intermediates Club
Members Only
was launched at a Simchas Torah

The Little Women of Hadassan
-4AS will hold their annual member-
. ship dance on Dec. 15 in the Eng-
lish Room of the Book-Cadillac
Hotel.
There are no tickets being sold,
since only the members of the
organization and their escorts
will be admitted.
At the paid-up membership tea,
given on Dec. 9, at the home of
Geraldine Nagler, plans for the
affair were completed.
Caroline Shar e, membership
chairman, has appointed Shirley
I ioth and Phyllis Zieve co-chair-
Lien of the dance.

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AL.

—. Pioneer Women Hold
Study Club Meeting

The Monday Afternoon Study
Club of the Pioneer Women's Or-
i:anization held its hi-monthly
meeting on Dec. 3 at the home of
Ntrs. E. Pollock, where the His-
'ory of Labor Zionism was re-
i iewed by Shoshanna Fealk. At
the previous meeting Moshe Haar
L4is the guest speaker. The next
t.ing is to be held at the
ie of Helen Pasikov, 2633 Glen-
., e, on Monday afternoon, Dee.
L7, at 1:30 a. m.

social held together with the
Young Israel Kadimah girls. A
constitution was adopted by a
charter membership of twenty-five
boys. A paper drive was success-
fully carried out, and a Chanukah
Latke party was held together
with the Kadimah group.
Officers of the club are Sidney
Kelman, president; Burton Apple-
baum, vice-president; Bernard Ry-
back, secretary; Abraham Kar,
treasurer; Arnold Eisenman, Frank
Leiderman, Phillip Rabinowitz and
Burton Applebaum, chairmen of
the religious, membership, social
and miscellaneous committees.

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