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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Surviving Jews In Former German
Camps Send Their Plea To Detroit

(This message aus sent In care of lion.
William Friedman, president of the
Jewish Welfare Fedentlion of Detroit,
under whose auspices the 1916 Emer-
gency Allied Jei‘1.1t Campaign for the
United .ten MI Appeal will soon be con-
ducted, as ;met of a national $100,00,-
000 &he for the Joint Distribution ('om-
mittee, I niter! Palestine Appeal and Na-
tional Refugee Semler, t o help sit% e the
surviving Jews of Europe.)

Eight months have missed since
we were "liberated." For the 80,-
000 of us in unheated, bare bar-
racks in Bergen-Belsen. Buchen-
wald, Auschwitz. Landsberg and
other former Nazi concentration
camps now used for displaced
.Yews, they were long. heart-break-
ing months. For six bitter, bloody
years we dreamed of the end of
the war and those first months of
oeace and freedom. During our
blackest (lays . . . days in which
we saw our wives, our children,
our parents, our brothers and sis-
ters, our comrades, brutally mur-
dered by the Nazi beaRts, the
thought of the end of the war sus-
tained us ... gave us a reason to
fight to remain alive. We were the
survivors of a once hapnv and
proud people—a people which con-
t•ibuted .o much to the civiliza-
tion of Europ . . . to the civili-
zation of the world. We were beat-
en and robbed, humiliated and
tortured; most of us died but a
few of us. always dreaminr of the
future. managed somehow to keep
on going.
Then came the end of the war!
We were no longer beaten or tor-
tured but we still had no food or
clothing or medical supplies. Above
all. we still had no homes. We
were labelled "displaced ner , ons"
and kept in the same harrocks
and the same camps. Our Nazi
ruards disappeared but for us
there was no freedom ... the bar-
bed wire fences were torn down
but we had no place to vo. We
were the "displaced" and the un-
wanted.
In despair we turn to you Jews
of Detroit for help. Help us be-
fore we vanish completely from
the face of the earth . . . Starva-
tion and epidemics are still taking
their toll in our camps . . A
great many of us are suffering
from tuberculosis . . . We have
waited for years .. we lack the
strength to wait any longer!
We need food, clothing and
medical supplies. We want ma-
chines and tools so that we can
prepare ourselves for a new life.
They call us the "displaced." We
cannot and will not return to our
former homes in Germany, Aus-
tria, Poland and elsewhere, where
we saw our wives and children
and parents killed in cold blood.
We cannot and will not go back
to the homes in which we were
beaten, degraded and tortured. We
v' ant to be free .. . to know real
ucace once again. Our children are
till young enough to enjoy a full
and happy life—but not in Ger-
many or Austria or Poland whose
:oil is red with the blood of our
people. Our only hope is emigra-
tion . . . emigration to Palestine
where we can start all over again
. . • where we can mend and re-
build our broken lives . . . where
our children can learn to forget
the horrors of the past.
It is you Jews of Detroit, to-
:ether with the other Jews in
the United States, who will de-
cide our fate . who will deter-
mine whether we live or die. In
recent years we have had count-
less opportunities to die! We now
ask you for an opportunity to live!
We want an opportunity to he-
gin life anew. We can achieve that
only with your generous help. We
come to you with the firm cor.-
viction that you will not let us
down. We can no longer live in
the past. We must have some-
thing to look forward to if we are
to survive these days.

JOSF.I'll ROSENZAFT, Chairman,
retinal Jewish Committee repre-
senting the 50.000 displaced Jews
In the American, British and
French zones of occupation In
Germany.

Delta Omega Iota
Plans Card Party

The Delta Omega Iota Sorority,
Gamma Chapter, will give a card
party, Wednesday, Jan. 18, in the
Tower Room of the Metrqpolitan
3uilding at 8:00 p.m. Belle Jossel-
eon, chairman of the affair, has
planned an entertaining evening
.'t mplete with several door prizes.
Al proceeds will be donated to
the seeing eye dog fund.
Tickets may be obtained by
Bing Shirley Wine, co-chairman,
at UN. 4-3288.

Dr. Cantor to Discuss
Prisons at Sisterhood

All-City Jewish Rally
Called at Central High

To inform and arouse interest
in the problems of Palestine and
world Jewry, The Young Zionist
Action Commission, composed of
representatives of all Detroit
Zionist youth groups, has called
a mass meeting for all Jewish
youth to be held Sunday after-
noon, Jan. 20, from 3 to 5 p.m. at
Central High School.

An unusual feature of the pro-
gram will be a youth delegate just
arrived from the collective colonies
of Palestine who will bring a mes-
sage from Palestinian youth to
American youth. Mn. Esther
Messman, Director of the Detroit
Zionist Youth Commission, will be

chairman for the afternoon. An-
other speaker, Elchanon Ross,
former combat Lieutenant in the
Army Air Force will speak

on behalf of the veterans in the
Chalutz movements. A memorial
prayer "yizkor" will be presented
to memorialize the masses of
Jewish dead.

All Jewish youth groups in the
community have been invited to
participate in the direction of this
program. We urge all Jewish
youth to turn out en masse for this
initial Zionist youth rally.

The Steering Committee con-
sists of Ben Saferstein, Yak Wod-
row, Kiev Finkelman, Lillian Ru-
dack, Basha Cutler, Elaine Shiff-
man, Rhodine Ungar, Dr. Sam

Krohn, Corrine Perlis, Gertrude
Strauss, Elchanon Ross, Rachel
Klein, Mrs. Esther Mossman.

United Hebrew Shools
Report New Members

At a meeting of the Member-
ship Enrollment Committee of the
United Hebrew Schools, which
was held recently at the Rose Sit-
tig Cohen School, Philip J. Gil-
bert, chairman of the 1945-46
Membership Committee, submit.

ted a very encouraging report on
the progress of the membership
campaign.

Mr. Gil' ,ert stated, among other
things, "the community is re-
sponding generously to the appeal
of the Membership Enrollment
Committee, and a large number
of individuals have been enlist-
ing as members of the United
Hebrew Schools as a result of
our letter. We are hopeful that
the goal of 1,000 new members to
the United Hebrew Schools will
be reached."
Annual membership dues are $5.
Checks may be mailed to the
United Hebrew Schools, 4000 Tux-
edo Ave., attention of Mr. Philip

J. Gilbert.

Membership Enrollment
The
Committee consists of the follow-
ing: Philip J. Gilbert, chairman,

Abe Kasle, Lawrence W. Crohn,
Maurice Landau, Max Bachman,
Henry Feinberg, Julius Berman,
Samuel Schwartz, Dr. A. E. Bern-

stein, Morris Fishman, Harry Da-
vidoff, Jack Tobin, Joseph Yol-
les, Harry Cohen, Robert Marwil
and Walter Field.

Cong. Beth Shmuel To
Work on Fourth Donor

A Brunch-Breakfast will be
held Tuesday, Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m.,
at Lacher's, for the committees
to begin plans for the coming
Fourth Donor Luncheon, to oe
given May 21, honoring Rabbi
Rabinowitz and the Congregation
Beth Shmuel. Committee members
and friends are asked to attend.

Kvutzah Ivrith Stages
Party Saturday Jan. 19

The Kvutzah Ivrith's Chamisha
Osor B'Shevat program will he
held on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 8:30
p.m., in the auditorium of the

Rose Sittig Cohen Building.
It has already become a tradi-
tion with the Kvutzah to dele-
gate this project to the young
women members of the Kvutzah
Ivrlth. The following will be the
proticipants: Miss Miriam Gold,
Mrs. Yonina Mathis, Mrs. Faye
Ackerman, Mrs. Deborah Dwor-
kin, Mrs. Alex Roberg, Mrs. Gert-
rude Bresler, with Mrs. Solomon
Kasdan as chairman. Refresh-
ments will be served.

Everyone is invited and there
is no admission charge.

DR. NATHAN CANTOR

Dr. Nathan Cantor, Professor of
Sociology the University of Buf-
falo, will be the speaker at the
January meeting of the Sisterhood
of Temple Beth El. The meeting
will take place on Monday, Jan.
14, at 2:00 p.m. in the Brown
Memorial Chapel of the Temple.
During the years 1932 and 1933,
Dr. Cantor studied prison systems
in Europe, spending six months of
this period living in the prisons of
Germany, and is the author of
several texts on criminology.
A dessert luncheon will be ser-
ved at 1:30 in the Social Hall.

Scientist Explains
Increase in Life Span
Of Average Man

As a result of the marvelous de-
velopment in medicine and phar-
macy, the average span of life
has increased from 28 years in the
time of the Romans to 65 years in
the U. S. in 1944. This marvelous
achievement is due to the develop-
ment of research laboratories
which in 1940 numbered 2200 in

the U. S., spending 300 million
dollars a year.
To enlarge upon this fact and to
forecast what the future still
holds, Dr. Harvey Merker, noted
Detroit scientist and Superinten-
dent of manufacturing at Parke

Davis spoke to Denby High,
Thursday, Jan. 10, at 8:00 p.m.
He is a fascinating speaker and
a rich source of invaluable and in-
teresting information.

Junior Home Relief
Appoints Chairman

The next meeting of the Junior
Home Relief Society will be held
at the home of Marion Wexler,
1524 Taylor Ave., on Thursday,
Jan. 17. Future meetings will be
held at the Jewish Center on the
first Thursday and last Sunday of
each month.
The following new chairmen
have been appointed: Lillian Fish-
er, Membership Chairman; Ethel
Miller, Social Service Chairman;
Diana Gordon, Publicity; Helen
Baker, Ways and Means; Rosalind
Shapiro, Programs; Celia Gale,
Telephone; Doris Kirschner, Cour-
tesy; and Frances Cohen, Recre-
ation Chairman.
Membership is now open and
plans have been made for a busy
season. Bowling is scheduled for
every Tuesday. Anyone interested
may contact Frances Cohen, Davi-
son 4325.

Friday, January 11, 1946

Beth Yehudah Requests
More Community Aid

Coincident with the month set
aside for enrollment of new pu-
pils at Yeshivath Beth Yehudah,
who will begin their attendance
at the start of the winter session
on Jan. 28, a community-wide ef-
fort for the interpretation of the
role of the Detroit Yeshivah in
the religious education of local
Jewish youth has been charted
by the Board of Directors at a
special meeting held last Thurs-
day evening, presided over by
Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter. The
following directors attended: Rab-
bi Leizer Levin, Rabbi Joseph Ra-
binowitz, Rabbi Moses Silver,
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka, Rabbi
Isaac Stollman, Rabbi Joseph
Thumim, Rabbi Israel Turner,
David J. Cohen, Solomon B. Co-
hen, David S. Friedman, Alter
Greenbaum, Sam Hechtman, Man-
uel Kaplan, David Katzman, Ja-
cob Lesser, Ben M. Lewis, Louis
Levin, Morris Mohr, C. P. Nakel-
sky, Abe Nusbaum, K. Palman,
Louis Please, Isaac Rosenthal,
Sam Seligson, Morris Snow, Isi-
dore Sosnick, Morris Subar, Meyer
Terebelo, Aaron Tilchin and Moses
Weiswasser.

NHC8C Hears Talk
On Europe by Kramer

Refugees Form
Central Body In
City of Shanghai

SHANGHAI (JTA)—Jewish ref-
ugee groups here have formed a
central council to act as repre-

sentative body

vis-a-vis the au-
thorities, the UNRRA and other
organizations providing relief for
refugees. Each refugee group is
represented in the central body
by two delegates.

In connection with the report
that German and Austrian nation-
als will be ordered to return to
their native lands, it was estab-
lished here that there are now in
Shanghai about 9,000 German-
Jewish refugees and about 4,500
Jewish refugees from Austria.
The general feeling is that the
Jewish refugees will not be forced
to return to Germany and Austria
against their will.

Jews in Hong Kong have started
a movement to raise funds for the
rebuilding of the Jewish Club
there which was looted and burnd
to the ground by the Japanese
during the occupation.

Detroiters Get National
Honors in Fraternity

Two Detroit attorneys were hon-
ored by Tau Epsilon Rho, inter-
national legal fraternity, at its
convention just concluded in
Cleveland, Ohio. Benjamin D.
Jaffe was elected Supreme Pled-
gor and Albert J. Silber was elec-
ted Editor of the Summons, the
official publication of the frater-
nity which appears quarterly.

At the January meeting of the
Sisterhood of the Northwest He-
brew Congregation and Center,
held at the Shaar Hashomiim
Synagogue, Mrs. Max Goldsmith,
president, announced the appoint-
ment of Mrs. Joseph Mehr as
chairman of Miscellaneous Char-
The next annual convention was
ities. and Mrs. Samuel Gold as
Bulletin representative. Mrs. Sam also awarded to Detroit and will
Bishop, Council representative, re- be held Dec. 29, 30 and 31.
ported on the National Budgeting
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Home Relief Society
Holds Board Meeting

The December board meeting
of the Home Relief Society was

held at the home of Mrs. Louis
Frank, 3218 Lawrence Ave., for
the new and old board members
on Thursday, Jan. 10. Dessert
luncheon preceded the regular
board meeting which was pre-
sided over by Mrs. Arthur Gould.
For the installation of officers,
arrangements have been made for
a subscription luncheon on Tues-
day, Jan. 29, at the Book-Cadil-
lac Hotel at 12:30 o'clock. Home
Relief Society plans to observe
its 23rd anniversary at the same
time with appropriate ceremo-
nies.

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to Mrs. Peter A. Miller, Ty. 5-
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