Lax Announces
Finish of Purim
Ball Preparations
Einstein Sees Palestine Solution
By UNO Control of Government
"I am convinced that the Jew-
ish-Arab difficulties can be solved
if we are able to obtain a govern-
ment in Palestine under direct
control of the UNO organization
and under a constitution which
assures both the Jewish and Arab
people security against being out-
voted by the other party," declar-
estine Association.
Addressed to the first public
meeting of the Washington
Chairman Mrs. Manny Lax an-
branch of the. Progressive Pales- nounced recently that arrange-
tine Association Einstein's letter ments have been completed for
stated: "I agree wholeheartedly the Purim Ball to be given by
with your program and I am con- the Sisterhood of the Northwest
vinced that your work will be of Hebrew Congregation and Center
real value for the solution of the at the Bonnie Brook Country Club
hard problems the Palestine situa- on Sunday evening, March 17.
tion is presenting."
Music will be furnished by Ken-
The Progressive Palestine Asso- ny Singer and his orchestra, and
ciation intends to fight for the a complete entertainment pro-
opening of Palestine to free Jew- gram has been planned, according
ish immigration and to support
to Mrs. Ira Kaufman, program
program of Arab-Jewish coopera- chairman.
tion in Palestine, announced the
Assisting Mrs. Lax are Mrs. Sam
chairman of the meeting, Adrian
Bishop, co-chairman, and the fol-
B. Schwartz.
lowing: Mesdames C. Charlip, S.
A Jordan Valley Authority ap-
Helfer, P. Brodsky, D. Aidem, C.
pointed by the UNO as trustee for
Harris, E. Brook, E. Dunshy, G.
Palestine and dedicated to the ex-
Gold, G. Chisik, M. Schram, M.
pansion of economic opportunity,
Fineman, Z. Garber, M. Rivkin,
is being proposed by the PPA,
H. Storchan, D. Samelson, and
said Schwartz, president of the
Mitchelle Tchor.
Washington branch of the organi-
Mrs. Mary Gordon is in charge
zation.
Schwartz explained that the of refreshments.
group differs from the position of
the majority of Zionists in that it
does not support their demand for
a Jewish Commonwealth in Pal-
estine. "No lasting solution which
will meet Jewish needs — or for
I' HOF. EINSTEIN
that matter Arab needs — is pos-
ed Albert Einstein in a letter to sible until a new social climate
the newly formed Progressive Pal- has been created there," he said.
"lb
Make Use of Your Spare Time;
Supervise Youth Groups in Detroit
Do you have a sense of humor?
Have you patience and enthusi-
asm? Do young people like you?
Can you stand noise and confu-
sion?
convalescent patients at the Mc-
Gregor Convalescent Home. You
can supervise recreational activi-
ties for the children in the cot-
tages at Children's Village. –
No, this isn't a quiz program.
The CYO Community Center
But the $64 question might be: wants leaders for crafts, hobbies,
Can you set aside several hours a bowling, billiards, games, gymna-
sr,
week in your busy schedule to help sium and dramatics. Franklin Set-
a group of young people make tlement, Williams House, the YW
better use of their leisure?
CA, St. Peter Claver Community
Throughout the metropolitan De- House, Delray Christian Neighbor.
MRS. MANNY LAX
troit area there are hundreds of hood House, Brightmoor Commu-
youngsters and teen-agers hop- nity Center and many other com-
Tickets may be secured by con-
ing some older person will take munity centers supported by the tacting Mrs. Sam Bishop, UN. 3-
an interest in them. They want to Detroit Community Fund need 5042, Mrs. Norman Allan, UN. 3-
meet after school or in the eve- volunteers to help direct the va-i- 1456, or Mrs. A. Sacks, UN. 1-7238.
nings. They want to learn crafts ous club and recreational activi-
Mrs. James Downey, director of
and hobbies, play games and have ties conducted at the centers.
the Women's Safety Division of
wholesome, worthwhile fun. But
the American Auto Club, was
they can't unless they have adult
guest speaker at the regular meet-
supervision.
ing of the Sisterhood held at the
Mrs. T. W. P. Livingstone, new-
home of Mrs. J. Gordon last Wed-
nesday evening.
ly-appointed director of the Cen-
tral Volunteer Bureau, which is
The'Sisterhood will be hostesses
seeking to recruit volunteer group
at the breakfast meeting of the
Detroit
Congregations
are
pre-
work and recreation leaders, es-
League of Jewish Women's Or-
timates that at least 200 volun- paring a proper reception for the ganizations to be held at the Cen-
famous
Gaon,
Rabbi
Abraham
Jof-
teers are needed at the present
ter on Wednesday, March 13.
fen, head of the renowned Vovar-
time to supervise youth groups in odok Central Yeshivah Beth Jo-
the Detroit area.
You don't have to be a trained seph, who has arrived in Detroit
leader or whiz at sports, games in the interests of this Torah cen-
ter.
or hobbies, to be a group work
The Novarodok - Bialistok Cen-
and recreation leader. If you can
spare several hours a week and tral Yeshivah Beth Joseph was
would like to herp in this work, the center of over 70 Yeshivoth in
or if you would just like to learn Poland and Lithuania, and did
much to endear Jewish religious
The Junior High School of Tem-
more about the work,
call th.? culture among great numbers of ple Beth El will present its Purim
Central Volunteer Bureau, TE. 1- our youth.
play, "Mordecai's Cousin," by Ab-
1600.
Yeshivah is now engaged in elson, on Saturday, March 16, at
This bureau, is a clearing house.
for volunteers in all types of work. a large project of expansion to 10:15 a.m. The play is under the
It is a department of the Coon- accommodate the hundreds of direction of Mrs. Blanche Gordon
cil of Social Agencies and is sup- stranded refugee students which Romm, with the following partici-
are now being brought to this pating: Harry Carris, Lawrence
ported by the Detroit Community country from Shanghai. This great Clamage, Johanna Frankel, Laine
Fund. Last year it placed 1,123 undertaking requires untold
ef- Ginn, Marilyn Kirselsmann, Bever-
volunteers, who put in a total
of forts and immense
sums
of ly Morris, Richard Weis, and Mar-
105,381 volunteer hours. money.
jorie Yagoda.
What can you do as a volunteer
The Council of Orthodox Rabbis
"A Merry Good Purim" by Soi-
group work and recreation leader? of Detroit and the Vaad Hayeshi-
You can teach dancing to a voth is 1ppealing to all leaders of fer will be the Purim presentation
gropp of high school boys at the Congregations and societies and of the Intermediate Drama Group
Boys Club or plan entertainment to all loyal Jews to give this their before the Primary and Interme-
and organize outside activities for fullest co-operation and support. diate Assembly on Sunday, Nfaren
17, at 10:15 a.m. The cast is as
follows: Mark Fleischman, Helen
Isaacs, Louis Karbel, Marcia
Kleinman, Joyce Lane, Janet
Maas, Bela Miskin, Elaine Platt,
Back from Overseas Service
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and Sharon Schwartz. Mrs.
Blanche G. Romm is directing the
play.
Detroit Greets
Rabbi Jof fen
Temple Beth El
To Present Play
Depicting Purim
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Philip Fabian
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lowed by a special program of
movies and refreshments.
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REPORT FROM
GERMANY
By IRVING IlAYETT
Jewish Chronicle Foreign Correspondent
(Copyright 1916, All Rights Reserved)
This series of articles tells of the War Crimes
Trials in Frankfurt, Germany.
ARTICLE VIII
The Brockhagen Atrocity Case
N OR ABOUT the first of
October 1944, while on a
bombing run over Germany,
an American bomber plane was
attacked by several German
planes and shot down. Three
American airmen were seen to
parachute from the plane over
Brockhagen Germany. Brock-
hagen is a little farming village
about 20 kilometers from Bad
Oeynhausen. Two of the men
came down together while the
third flyer was seen to drift about
a quarter of a nail} away. When
the Americans liberated one of
the prisoner of war camps, the
two American flyers that landed
together were found but not one
trace could be found of the third
airman. From the report of the
two airmen and from preliminary
questioning of witnesses it was
evident that the third flyer was
beaten to death. Another German
war atrocity had been committed.
As I ant now on loan to the
War Crimes Liaison Detadiment
stationed in the British Zone at
Bad Oeynhausen, I was asked to
accompany Lt. Johnny Hachmann,
Investigator-Examiner, Sgt. T-5
Arthur Jacoby, Interpreter and a
driver to investigate the Brock-
hagen atrocity case. Accordingly,
on 7 January 1946 we set out in
our jeep for Brockhagen, which is
some kilometers from Bad Oeyn-
hausen, to interview two friendly
witnesses and to find out what we
could as to what happened to the
airmen. The names of the witness-
es were Walter Sussick and Paul
Sussiek.
Good Dark Earth
Bad Oeynhausen, as I have al-
ready mentioned, is a resort
town. AN we left the compound
we entered a country road and
were right in the midst of Ger-
man farm country. The farms
we passed were all quite large,
the land was good, dark earth
and seemed to my inexperienced
eyes to he fertile. The buildings
are of brick, covered with white
paint and with a criss cross
pattern of black beams. All the
roofs are , ■ f red clay or tile. The
farms went by one after the
other, all the same, all white,
criss crossed, all red tiled roofs,
all neat and orderly, as only the
orderly and precise Germans
can be. After bouncing around
in the hack seat of the jeep (by
the way if you've never been
bounced over a country road in
the back seat of a jeep, brother
you ain't never been bounced.
Riding a bucking broneho or a
jammed subway, is a pleasure
ride compared to it) we arrived
at the village of Brockhagen.
After asking directions of the
local "Polizei," we finally found
the mill of the Sussiek brothers.
Evidently these Sussiek brothers
had done all right before the
war, because the mill was
good sized one for so small a
village. (Population 7001.
We were greeted by an excited
German, who turned out to he
Walter Sussiek. When he saw the
jeep with the American flag on it
he started jumping around like a
jumping jack. His hat was in his
hand and he was bowing so MU is
I thought he would break. Final-
ly, we were led into a very large,
neatly kept office. In one corner
was a beautiful mahogany desk.
Set in one wall was the tall, white
tiled stove (coal) and on'the other
side was a bookcase, well filled
with German books, all leather
bound. The floor was thickly car-
peted and the chairs were the
high back, old fashioned over-
stuffed affairs. It was a very
pleasant room in which to con-
duct an examination.
Point the Finger
I set up my stenotype machine,
intently watched by the witness
and we were ready to go. The wit-
ness was sworn in and the inter-
rogating began. The Sussick
brothers had written a letter to
the Liaison Detachment e•ting
that they felt it their duty to
give testimony as to what they
saw. What they saw' was very
little. However, they did mention-
some names and they did point
the finger at one Heinrich Pohl-
mann, a party member who owned
a machine shop in tow.. It seems
that the two flyers that were shot
down, who landed together were
taken to an Inn in the town by
a group of local volunteer police-
man. One of them had bruised his
leg but the other was not injured
at all. They were neither one of
them seriously hurt. Walter Sus-
sick, did not know very much, he
had left as soon as Ortsgruppen.
leiter Pohlmann came to the
scene, because Walter was not
party member and was on the
black list. His brother Paul Sus-
siek had accompanied the flyers
to the Inn. Walter was dismissed.
Paul Sussiek, a tall, blond
German about 44 years old came
into the room. Ile had a kindly
face and seemed very much at
case. It seems that two of the
, airmen landed on his property.
By the time he got to the 113 ers,
}antler Richards was there and
thirty other people of the team
The two airmen were taken to
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