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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
When Jews Begin Shooting
World Respect Rises Apace
By MILTON BROWN
Ruben Men Post
Receives Charter
entitle to handle guns or not, but
it does seem that one can even
talk peace better when you arc
known to have a gun handy. It is
a fact that the Hebrew prophets
spoke movingly about universal
peace -- when they had their
warrior kings, David and Saul.
IJTA Correspondent)
Everyone has seen that comic
strip in the movies, "Pop-eye, the
Sailor." There is really nothing
very comic about it — and it al-
ways tells the same story, yet
seemingly it always interests. Pop-
I am sure that the British had
eye is always just about to be an- a respect for the Jews they never
nihilated, when he pulls out his felt before when, the other day in
bottle of spinach, swallows the Palestine, the entire British mili-
strength-giving food and then all tary withdrew from Tel Aviv,
of a sudden is possessed of over- when the Haganah, the Jewish de-
whelming powers, which enable fense organization, took over the
him to defeat his would-he de- control of the city during the fu-
stroyer.
neral of the four Jews who were
Guns are the real spinach of slain in attacking police stations.
this none-too-good world. I could This was the very time when
not help thinking of Pop-eye the seemingly the British military
other day, when reading a story should have been conspicuous in
reported by the Jewish Telegraph- Tel Aviv, yet they appear to have
ic Agency from Cairo. The story been smitten with a new-born re-
said that in Egypt, the Arabs had spect for the Haganah.
shouted, "Long Live the Zionists,
There seems to be something to
Long Live the Jews." The JTA
story went on to say that the the theory that if guns are to be
Arabs' enthusiasm about the Zion- dropped, everybody will have to do
ists and Jews must be understood it together.
to voice more the Arabs' opposi
tion to the British than love for T
the Jews.
I do not doubt but that this is
so, but I am also sure that the
vivas of the Arabs for the Jews
were also partly motivated by a
new-born respect for the Jews -
because the Jews in Palestine are
not taking it lying down. They
are shooting, and everybody seems
to respect the man with a gun.
Jews who shoot are something
new in the world, and I wonder
if this new respect that the Arabs
have for the Jews since the Pales-
tinian Jews began shooting is not
shared to some extent by the rest
of the world.
Zionists have long ago contend-
ed that a Jewish homeland was
not only important for those Jews
who actually live in Palestine, but
for world Jewry as well. But this
argument went too far in the fie:d
of abstraction to be given serious
consideration. Yet I wonder if
what we are seeing now does not
support this theory. If the Arabs
in neighboring and quite powerful
Egypt are learning to respect the
Jew, because he has taken to
shooting, maybe the whole woad
is also having its respect for the
Jew enlarged.
I do not mean to say that the
shooting which has taken place in
Palestine has revolutionized the
whole world's concept of the Jew.
It is too new a thing for that, but
I think it is contributing to the
world changing its feelings. Just
as Palestine has shown the world
that the Jew could till the soil,
just as Palestine has shown the
world that the Jew was not de-
pendent on the largess of the non-
Jew for his sustenance, so has
Palestine shown the world that
Jews will strike back in their own
defense.
Yes, Jews who shoot are some-
thing new in this world. Up to
now, and still in most parts of the
world, when some wrong is com-
mitted against Jews, we have met
the problem by the adoption of
resolutions. More resolutions have
been passed by Jews than by any
three other peoples of the world
put together. I do not believe thcy
have been worth the paper on
which they have been printed.
Now, we have moved away a bit
from resolutions, and are trying a
scientific approach against anti-
Semitism.
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The 1946 Histadrut (Geverkshaf-
ten) Campaign will close Sunday
evening, March 17, at the tradi-
tional city-wide demonstration and
festival, to be held in Cass Tech
High School Auditorium.
Richard Tucker, young Jewish
American tenor, who has won ac-
claim and nation-wide recognition
with the New York Opera Corn-
pony, will make his first Detroit
appearance. As an "unknown,"
just out of a voice teacher's stu-
dio, he soared to national musical
prominence at his 1945 Metropoli-
tan Opera debut, when he sang
the formidable role of Enzo Gri-
maldi in "La Gioconda," an opera
which had not been performed
for several years for lack of an
adequate tenor.
Mr. Tucker was born, educated,
and trained in New York City.
He studied with Martin and other
opera masters and received wide
acclaim after his Town Hall ap-
pearance in 1939. He began the
series of opera and concert ap-
pearances which was to lead him
in a short time to the Metropoli-
tan Opera House. Still in his
twenties, Tucker is married to the
sister of Jan Peerce, another Jew-
ish Metropolitan tenor. He has
appeared in recitals in New York,
Cleveland and Chicago and has
also appeared on important radio
appearances on coast-to-coast pro-
grams, having been chosen to re-
place John Charles Thomas on the
Westinghouse Program for the
summer months of 1945.
Professor Alexander H. Pekelis,
professor of Sociology of the
graduate faculty of Political and
Social Science of the New School
for Social Research, will be the
principal speaker.
Active in all Jewish affairs in
Italy and associate professor of
Law in the Royal Unviersity in
Rome, he came to America in Jan-
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REPORT FROM
GERMANY
The charter for the Captain
Ruben Iden Post No. 47, of the
American Veterans of World War
II (AMVETS) was received from
National Headquarters on Febru-
ary 20.
The Captain Ruben Lien Post
is named in honor of the 29-year-
old Jewish Marine Commander of
a dive bomber squadron who was
shot down over the Solomon
Islands on September 20, 1942,
while on a mission.
AMVETS is the largest veter-
ans' organization in ,.merica
which derives its membership ex-
clusively from honorably discharg-
ed veterans of World War II.
During the past three months
the group has grown from one
small Detroit post with 12 mem-
bers to 62 posts with over 7000
members from Michigan.
Governor Kelly recently placed
the AMVETS on the $50,000,000
trust fund board, and has given
the American Veterans of World
War II positions of responsibility
in Veterans affairs in the State.
The Post is holding a member-
ship meeting on Tuesday, March
19, at 8:30 p.m., at 3361 Glendale.
By IRVING HAYETT
Jewish Chronicle Foreign Correspondent
(Copyright 1946, All Rights Reserved)
This series of articles tells of the War Crimes
Trials in Frankfurt, Germany.
ARTICLE IX
B
The Brockhagen Atrocity Case
RIGHT AND EARLY the
next day, January 8, 1946,
the team set out once more
from Bad Cleynhausen for
Brockhagen. This time we had a
little background and had many
direct questions to ask of the next
witnesses we interrogated.
Our first stop was the home of
Policeman Wilhelm Linnemann,
truly German official. His home
was not pretentious because civil
service employees of small towns
are not paid too well. We found
Linnemann a shrewd, intelligent
but wary witness. He would not
volunteer any information and on-
ly answered questions. Through
questions we found out that he
uary, 1941. He was elected editor- was one of three who took the
in-chief of the Columbia Law Re- three fliers from Roebein Inn, to
view for 1942-43, the first foreign Pohlmann's and then from Pohl-
born individual to hold that post. mann's machine shop to the town
of Halle, the county seat. He ad-
mitted that the third flier com-
plained of pains in his stomach
and had bruises on his face
around his eves. He did not see
the men beaten, of that he was
certain; oh no, he would not want
to be accused of being a witness
to the atrocities. He was too smart
for that. He did admit that Orts-
gruppenleiter Pohlmann could have
beaten the fliers before they got
to Roebein Inn. He did volunteer
information that his son had been
with him and had been in Pohl-
mann's shop while the fliers were
there with them. He, however, had
waited outside. Polizei Linnemann
was dismissed.
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RICHARD TUCKER
Interrogate Son
Next, we interrogated Ha r r y
Linnemann, the son of the police-
man. Harry, too, was wary, intel-
ligent and a very frightened wit-
ness. He was about 16 years old,
tall, blonde with the typical rosy
cheeks, a real Aryan. He was in-
side Pohlmann's machine shop and
had seen Pohlmann hit the fliers.
He positively did not see Pohl-
mann beat the fliers or kick them
(the liar). Yes, the flier complain-
In addition to his teaching at the
New School, he has also helped
to direct a special project of re-
search on Contemporary Political
and Legal Trends. He is also an
author of numerous books and
articles, in American and foreign
publications, of various aspects of
law, legal jurisprudence, welfare,
etc.
During the past several years,
Professor Pekelis has participated
in many organizations of Jewish
interest and has been particularly
active in educational efforts in
support of Histadrut. He partici-
pated in the formation of the Eu-
ropean Committee for the Hista-
drut, among whose members are
included Albert Einstein, Branias-
law Haberman, Emil Ludwig, Lien
Feuchtwanger, and many other
distinguished Europeans. He has
been a frequent contributor of the 1
Jewish Frontier, a monthly Labor
Zionist magazine, and other Jew-
ish periodicals.
Reports on the progress of the
Detroit Palestine Histadra Cam-
paign will be presented at the fes-
tival by leaders and workers.
Admission to the celebration is
limited to organization delegates
and contributors of $12 or more.
Tickets of admission are available
at the Detroit Histadrut Head-
quarters, 9142 Linwood, TY. 7-
8225.
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MOSCOW 1.ITA) David Bron-
stein, twenty-two-year old Jewish
chess player, has won the Moscow
chess title for 1946. In competi-
tion with sixteen top players of
the Soviet capital, Bronstein em-
erged victorious at the end of a
three-week tournament.
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ed of his stomach, Funny, he
couldn't describe the flier who was
hurt. He could only remember
what would not implicate him. Too
bad we were in the British Zone
and couldn't use some of our Am-
erican methods on him. He knew
lots more than he told.
Measured for Coffin
We would have liked to use one
of the two methods that Col. Ha-
ley was telling about, around the
dinner table the other night, th•t
were used by the Americans. This
boy knew more than he was tell-
ing and he was frightened. One of
the methods used was to put the
suspect in solitary confinement, if
he would not talk, for one week.
Then he was brought into the
room with two sergeants and the
interrogator and reporter and ask-
ed if he would talk. If the answer
was no, the interrogator would
just say, "All right, boys," and the
suspect was asked to lie down on
the floor. Then there would be a
measuring for length. and width
of the suspect with much discus-
sion and figuring of how much
wood would be necessary and then
a discussion of the weight of the
suspect. This would take about
three quarters of an hour with
the suspect lying on the floor all
the time. Then he would be told
to stand up and be dismissed. Py
the time ,he got back to his cell
he would be yelling for the Col.
onel — he wanted to talk and
not be measured for a coffin.
Fanner Richards
We next visited Farmer Rich-
ards. He was the first person to
come to the scene where the flier
landed. He took the flier's papers
from him, that's all. Then Pohl-
mann came on the scene and
kicked the flier. They searched
the flier for weapons and even
made him take off his shoes, be-
cause some of our boys used to
hide them there. Yes, he was there
while Pohlmann kicked the flier
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