Page Two 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. --- 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- Jail A rrived! SCHAEFFER PENS wein jewelers McNichols Road Near Prairie 7338 W. I don't know whether it is sci- Philip Fabian Back from Overseas Service Announces the II I GRAND I OVt14‘ I of the DEXTER RADIO CO. . i (Formerly Located on Dexter Co.. 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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. ticker to Make Detroit Debut at Festival Climaxing Histadrut Drive Is■■■•••■■■■••■•••■■•■•■•■•■ •••••••• • Friday, March 15, 1 0 .16 HO 8790 Corner Burlingame • 1 14-4.4.0*************** ■ **********1804. ■ 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. --------- - BRONSTEIN, MOSCOW CHAMP 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. The Finest in Fiction . "K ATK A" An Unusual Great Novel By MARIA K. SINAK "... kept me burning the midnight oil ..." —The Detroit Times 508 pages ;3.50 S. J. BLOCH Publishing Co. Michigan Bank Bldg. 600 Woodward Detroit 26 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 (Continued on page 6) HOLIDAY AND SPRING CLEANING Nerving 15.600 Flom.. 1530 CARPETS, RUGS UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Cleaned in Your Home CURTAINS, DRAPES & FURNITURE COVERS Cleaned or Laundered LAMP SHADES Cleaned & Cellophaned Phone TOwasend 7-9660 12813 LINWOOD man : t0-04: 1011* *0 ** * 0 0 0- *** * *** * 01>00 04:10 0** * 0410000 - - we Have Served Ow CHOry ... LW Us Serve Yee! 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