Page Two DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle REPORT FROM GERMANY 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.. Na The Borkum Island Case ARTICLE Friday, March 29, 1946 ' Detroit Radio Artist Returns Home To Receive Wide Acclamation Here Every Saturday night for the past thirteen weeks the Detroit Jewish Radio audience has listened to the voice of "The Yeshiva Bochur" presented by Mr. SaMuel Kaplan. Last Sunday, March 17, Mr. Kap- lan made a personal appearance al a grand reception tendered in his honor by Yeshiva C!iachmey Lu- blin. The huge air i mce in the auditorium, gave !i: 1 a tremen- dous ovation. student at the College of the City of Detroit which preceded the or- ganization of the Wayne Univer- sity. He is a graduate accountant. His radio feature is presented under the title of "The Yeeshiva Bochur" on station WEVD, New York City, the largest JewiSh sta- tion in the United States. The Columbia Tea Company of New York, makers of "Sweetouchnee Tea" sponsor both New York City and the Detroit programs. In De- troit time is devoted on the pro- gram for the interest of Yeshiva. Chachmey Lublin an outstanding Yeshiva and Parochial School. "The Yeshiva Bochur" is a reci- tation feature. The personified "Yeshiva Bochur" narrates Jew- ish stories. They are not, however, random or pointless as the mate- rial is carefully selected out of the most fascinating chapters in Jew- ish history and the rich treasure honse of Jewish folk lore. Russian Relief to Launch Campaign Mr. Isadore Starr, chairman of the Detroit Jewish Committee of the American SociTy for Russian Relief, announces an emergeney, meeting to be held Thursday April 4 at the Jewish Cultur ❑ ; Center, 2705 Joy Road to launch plans arid discuss policies concern. ing fund-raising for the Filatov Children's Hospital in Moscow, U.S.S.R. The program calls for $50,000 to equip the largest chil- dren's hospital in Moscow which serves millions of Soviet citizens and is a vital training center for pediatricians, etc. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pincus "The Court will come to ord er " through the village and that Goe- Kaplan of 3796 Tuxedo, Detroit, The scene is The Ludwigsburg bell then made a call to the ac- Schloss, the seat of the Kingdom cused Rommel, the Police Chief of Wuttemburg. In the Throne PROGRESS MADE end told him the same thing. The Room, a room of tall marble col- evidence will show that the ac- ALBANY (JTA) -- Wide prog umns, ten beautiful glass chande- cused Goebel! then reminded the ress in the elimination of discrim- liers, tall French windows, a ceil- other accused of the decree of Dr. ination in employment in Ni ing of painted angels and cherubs Goebbels, ReichminMer, that all e% York State was reported to Gov. and a real gilded throne, a trial Allied flying personnel were to be Thomas E. Dewey by the State board of seven men are seated. beaten or shot to death and or- Commission against Discrimina- The President of the Court is Col. dered the death march to begin. tion, after eight months of ad- Edward B. Jackson, and seated to A guard detail was organized of ministering the state F.E.P.C. law. his right and left are Col. Albert seven men armed with rifles, bay- R. Barden, Col. Selby F. Little, onets and pistols. Col. Robert N. Hicks, Lt. Col. Dan It's Swell to Shop at- "The evidence will show that it L. Miler, Lt. Col. Alfred Martin, had been previously the custom to Lt. Col. Humbert J. Versace. A rally of workers for the cur- transport prisoners of war by a SAMUEL KAPLAN To the right of the court, rent membership campaign will Exclusive FROCKS against one wall of the Throne railroad which ran from the bat- Kaplan has had a colorful career. take place Tuesday evening, April 9116 Grand River nr. Joy Rd. Room are seated the accused, well tery to the •Airport and that it was He studied for the rabbinate at 2, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Beatrice Salton, Mgr. guarded by armed soldiers, fifteen in running order that day. The the Yeshiva College in New York Theodore Levin, 8611' LaSalle Open every evening til 9 p.m. in all, seated in groups of five, evidence will also show that there City. Previous to that he:was '1 Blvd. first the officers, Capt. Kurt was a road running to the airport Dr. Lachman, chairman of the Goebel!, Capt. Walter Krolikovski, which would have avoided the vil- membership drive will preside. lage of Borkum and was much Lt. Erich Wentzel, Lt. Karl Web- The meeting will be addressed by shorter than the one chosen. The er, Lt. Jakob Valentin Seiler. Rabbi Eliezer A. Levi, of Cong. evidence will also show that the Then come the guards, Sgt. Jo- Bnai Moshe. hann Josef Schmitz, Sgt. Johann accused Akkermann sent a run- Dr. Philip E. Lachman, who Pointner, Pfc. Gunther Albrecht ner to a prominent place on the was a first lieutenant in the army, Pfc. Witzke, ' Pfc. Karl Geyer promenade along the sea who was comes to the office of chairman Hundreds' of workers for the and last the civilians, Burgomeis- to observe the approach of till flyers and let him know imme- Junior Division's part in the Allied of the membership campaign well ter Jan J. Akkermann, Klaas equipped for this tremendous un- Meyer-Gerhards, Heinrich Rom- diately when they came in sight. Jewish Campaign were recruited dertaking, viz., the goal of 5000 That the Burgomeister phoned the mel, Gustav Mammenga and Hein- at a general meeting of the divi- new members. accused Meyer Gerhards, chief of rich Heinemann. sion on March 28 in the main audi- the air raid police, told him that In front of the accused are the flyers would be led thru the torium of the Jewish Community seated the military and German village and told him that he Center. The Division's function civilian Defense counsel. There is wanted to see how tough the air was explained at the meeting by You Will Enjoy one Chief Defense Counsel, Lt. raid police could be. The evidenc.• the newly elected officers. A social 50 apt s, 1441. 111Xtl, Mal ille 1.11111111,, 111.1% shol Col. Samuel M. Hogan and Capt. will show that the accused Akker- hour including dancing and re- HUNGARIAN KOSHER reft lg., stoker, excellent rood. Cost Albert W. Hall, military defense mann placed himself at a prom- freshments followed the business STYLE FOOD' to build $.:29,000. Imagine buying counsel, for the officers, 1st Lt. inent intersection in the village part of the meeting. t hl,, beautiful big propet ty In these John Davis for the guards and and when the flyers approached high price tlitXs for only $185000, Terms $05,000. Eight divisions are bei g organ- Take Out Service of Pies, Capt. Jim S. Phelps for the civil- under guard, yelled in a loud Million Dollar Lo•al/tub Near Fisher ians. Each accused German offi- voice, "Here come the murderers, ized by the Junior Sery ce Group Pastries and Strudel Bldg. 211 elegant 5 • new' cer has a German civilian defense kill them, beat them to death, kill of the Jewish Welfare F deration. elitlip1111111. Nets $7 . 000 . PH., $ 115 . 000 . In order to assure full participa- counsel, in the order named above, the pigs, kill the dogs." Terms 125,000. Menu under direction of tion on the part of youlpg people 20 apts. :x.-ar ‘vnyne Dr. Weber, Dr. Wacker, Dr. Drey- 1`11. all 3 t Death March and bat hs, showers, vac. at in. new er, Dr. Schoeck, Dr. Frizlen. There in the Emergency Allied Jewish A. J. Vizvary, Divid Taxi, refrig., flew etovem. You a n't 'The evidence will also show that are two civilian lawyers repre- Campaign. Heading the drive as Boyd Sanders ea te this in all )let roll for as the prisoners approached an only senting the guards, Dr. Baur and Campaign Chairman is Sol J. $50,000. Terms 125,1100. RAD detachment, which is a sort This Is a Dr. Dieterich and two civilian law- steal Mr. Bedford. of work battalion of about eighty Schwartz. He is assisted by Vice- yers defending the civilians, Dr. Chairmen Richard B. Kramer and to one hundred men, that Lt. Metzler and Dr. Magenau. Homer Wentzel spoke to the commanding Dr. Samuel Krohn who are in CO DIME BLDG, Seated to the left of the trial officer of the RAD and that they charge of two groups of four di- CA. 8:111 board is the Prosecution, the Trial then formed a gauntlet and that visions each. IV E sPECIA I.17. F. IN THE 16875 Livernois Opp. U of D Judge Advocate, Major Joseph D. the flyers were made to run that OF A l'A ItTNI ENT* Heading the Special Gifts Divi• ( MANAGEMENT ..- ----- Bryan, and his two assistant Trial gauntlet and were beaten over the sion are Henry N. Ehrlich and Adge Advocates, Capt. John A. head and face and back with Alex J. Etkin, co-chairmen, and /May and Capt. E. F. Lyons. spades and shovels. When the Goldie Levinstein, secretary. In the center of the Throne march passed the City Hall, after HOLIDAY AND SPRING CLEANING : Sens big Mrs. Max Chomsky and Monte room are two chairs, one for the running this gauntlet, a crowd was 15,000 llotnea CARPETS, RUGS witness and a little behind him gathered and various civilians Korn are co-chairmen and Miriam CURTAINS, DRAPES ENtablislied UPHOLSTERED 11131) the interpreter. Everything is heat the fivers with their fists or Coggan is secretary of the Organi- & FURNITURE COVERS I FURNITURE translated into German and all whatever they could lay their zations Division which will reach Cleaned or Laundered German is translated into Eng- hands on. youth organizations during the Cleaned in Your Home LAMP SHADES lish. At the far end of the room, "The evidence will show that campaign for education and solici- Cleaned & Cellophaned under a giant oil painting of one these officers that accompanied taton of treasury gifts. of the Ludwigs, are seated the this death march had ordered the Two co-chairmen heading each Phone spectators. This same Ludwig, in guards to beat these prisoners of the eight divisions are: Divi- TOwnsend Royal robes, seems to look down with the butts of their rifles if sion A. Harold N. Rosemont and at all that is going on in his for- they attempted to lower their mer Throne room and at times I hands. We will show that they ,Bluma Nagler; Division JB, Philip seem to see a faint snicker or a were marched along at a fast pace Nuscholtz and Diana Rosenblatt; sneer on his lips, as if to say, and that guards did obey orders Division JC, Norman Naimark and 2813 LINWOOD "What fools these Americans be, if to beat the flyers when they Sylvia Collins; Division JD, Aaron Sumetz and Carol Greenhouse; Di I were running this show how dif- lowered their hands. • vision JE, William B. Katz and ferent it would all be." "The evidence will show that Elaine Shiffman; Division JF, Ed- Plane Shot Down the accused Jakob Valentin Seiler ward A. Simon and Ann Brooks; The T. J. A. addresses the court: promised a bottle of whiskey to "May it please the Court. The evi- any guard who shot the first fly- Division JG, Morton Margolis and J ence will show ihat on the 4tn er. When the procession reached Corrine Perlis; Division JH, Theo- day of August 194 a four motored the City Hall a PFG of the Ger- dore Leibowitz and Elise Zeme. Zionist Campaign Plans Workers Rally April 2 PEGGY ANN'S Junior Division Recruits Hundreds Of Fund Raisers Sale — Apartments Warren & PETER PAN Restaurant 7-9660 American plane, a bomber, was ob- served approaching the Island of I3orkum. The Island of Borkum was a possession of the then Ger- man Reich and is located in the North Sea not far from the city of Bremen. There was on this Island a village by the name of Borkum. Anti-aircraft opened fire on the plane and the plane landed in a sort of marsh near a battery. Seven flyers were seen to emerge from the plane, one of whom had a slight wound on the forehead. A German soldier supplied a band- age which was applied. The fly- ers immediately surrendeFed and gave up their arms. The evidence will then show that the flyers were taken to the battery and that the accused Kurt Goebel!, who was then commanding offi- cer said, "You bring them to me alive?" The evidence will then show that during the interrogation by Lt. Wentzel one of the guards was relieved by Capt. Goebel! be. cause he was too old and not strict enough with the prisoners. "The evidence will further show that Goebell then made a tele- phone call to the accused Jan J. Akkermann the burgomeister of L'oricum and notified him that the flyers were going to be led man Armed forces ran out of the crowd and shot a flyer who had fallen. He was beaten until finally he was so exhausted he fell and then was shot. "The evidence will show that Lt. Weber and Lt. Wentzel, both of them accused, rode tip and down this procession on bicycles and urged the civilians in a loud voice, "Here come the dogs, beat the pigs, kill them." A little later when the march turned down a side street, the same PFC who had shot and killed the little flyer, ran up and shot several other flyers in the back of the head. The evi- dence will show that at that point Sgt. Schmitz and Petty officer Wittmack also shot some of the flyers. Thereafter a German doc- tor arrived on the scene examined each of the flyers to make sure he was dead and pronounced them all dead. The death march was over. YOUR AMATEUR BOXING 8 All-Star Bouts Friday, April 5th Sponsored by JULIUS ROSENWALD POST 218 AMERICAN LEGION HACKETT FIELD HOUSE 10 Pitkin Ave. Ne111 SP, 011.1 Highland Park el: In Ibn I, of "The evidence will show that PRICES--7'ax included later the guards were ordered to $1.80 Reserved. $1.23 General the Dorf Hotel where a statement Admission. 90c Student Tickets. was prepared for each of them to To kel • on "4,1 1, sign, which in substance said that Y in ...port • Del) •rt merit of these flyers were killed by civil- Peter.' 'volt.. 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