Page Two- DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Book Review STRICT ICON IIDENTIATo LaKritz to Be Soloist Where the "master race" of Ger- many We present to displayed their evil passion! you this week as o u r guest Entire families were doomed columnist, AI - to shameful degradation. bert David But- They Raped, they Flogged, thy I e r . . . NV, Maimed, they Killed; feel that his Age had no consideration! poem is morc timely than They were Worked to Death and eve- . . Now Starved to Death, Nurem- and killed by Suffocation! l••- Trials ap- They were Shot, and Gassed, and proach their final :Ilse. Burnt alive to speed Extermination! IN MEMORIAM Dedicated to the Judges of the They slaughtered Infants, Moth- Nuremburg Trials ers, Fathers, By Albert David Butler at a terrific pace . . . There's a Monument :n Germany To make room for exalted rulers surpassing all the rest of the "master race" .. . ! For its horrible significance Which left the world aghast! There's a Monument in Germany Like a great and towering moun- the Germans can't erase, ROSINA BETMAN LaKRITZ For they're Crimes against Hu- tain, manity Rosina Betman LaKritz, well reaching high into the sky, known Detroit soprano,' will be committed by that race! Made with Souls of all the millions the soloist for the evening when who were sentenced there to die! This immense and gruesome edi- Eve Meister, teacher of dramatic Like a huge 'immortal Monument art, presents her pupils in a Dra- fice, matic Art Recital on Wednesday. marking every little grave built by Nazi Bloody' hands, May 29, at 8:30 at the Detroit Filled with broken, twisted bodies Will forever cast a Shadow Institute of Arts. Of Humanity — betrayed! over the entire Land! Other soloists will be Barbara There were Gentiles and Jews Renton, ballet dancer, and eight- This visionary Monument for whom Naiis had no use; year-old Phyllis Pullberg who will will be, till Judgment Day, do song and dance routines. Dotd Undesirable -- because of A Shrine for all the Lives Bregman will be the accompanist. different views .. . . the Nazis took away. Tickets will be on sale at the Or because of their Religion, These Souls now sit in Judgment door. or • because of different Race, unto Eternity . . . In the new and mighty "order" And Judge the deeds of infamy, Australia expects $14,800,000 of this "rabble" had no place! which bears a frightful Penalty! German property as reparations. It's a visionary Monument which the world will always see As a Symybol to man's Vanity and stupid Bigotry . . . . By Phineas J. Biron By LEON SAUNDERS Arc De Trlump!) . By ERIC REMARQUE The Arc of Triumph has no connection with Eric Maria Remar que's popular novel, "Arc De Triumph," recently published, except that it is in Paris, which is also the locale of the story. The book is a typical Remarque work. The central figure is the same type of a frustrated man, who finds himself out of place in his surroundings. In "All Quiet on the Western Front," in "The Road Back" and in "Three Comrades," the hero is spiritually, morally and intellectually far above his milieu, his associations and his work. As in the Greek tragedy he is Prometheus bound by forces he cannot overcome. The hero of the novel is a Dr. Ravic, assumed name of a famous German surgeon who escaped from a concentration camp. He earns his living by performing operations for French wirgeors who exploit his skill and take advantage of his illegal status in Paris. The novel touches very little on anything but the life and do- ings of Dr: Ravic. It gives glimpses of Jewish refugees, a rich, ex- patriate American woman, a Russian general who serves as a door- man in a cabaret. Everything else is I)r. Ravic. I)r. Ravic performs no heroic deeds. lie does not fight the Gestapo. Ile does not help refugees escape from France. Ile is just trying to survive and, if possible, he wants to survive the Germans in Paris. After he has been deported to Switzerland for 3 months, he returns to Paris. Only one thing he does in an heroic and popular novel way. He kills the Gestapo agent who tortured him and his fiancee in Ger- many. The rest of the whole novel, which holds your interest to the end in spite of Urn lack of action and heroic deeds, is devoted to Ravic's goings and comings and his stormy relations with a woman he helped in adversity. This woman, a cabaret singer, whom the author definite. ly marks as not pretty, attaches herself to Ravic and then turns beau- tiful. The cause of the turmoil and struggle between them is not only that Ravic does not love her as she loves him, but that this "femme fatale" type of woman, this kind of a Dostoyevskian "integral" Nas- tasya Philipovna, does not think that living with another man ha:, anything to do with her loving Ravic, and should not affect him. And although Ravic is a man without prejudices or inhibitions, he still not broadminded enough to condone that. Ravic, the central figure of the novel is portrayed as a strong man, a man of Indomitable will, unshaken convictions and thoroughly disillusioned in the world. But being also decent and civilized, he continues to help more unfortunate people than himself. These ac- tions of his, the naturalness of his conduct and of his views make him appear a real man and not a stilted hero. Only in his relations with the woman, Joan, he appears to be un- certain of his own mind and his attitude towards a situation like that. The relationship between Ravic and Joan is brought on by tht ■ feeling of loneliness, suffering and need to help. She repeats continually that without him she is lost, which does not prevent her from get- ting on splendidly during his absence. She is not pictured as a co- quette; she just does not understand the requirements of society, and she meets a tragic end. We don't believe that the author intended to create a Childe Har- old in Ravic. He just picked a man around whom he has woven r canvai of life in Paris under the French government before the last war. An aura of despair and futility always pervades Remarque's novels,. despair over the futility of it all. People suffering in hospitals and enjoying themselves in cabarets; love flourishing and dying; in a free country, people hiding in cellars because they have no passports. A porter, a former Russian general, when he heard a Jewish child ask, "Mother, why are we Jewish?" exclaims, "Too much is too much. I, a former anti-Semite am saying it." The title, "Arc of Triumph," was taken as a symbol of contra- diction, This. symbol of triumph, of victories, this arc is under a threat of invasion bji evil forces which will make a mockery out of all the triumphs this arc has witnessed. "Arc of Triumph" is not a gay book to read, but being a well writ- ten book, It forces one to think and to feel more deeply. GfER0 Friday, May 17, 1946 ABRAHAM LUDWIG To a godless generation of a modern civilization Whose exaggerated passion was for Weld domination. They were arrogant and boastful, Unscrupulous and Cruel; They reasoned that the weak alone lived by the Golden Rule. They "scrapped" the Ten Com- mandments; lost all human Decency. The "new order" had no use For Justice, Love, or Sympathy. "We're the master race!" they shouted, "Pure" and "Noble braves!" "We" were born to be the Rulers All the rest were "slaves!" There's a Monument in Germany that's fearful to behold For the countless deeds of infamy that records do unfold. Box All the weaker conquered nations Dear Editor: soon Were doomed to subjuga- We fought a war to give peace to our brethren. What can that tion, peace be without food, clothing, medical supplies, a home and other While entire populations necessities that make life worth living? Why did we liberate them, if suffered wholesale deportation. we are to forget them? We, of America, can only express of ourselves with food, clothing and medical supplies to be shipped to them for present emergency Nazi Concentration Camps were filled from every Nation relief. The Women of Bnai Brith in Detroit have pledged themselves that no brother in Europe will be hungry, cold or sick because of the inability to secure the proper relief. Wd appeal to the wholesale and retail grocers to donate food, the wholesale and retail drug firms, for vitamins, and to all the lodges to run food showers and gather old clothing. Bring all donations to tho SOS clothing station at Dexter and Burlingame or call Mrs. Shulman, HO. 9419, chairman, Greater Detroit Women's Council of Bnai Brin in conjunction with the SOS Drive. 100 TABLETS 354 We are also desperately in need of more helpers and appeal tc persons to aid in our cause by coming in to wrap packages. WORLD'S LARGEST SELLER AT 104 MRS. NETTIE SHULMAN TYler .6-8348 PAINTING — PAPERHANGING — DECORATING Beautiful Color Schemes. Finest Materials Used for Homes, Stores, Offices. Pure White Lead and Linseed Oil Used Outside. ALL JOBS INSURED FREE ESTIMATE A COLLEGE, BUSINESS or TRADE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR YOU egos Yes, your tuition up to $500 per ordi- nary school year paid for 48 months of college, business or trade school. You also receive $65 per month living allowance—$90 if you have dependents. This is the opportunity open, upon their discharge, to men over 18 (17 with parents' consent) who enlist in the new Regular Army before October 6, 1946, for 3 years. Get all the facts at your U.S. Army Recruiting Station. 2985 E. JEFFERSON ST., DETROIT Hundreds Turned Away from Center As 800 Teen-Agers Hold Rally Over 800 teen-agers attended a rally at the Jewish Community Center on May 13 sponsored by the Intercultural Youth Comrfrit- tee of Detroit to honor Frank Sinatra for his outstanding leader. ship in promoting better inter- racial understanding. Hundreds of boys and girls were turned away as the Center auditorium facilities became inad- equate to house those who came. Youth speakers representing Negro, Catholic, Protestant, Jew- ish and Nisei youth groups urged the teen.agers to throw their full support behind the committee in Its permanent fight against ra- cial and religious discrimination. "Nothing is more vital for us today, -, said Harry Minis of the Jewish Community Center, "than to get to- know and understand each other better, Negro and white, Jew and Gentile, Catholic and Protestant, united against our common enemies." Other youth speakers reiterated the same theme of common understanding and cooperation among all races and religions. An exciting rendition of "Bal- lad for Americans" and group singing of "The House I Live In" were highlights of the program. Twenty-three youth organiza- tions participated in the organiza- tion of the rally. Recondition yourself, relax and rest, at this magnificent Jewish hotel—Your hosts, the Madorsky Family, have made the Riverside one of the fittest resorts in Mt. Clemens. Facing a 5•acre park, its unexcelled appointments make the Riverside an ideal place for vacationing. JEWISH FOLK CIIORUS HENRI GOLDBERG, Director The famous mineral baths arc available to our guests without caving the hotel. 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