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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Page Six

MAN CF ITT WEEI

GI's Observe
the Holidays

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Friday, October 11, 1946

World News in Brief

British Weigh Law
Nazi Shrines Used;
1,000 Meet in Tokyo to Bar Anti-Semites

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE this week salutes a native Detroiter
who has packed more living In his 24 years than the average
person experiences in a lifetime. He is Balfour Peisner, veteran of
the battle of Northern France, Belgium and Germany, and Palestine
correspondent for this and other newspapers. He has just returned
from a trip to Palestine and is at present studying law at the Uni-
versity of Detroit.
Peisner was born Oct. 1, 1922, the second son of Samuel and
NEW YORK—From outposts' in
Batcheba Peisner. His parents
have been living in Palestine Alaska to shrines once revered by
the Nazis and Japs, Jewish service-
since 1934.
It was in that year that young men in the American forces on
Peisner began his travels. At the three continents assembled for
age of 11 he saw most of South- High Holy Day services in camps,
ern Europe, before proceeding to synagogues, former palaces and
Palestine With the rest of the religious centers, through arrange-
family. In Eretz Israel for the ments made by the National Jew-
next five years he studied in Heb- ish Welfare Board, according to
rew schools between making ex- cabled reports from chaplains.
cursions into the surrounding In Germany and Austria, services
areas and taking an active role were conducted at Bremen, Frank-
in the resistance to the Arabs in furt, Heidelberg, Munich, Salzburg
and Vienna. Hundreds of civilians
the riots of 1936-39.
At the age of 16, in Aug. 1939, participated in the services, which
were held in camps and syna-
Peisner returned to the United
gogues, and in JWB hospitality
States to continue his education
centers. Through the JWB over-
here. He attended Central High
seas director stationed in Frank-
School from which he graduated
furt, Germany, holiday supplies
in 1942. He began his pre-legal
studies at the University of De- were furnished in part to the Brit-
ish and French armies in Ger-
troit.
In October, 1942 he enlisted in many.
the Army Air Corps, but was sub- AIDED BY PRIEST
Reporting on his service for
sequently transferred to the
Jewish GI's stationed in Kassel,
BALFOUR PEISNER ground forces. Prior to being Germany, Chaplain Irving Ganz,
called for active duty he completed an extensive tour of the United formerly of Bay City, Mich., notes
States, which lasted several months. '
the aid he received from the
Shipped overseas In mid-1944, Peisner joined the famed Ninth
Catholic chaplain stationed in Kas-
Division after it had just smashed the German line at St. Lo.
sel.
He served in the "First Squad, of the First Platoon of A Com-
In the Dai Ichi building in To-
pany" of the regiment which led the parade across France,
kyo, which serves as the head-
through Belgium and into the southwest corner of Germany. • quarters of Gen. MacArthur, 1,000
On Nov. 16, in an assault on the Huertgen Forest village of
GI's assembled for worship from
Gressnich, Peisner won the Bronze Star for "conspicuous gallantry
distant points, at services con.
in action," as well as the Presidential Citation which was later
ducted by Chaplain Samuel Zait-
awarded to his unit.
chik. The Tokyo report pictures
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IT WAS IN THIS action that he was severely wounded and, the efforts made by the chaplain
to furnish billeting and meals for
believed dead by his buddies, abandoned to the enemy when they
the 1,000 Americans to enable them
retreated in the face of a counter-attack.
to attend services.
Several hours later, the Germans picked him up and, after con-
In Yokohama, Rabbi Jacob
vincing themselves that he was totally blind because of a head wound
Hersch conducted the Rosh Ha-
and certain that he would die soon anyway, the Germans left him
shonah ritual, and at Fukuoka,
behind in the contested area.
Chaplain Alfred Goodman offici-
After groping around for several hours he found his way Into
ated at the 118th Station Hos-
the ruins of a house where he survived shellings from both sides,
pital.
and was finally picked up by his battalion on the following day.
In the skillful hands of the Medical Corps he soon recovered part SERVICES IN MANILA
At Manila, Chaplain Abraham I.
of his vision (he is permanently half-blind in both eyes), then was
Feldbin held the only service in
returned to this country early in 1945.
all the Philippines in the leave
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RECEIVING HIS DISCHARGE in July of that year he took up center made available by the mili-
his studies at the University of Detroit where he had left off, and tary authorities. On Okinawa,
completed his pre-legal work last June with the near record achieve- Chaplain Moses B. Sachs held a
ment of passing 55 hours of study, normally two years' work in 10 service attended by 200 men.
At Seoul, in Korea, hundreds of
months.
Early this summer, Peisner once again sailed to Palestine, for GI's travelled from distant points
the dual purpose of visiting his parents and to cover the situation to assemble for service in the
there for this and other newspapers. He returned last week and has former throne room of the Em-
since kept his typewriter hot writing out his wrathful indignation peror. Supplies for the Korean
services shipped by the JWB
at the situation there.
"If the people of this country only knew what is going on in reached the interior of Korea in
Palestine today," he asserted, "they would want to shoot every En- August, despite the difficulties of
travel and communication in that
glishman they see on sight."
land.
"The Jewish people," he went on, "have been inured to suf-
fering by centuries of hardship, humiliation and discrimination,
but that Is no excuse why they should passively accept any fur-
ther indignities at the hands of a nation which claims to be our
friend. The Lion of Judea was once feared and respected; there
14 no reason why ho should not be today."
The Sholem Aleichem folk
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schools are preparing for their
IN PALESTINE, PEISNER was given the freedom of the coun- celebration of Succoth on Wed
try. Using it to full advantage, he visited settlements from Don to nesday afternoon, Oct. 16, at the
Beersheba, spoke to leaders, both Arab and Jewish, as well as gov- Workmen's Circle.
ernment officials and people on the street.
A special Succoth "Machzur" has
He witnessed several British searches and was with the Stern
Gang on one operation. In addition he visited Lebanon to get the been prepared by the pupils.
A Succah will be erected for
opinion of non-Palestinian Arabs.
the occasion.
Peisner's reports will start in the next issue of the Chronicle.

Folk Schools Plan
Succoth Celebration

No Hope of Homes in Europe

Seen by Adviser to U.S. Army

NEW YORK—After canvassing
the ministries of European coun-
tries and securing maximum co-
operation from the American com-
manding generals, Rabbi Philip
Bernstein, adviser on Jewish af-
fairs to Gen. Joseph T. McNarney
and Gen. Mark Clark, declared
at a reception in his honor at the
Hotel Biltmore, that there is no
hope of resettlement for the over-
whelming majority of Jewish dis-
placed persons except in Palestine.
The reception was sponsored by
the American Jewish Conference,
American Jewish Comm i tt e e,
American Jewish Joint Distribu-
tion Committee, Jewish Agency for
Palestine and World Jewish Con-
gress. These five major organiza-
tions have the chief Jewish re-
sponsibility for takjng care of the
needs and problems of the Jewish
displaced persons in Europe. Dr.
Stephen S. Wise presided.
"I met with the prime minister
of Poland who quite genuinely, in
my opinion, proclaimed his gov-
ernment's good will toward the

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Jews and its opposition to anti-
Semitism," said Rabbi Bernstein.
"However, particularly since the
Kielce pogrom, the Polish govern-
ment felt it had no right to insist
that the Jews remain in Poland."
Resettlem ent possibilities in
France, Belgium, Norway, Sweden,
and Italy for the displaced Jews,
have been investigated and tem-
porary arrangements have been
concluded with some of these
countries, Rabbi Bernstein stated.
"My heart is heavy," he con-
tinued, however, "as I report that
not a single one of the govern-
ments with which I dealt in Eu-
rope has been prepared to offer
more than temporary shelter to
these people."
While his predecessor, Judge
Simon H. Rifkind of New York,
had reported that there were 100,-
000 displaced Jews in Europe in
April, 1946, Rabbi Bernstein de-
clared there were now over 200,000
displaced Jews on the continent.
The majority consists of recent
intiltrect from eastern Europe.

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Parliament Studies Bill to Make
Fascist Propaganda Libelous Of fense

LONDON, (JTA)
A parliamentary committee is
considering legislation sponsored by the Board of Depu-
ties 'of British Jews to make anti-Semitic propaganda
punishabe under the libel laws, Sidney Salamon, press
officer of the board, announced this week.
Gordon, Liverman, chairman of the board's defense

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committee, reported that fascist
elements in England were "grad- that the massacres had a direct
ually creeping out of their holes." connection with the plan to wage
He warned that the book clubs its war."
s
set up by Sir Oswald Mosley must
be carefully watched.
It was learned that the British
People's Party, which includes
many former members of Mos-
WARSAW, (JTA)—A group of
ley's British Union of Fascists, in- non-Jewish
deputie - s, including
tends to put up candidates in the
members of the League to Com-
forthcoming municipal elections.
bat Anti-Semitism and Racism,
Publicly announcing his future
have introduced in the National
plans, Mosley said, "My views
Council a bill to suppress anti-
have not been modified by my ex- Jewish propaganda.
perience. On the contrary, they
Adoption of similar legislation
have been intensified. The whole
world is crying out for a new ci- was urged by the Jewish deputy,
vilization. I believe I can supply Dr. Adolph Berman, who said
anti-Semitic propaganda should be
it when the right time comes."
legally outlawed since measures
Mosley, who has already toured
northern England addressing se- against actual violence were in-
sufficient.
cret meetings, is busy in London
Dr. Berman warned that the
on a new book, "The Alternative,"
coming elections will be used by
which he said will outline the
reactionary elements to resume
creed for his new civilization.
violent anti-Jewish propaganda,
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which subsided after the Kielce
pogroms.
He appealed to the church to
use its influence in insuring peace.
ful elections and voiced the appre-
NUERNBERG, (JTA)—The ver- hension of the Jewish population
dict issued here this week by the at the utterances of Cardinal
Allied Military Tribunal against Illond and other members of the
members of the Nazi government clergy.
is considered as establishing a le-
Meanwhile, the government has
gal precedent against the perse- not yet replied to Dr. Berman's
cution of Jews only In war time appeal urging punishment for
and only in conquered territories, those guilty of incitement leading
but not under other circum- to the Kielce pogrom.
stances.
The fact that under the judg-
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ment of the tribunal, persecution
of the Jewish people will be con-
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committed in conquered lands was for use on lawns, shrubbery, flow.
revealed by U. S. Jostle. ° Robert er beds, $L39 per bag, delivered.
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Another high-ranking member
of the Allied prosecution com -
mented: "On the basis of the
a
tribunal's decision, any nation to-
day could go out anZh liquidate its
Jews or Mohammedans or Free
Masons or all its left-handed ci-
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the world could do about it, un-
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