•inka 4,nd Solibor.
"In the battles, men of
as comrades—Chalutz yout
.1,
Bundists," the report says.
ry
'not of life; they fought sid
ation,
of the Jewish people. Thri,
of the
we exerted ourselves in the
fight."
car-
als,
The Jewish Fighting Orga,
the supervision
rying on its activities, as guer,
of the. Jewish National Committee whicli ---is the central body ;direc-
ting the underground activities. Represented in the Jewish Nation-
al Committee are Zionists, Socialists, and various other Jewish
political groups of pre-war Poland.
Regard Our Merciless Doom With Sober Eyes, Report Says
Emphasizing that "the Nazi barbarians are killing off the piti-
ful remnants of Jewish population in Poland," the report says:
"As you read our communication, do not for a moment think that
we are broken in spirit. We regard our merciless doom with sober
eyes. We know you have done everything possible to save us."
The report then goes on to relate how the Jewish heroes of
the Bialystok ghetto had battled for a month, killing hundreds of
Germans, and how the Jewish rebels in the "death camps" of
Solibor and Treblinka organized themselves in fighting'five s"
and at a pre-arranged moment launched their attack; throwing
themselves upon the German and Ukrainian guards, they disarm-
ed and killed the majority of them, burned down the gas-chambers
and the "living-crematoria" and after having accomplished this,
escaped to the neighboring forests.
Describing the revolt in Bialystok which took place last Aug-
ust "on instructions from the Jewish National Committee." the
report states: "On the 17th of August there began the liquidation
of the only large ghetto in the East of Poland, in Bialystok, where
there were approximately 40,000 Jews.
Seven Transports of Victims Taken to Treblinka
During the first three days of this action, seven transpOrts of
victims were taken to the death-camp at Treblinka. In addition, a
passenger train, filled with children, left Bialystok. There were
two Jewish nurses in each. car. It is the general conviction that,
before going to their deaths, these children were to furnish blood
for Wounded German soldiers. On the fourth day of the action,
the fight began. Bloody combats took place in a number of streets.
The Jews fought mostly with grenades and incendiary bombs; they
also had a few machine-guns. In order to crush the uprising the
Germans set the ghetto afire. The bitter fight lasted eight days.
But our resistance did not weaken and lasted for another month.
a me mg in Chicago
on for the Defense of Democ-
ducation of the National Educa-
ociation, which represents 200,000
eachers of America. The teaching aids
be supplied by the Commission, using
the materials of such groups as the National
Conference of Christians and Jews, the Council
Against Intolerance in America, the schools of
Springfield, Mass., and the Bureau for Inter-
cultural Edtication. A grant of $25,000 from the
•
tion, and
for a State Fair
mission which would investigate, m .
enforce decisions in cases of discrimination.
The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundaton an-
nounces the admission to the Jewish Recon-
structionist Fellowship of a chapter in Los
Angeles, the first to be admitted to the Fellow-
ship.
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Gripsholm Arrivals Confirm Atrocities
NEW YORK (JPS)--Arrivals on the exchange-ship Gripsholm
gave eye witness accounts confirming the atrocities against the
Jews in Poland. Paul Pittich, of JerSey City, a carpenter who lived
at Sanak, a town in East Poland, until his internment by the Nazis,
said that immediately upon occupying the town, the Germans shot
all Jewish residents. A similar eyewitness account was given by
Eugenia Rutkowska, of Buffalo, New York, who said that one
thousand Jews were massacred by the Nazis at Koseleva.
Report Extermination of Jews in Town Near Berdichev
(JTA)—The Soviet commission investigating Ger-
' man MOSCOW,
atrocities against the civilian population reported this week
that in July; 1941, a few weeks after they launched their invasion
of Russia, the Nazis murdered the entire remaining Jewish popula-
, tion of Belilovka, near Berdichev. The majority of the Jewish
residents had fled to the interior prior to the invasion.
Shortly after the capture of the town, the German commandant
ordered all Jews to report to -the local synagogue where• they were
The Jews were
registered. The total Jewish population was 668.
ordered to appear at the synagogue the following day with all their
belongings, • from where, they were told, they would be sent to
Berdichev.
From the synagogue, all the Jews were taken to the Berdichev
highway and told to start running. As the panic-stricken Jews
fled, the Germans fired on them with machine guns, killing all.
Fr. Coughlin Says His Talks
Are on 'Religious Matters
Denies Charges that He Was Again Speaking on Political
and International Subjects; Declares Lenten Sermons
Distorted by New York Papers
' Commenting on the report that he again was speaking on
political and international subjects from his pulpit, and that he
was interfering with the war effort and fomenting anti-Semitism,
the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin; -pastor of the Shrine of the Little
Flower of .Royal Oak, told the New York Times that his talks
referred to were being delivered as a series of Wednesday night
Lenten services "'and that the subjects were confined to "religious
matters."
"My subject-matter is the same as that being delivered from
every Catholic pulpit during 'Lent," he said.
Asked if his talks had the approval of Archbishop Edward
Mooney, he replied that his sermons, because of their religious
*, nature, were not censored cr supervised by the archdiocese.
Father Coughlin said his sermons had been distorted by New
York newspapers, and added:
"Representative's of The Daily Worker and other papers appar-
rently have been attending the services and , as usual they are busy
With scraps of pamper. This has been going on for 'two years and
foes not disturb me any more."
The shrine Lenten services have been attended by large audi-
laces and Wednesday more than 500 persons were said to have
:. en in the church. Father Coughlin stated that no manuscript or
ord of the sermon was available.
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iws "Should Protest Against All Persecution," Mgr. Sheen's Advice
NEW YORK (JPS)—"The remedy for anti-Semitism is for
vs to protest against persecution of all religion and the Christians
like manner,' in the opinion of Mgr. Fulton J. Sheen, of the
s ilty of the Catholic University of America. In a Lenten sermon
his city, he said: "We will never see the breakdown of anti-
itism or anti-Christianity so long as each protests within its
group. If Jews protest as a class wthin their class, they are
sifying the very evil they thought to prevent."
'ewey Appoints Commission to Study Race Discrimination
LBANY, N. Y. (JPS)—A special temporary commission of
• '-three members to study laws to prevent racial Cliscrimina-
nd recommend a remedial legislative program has been
ted by Governor Dewey.
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