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THE JEWISH

Jewish Underground Unit
► Reveals Heroism in France

Rabbis Led Bands of Young Jews Fighting With Maquis;
Only 90,000 Out of Prewar Population of 350,000
Jews Still Alive, 10,000 in Paris

By VICTOR M. BIENSTOCK

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Windsor Jr. Hadassah
Sets Yom Kippur Dance

Council Hits
`Mushroom'
Synagogues

Junior Hadassah of Windsor'
will hold its annual Yom Kippur
night dance on Wednesday, Sept.
27, at the Shaar Hashomayim
Synagogue's social hall, Giles and
Goyeau Sts. Dancing to the tunes
of a popular orchestra will com- Sponsors Exploit Religious
mence after 9 p. m. Tickets are
-.Feelings of Worshippers
now procurable from members.

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GRENOBLE, France (JTA) — In a bare drab office, in
Rue Jean Jaques Rousseau here, leaders of the Jewish under-
ground organization this week described how for four years ganizing the Jewish Community
they fought to protect 3,000 Jews living in this district and Council.
during 10 bitter months matched wits with the Gestapo and
Capt. Pierre Maranz, Jewish
its Vichyite aides.
chaplain with the French Army,

They outlined the complex sec- the committee distributed 1,200
ret organization by which they sets of false identification docu-
kept in contact with 400 families ments, advised Jews to disperse
in hiding throughout the Isere when necessary, and helped them
Department; how they maintain- to move from one village to an-
ed contact with other Jewish other." The committee sent hun-
communities; and how Jews con- dreds of children to Switzerland
tributed to French resistance in and placed 70 in homes in the
this district.
countryside. It is now trying to
They told of the underground regain custody of children who
railway through which hundreds were placed for safety in con-
of children and spirited yoUng vents by parents who were sub-
Jews were smuggled into Switz- sequently deported . •
erland and Grenoble to the
One of the committee's func-
Spanish frontier enroute to Pal- tions, he said, was to aid young
estine, and of the "Jewish army" Jews to join the Maquis. It also
which battled the Vichy militia raised a certain monthly sum for
and the Nazis.
the Maquis, and was arranging
Hundreds With Maquis
for the formation of a se'parate
They told of the hundreds of Jewish unit when the city was
young Jews serving with the liberated.
Maquis and who are presently
with the French Forces of the 90,000 of 350,000
InteriOr fighting the Germans. Jews Still in France
Above all they spoke of the
NEW YORK (JTA) — Only
young -Jewish men and women 90,000 Jews remain in France of
• who risked their lives daily do- the 350,000 French and refugee
ing dangerous work of liaison or Jews who lived there before the
who obtained or forged so many German occupation, it is reported
false identification papers, ra- by American correspondents in
tion books and other vital docu- the French capital. In Paris, itself
ments that Grenoble supplied there are only 10,000 Jews. Be-
o_ther areas.
fore the war the city had a Jew-
There were many martyrs and ish population of 100,000.-
. The correspondents also dis
heroes among them. There is the
22-year-old German-Jewish ref- close that the Jews in Paris and
ugee girl who was arrested in in Drancy concentration camp
June while shepherding a party near the city helped to liberate
of 40 children into Switzerland. themselves from - the Germans.
She persuaded the Gestapo to On Aug. 7, more than two weeks
release the driver of the truck before the Allies entered the
and the children under • 16, but city, barricades were erected in
she and 12 children were im- the Jewish quarters of the capi-
prisoned. It is believed she was tal, Alexander Uhl of PM reports.
executed. The children, who
were freed by the . Maquis, • re- Radio Reports Release
Of Interned Jews
turned to Grenoble • this week.
Then there was a 35-year-old
ZURICH (JTA) — The release
rabbi from Tel Aviv who cam_e to of all Jews from internment
Grenoble in 1943 to direct the camps in "the liberated parts of
youth organization. He took • a France was announced this week
leading role in the "Jewish over the Paris radio.
army" and was seized with 15
The Bratislava radio this week
others by the ,Gestapo in Paris reported that a Bratislava Jew,
while on ap, mission to • obtain Dr. Kohn, who escaped froni a
arms _ and is believed to have Slovak labor camp, has been
been executed.
named a member of the Czecho-
Slovak National Committee in
Rabbi Led Maquis Unit
No one knows how many Jews Bank-Bystrica which • is now oc-
in this district • fought with the cupied by partisans awaiting the
Mquis, since all used false entrance of Russian troops into
names and - papers. But it is Czechoslovakia.
known• that a 30-year-old Paris
rabbi led a unit numbering 1,800 Jews Rededicate
Which fought the Nazis in this Synagogue in Paris
area -" for months before D-Day.
PARIS (JPS)
The ten thou-
He was arrested and is believed sand Jews out of a preWar. Jew-
to ha ve been executed.
ish population- of 100,000 have
"The work of defense against begun to reorganize Jewish life
deportations," he said, "was the in France's capital, rededicating
Most important job. During 1944 the main synagogue and reor-

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called a meeting or surviving
Jewish notables for the purpose
of reconstituting • the Jewish
Community Council. Persons
who only a fortnight ago were
harried figures, sat side by side
with Jewish soldiers of the - Allied
forces at thanksgiving services
in the main synagogue.
Eighteen thousand Jews per-
ished in the two French concen-
tration camps, Drancy and Vittel
of starvation and maltreatment,
it has definitely been established
by eyewitnesses and camp rec-
ords.
Seize Quisling Lists
A special staff assigned to sift
the records in the office here of
German AmbasSador Von Abetz
is assembling the exhibits which
will constitute the evidence of
treason at the trials of thousands
of Quislings who performed their
tasks surreptitiously, certain that
they would never come to light.
The records so far catalogued
include a fairly complete list of
French. Quislings who were paid
by Von Abetz for denouncing
Jews. Alongside the name of each
Quisling is also a list of the Jews
he denounced and the price he
was paid for each delivery. The
German Ambassador had classi-
fied the Jews in price categories.

for 3-Day Profit

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah,
the Jewish Community Council
reiterated its stand taken for the
past two years urging Detroit
Jews to withhold support from
mushroom synagogues which
may be operated for religious
services during the Holydaysz
It is pointed out in the Coun-
cil's statement that attendance
at privately established services
in stores, public halls and the-
aters is not in keeping with
proper observance of the Holy-
days and that the use of such
buildings creates an undesirable
impression upon observers and
neighbors in the community.
Private Gain Charged
The statement charges that
mushroom synagogues are usual-:
ly conducted for private gain of
individuals and therefore intro-
duce an element of commercial-
ism into a sphere which tradi-
tionally has been free from it.
The religious feelings and needs
of many worshipers are exploit-
ed for the profit of the sponsors
of such synagogues."
The Council's declaration adds:
"The establishment of such
three - day - a - year synagogues
offends the religious sensibilities
of many Jews of our community.
Their obvious commercial char-
acter, their irresponsible and ui-
dignified methods present a taw-
dry picture of the Jewish faith
to the community at large.
Strong Disapproval
"The Jewish Community

Council of Detroit therefore ex-
presses its strong disapproval of
such makeshift synagogues. The
CouncU appeals to .Detroit Jews
to atitnd services during the
Holydays in established syna.
gogues in our community which
function as educational and spir.
itual centers all year, and thus
aid in removing an eyesore and
a baneful influence from Jewish
communal life.
"By abstaining from attend.•
ance at temporary synagogues,
Detroit Jewry will sound the
death knell of an unworthy and
unwholesome phenomenon char-
acterized by confusion, irresponsi-
bility and commercialism. We add
our plea to the plea of all re-
sponsible leaders in American
Jewry that this evil be removed
from the Jewish scene."

Parker Guest Soloist
On. Kostelanetz Program
One of America's leading ro.,
mantic tenors will make a return
visit to "the pause that refreshes
on the air" program when it is
heard next Sunday afternoon at
4:30 (ENT) over CBS. The guest
is Frank Parker, who has been
heard many times with .Ancli-e
Kostelanetz and his orchestra.

Le Shono
Tovo Tikosevu

Best Wishes
To the Entire
Community

M. GREENBERG

Jewelers

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