Friday, March 23, 1945
THE JEWISH NEWS
Nazis Threaten to Murder
Captive Jews in Retaliation
Jewish War Prisoners Also Included in Reprisal for Plan
fo Send Germans to Russia as Laborers; Rescue
Delegation Conferring in Switzerland
(JTA)—The Nazi Government, through its
news agency DNB, has issued a warning that all Jews now
in German hands, as well as Jewish war prisoners who may
be captured, will be killed in reprisal for the reported plan
to send Germans to Russia as laborers to rebuild areas devas-
tated by the German Army.
GENEVA,
"If Roosevelt now admits that
he and his accomplice Churchill
undertook at the Yalta confer-
ence to surrender German war
prisoners to the Soviet Union,
then it is nothing but part of a
devilish Jewish plan," the Nazi
news agency said.
Zionist Youth Here
To Hold Palestine
Rally This Sunday
Detroit Zionist Youth Commis-
sion, in cooperation with the
David W. Simons Branch of the
United Hebrew Schools, is plan-
ning a Palestine rally for Sun-
day afternoon, March 25, at the
Hebrew School on Tuxedo and
Holmur, at 2 p.m.
A film on Palestine entitled
A delegation of the Council to "The Lost Boy" will be shown.
Rescue Polish Jews has arrived
Several Young Judaea groups
here from London to negotiate will participate in the program.
with Swiss authorities and inter-
Young Judaea Debs, led by
national organizations on means
of rescuing the several hundred Ilse Lonnerstrater, will present
thousand Jews from Poland still a radio skit. Drora Selesny will
lead the group in singing and
held by the Germans.
dancing. All young people are
The delegation consists of invited. Refreshments will be
Emanuel Szerer, Jewish deputy served.
in the National Council of the
Several new Young Judaea
Polish Government-in-E x i 1 e,
Rabbi Babdad and Dr. M. Lachs. groups have been organized.
Kadimah Young Judaeans are a
Military, Police Officials
group of 14-year-old girls who
On Trial in Romania
meet Tuesday evening at the
BUCHARESST, (JTA) — Col. Jewish Center and are led by
Isopescu, former Romanian chief Esther Razzman. A new group
of police in the city of Golta, of boys 15 years old have formed
who is one of the war criminals the Junior Zionists and meet
being tried on charges of organiz- Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. under
ing massacres of Jews, was ac- the guidance of Dave Silberg,
cused of ordering the mass-mur- at Commission headquarters,
der of 40,000 Romanian Jews in 9144 Linwood. Henry Lonne-
the Bogdanovka camp, 20,000 in strater is temporary chairman.
the Domanovka camp, and many
Children interested in joining
thousands in other camps.
or forming new clubs are asked
These camps were established to call Mrs. Esther Mossman, di-
by Col. Isopescu in the Golta rector of the Zionist Youth
area, in Transnistria, when this Commission, TY. 6-2632.
section of the Ukraine was oc-
cupied by German and Romanian
troops. Testimony established Sackler, Noted Author,
that the corpses of 40,000 Jews Joins Staff of J. D. C.
who were deported from Ro-
NEW YORK (JTA)—Harry
mania to the Bogdanovka camp
were thrown into the Bug river. Sackler, noted Jewish author, has
joined the staff of the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee, it was an-
Three Hungarian Officers
nounced by Joseph C. Hyman,
Hanged for Killing Jews
LONDON, (JTA)—Three Hun- executive vice-chairman of the
garian officers charged with tor- J. D. C. "Mr. Sackler will utilize
turing and murdering Jewish his literary talent and knowledge
forced laborers were hanged pub- of languages to clarify to the
licly last week after being con- Jews of America the work of the
victed by the People's Tribunal J. D. C. and its efforts to help
in Budapest, the London Jewish in the reconstruction of Jewish
Chronicle reports. They were life in the liberated countries of
the first of a group of Hungarian Europe," Mr. Hyman said.
war criminals charged with mur-
dering Jews. •
The report says that heart-
breaking scenes took place in
Budapest when the bodies of 6,-
141 murdered Jews were re-bur-
ied in accordance with Jewish
ritual.
Emphasizing that the Hitler
government will retaliate, DNB
added: "Above all, we shall make
every Jew who is, or who falls
into our hands pay for all others.
When the war comes to an end,
there will be no more Jews in
Europe."
5 Palestinians Get
Long. Sentences for
Self-Defense Training
JERUSALEM (JPS)—A Jeru-
salem military court sentenced
four Jewish youths to seven
years and one to five years im-
prisonment, after finding them
guilty on charges of illegal pos-
session of arms and of partici-
pation in an assembly called for
the purpose of training persons
in the use of arms.
The youths pleaded guilty,
stating that they were members
of Haganah, Jewish Palestine's
self-defense organization which
has continually stressed moder-
ation and was reportedly a re-
straining influence during the
periods when Arab terrorism and
alleged police default strained
Jewish patience.
During the disturbances of
1929 and of 1936-39, Haganah
protected Jewish villages from
attack and was, in some areas,
the sole police force. Jewish
leaders have repeatedly stated
that the Haganah has a semi-
official status with the -govern-
ment.
Third of Reform
Rabbis Enlisted
In Pension Plan
Page
Plea for Fair Employment Bill
Made by Dr. B. Benedict Glazer
Gerson Chertoff and Harry J. Schaeffer Among Others
Who Urged Adoption of Pending Measure by
Jacob Aronson of New York,
State Legislature
chairman of the Rabbinical Pen-
sion Board, has issued a state-
ment indicating that in the seven
months since the Rabbinical Pen-
sion Plan has been inaugurated,
33 per cent of the rabbis serv-
ing Union congregations have
been enrolled.
The estate values represented
by these policies amounts to
about $3,180,077 and the annui-
ties on the policies at maturity
will amount to about $186,693.
The Pension Plan was made
possible by the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis and the
Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations, parent bodies who
are defraying the cost of the
enterprise and have made avail-
able to the Pension Board certain
pension funds gathered over the
years for this purpose. The con-
tribution of the Central Confer-
ence is $150,000 and that of the
Union $69,683.
Each of these organizations has
also pledged to contribute $5,000
annually to these pension funds
in order to increase the ultimate
annuities of the rabbis enrolled
in the plan. Within the next 20
years the total funds available
for this purpose will amount to
over $400,000.
The rabbi who enters this plan
before the age of 30 can, with
the assistance of the one or sev-
eral congregations served by him
during the years of his earning
period, assure himself of a pen-
sion amounting almost to 50 per
cent of his average salary.
Spokesmen for the Jewish com-
munity of Detroit joined with
leaders of other faiths and heads
of labor and liberal movements
in advocating passage of the fair
employment practices bill by the
Michigan Senate Labor Commit-
tee.
and private employment agencies
which refuse to register appli-
cants for jobs for which they are
trained because of their religion
or race or nationality back-
ground. He charged that many
applicants who are suited for im-
portant jobs now are able to
Appearing at hearings in Lan- obtain only heavy or menial
work.
sing, Dr. B. Benedict Glazer,
rabbi of Temple Beth El, urged
the establishment of a Fair Em-
ployment Practice Commission,
and stated:
"This bill offers the legislator
an historic opportunity to im-
Despite the fact that the De-
prove democracy. This nation, troit Red Cross campaign hov-
which fuses many people of vary- ered around $2,500,000 at the
ing backgrounds into its fight- start of this week, the campaign
ing forces, is hailed abroad as the should hit $3,000,000 by Satur-
epitome of democracy, yet at day, Herbert C. Trix, campaign
home it faces the philosophy of chairman, predicted.
the armed aggressors it is fight-
ing. .
The Junior Red Cross cam-
paign among 400,000 public,
Dr. Glazer, who is vice-chair- parochial and private schools
man of the Fair Employment ended March 9. A preliminary
Practice Council of Detroit, stated final total from 13 per cent of
that the pending measure can
the schools indicated that $75,000
go a long way towards strength- will be raised.
ening our democratic ideals.
A
surprise came Monday
Among the others who appear- Morning when $16,643.89 was
ed to urge adoption of the meas- sent in as Detroit's share of the
ure were Gerson Chertoff, re- World Series Baseball cham-
search director of the Jewish pionship games devoted to war
Community Council, and Harry chariaies.
J. Schaeffer, state commander of
A rally of Red Cross campaign
the Jewish War Veterans of the workers, mainly from Mrs. Dud-
U. S.
ley C. Hay's general solicitation
Mr. Chertoff warned that the division, was held in Masonic
war effort is being hampered by Temple Monday noon. A canteen
racial discrimination in public luncheon was served.
Red Cross Drive
Nears 3 Million
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