• Friday April 4, P945

THE JEWISH NEWS

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Cologne's New Police Chief
Views Postwar Resettlement

!German People Deeply fndocrinated With Anti-Semitism,
He Declares; Predicts Jews Will Return to Re-Establish
Communities in Germany Eventually

By MEYER LEVIN

(Jewish Telegraphic War Correspondent)

COLOGNE, (JTA)—The belief that the German people
are deeply indocrinated with anti-Semitism was expressed
here by Carl. Winkler, the German Jew who was appointed
chief of police in Cologne by the American military auth-
orities. This holds good for a considerable proportion of
non-Nazis, he told this correspondent.

A mild little man, with small
graying moustache, Winkler des-
pairs of the revival of a German
Jewish community, believing
that Hitler has succeeded in his
aim of wiping this out. How-
ever, he thinks that eventually
many Polish and Romanian Jews
who settled in Germany and
then fled to France, will some
.clay return, and with other sur-
viving Eastern Jews will re-
build Jewish communities des-
pite anti-Semitism. He does not
believe that Germany will be
barren of Jews for centuries,
like Spain after the Inquisition.
They'll Leave Again
"The Jews who migrated to
America and England will re-
turn to claim their property,
but when they see Cologne,
they'll leave again," the Jewish
Chief of Police predicted. "If
it were possible to leave, I'd go
myself, on foot, if I could."
Exhibiting a yellow Jewish
star, he continued: "I never went
out in the street, not wanting to
submit to the shame of wearing
this. The Nazis constantly add-
ed restrictions such as forbidding
Jews to ride on trams and re-
ducing rations. Finally they
placed such childish restrictions
as forbidding Jews the use • of
electric irons.
Given 5 Days "to Leave
In January, 1944 we were giv-
en five days to leave our homes
and assigned to single rooms for
each family in designated Jewish
houses.
"Last Sept. 12, the remaining
300 Jews, all of whom were in-
ter-married, and their families
were commanded to register at
Fort Mungersdorf. Half com-
plied and they were deported,
although their wives and chil-
dren were freed. The other half
hid and thus perhaps 150 of the
original 18,000 Jews remain. Of
the remaining, only a half are
religious Jews, the others are
converted to other religions."
Held Berlin Police Post
Winkler came to the job al-
though he was enfeebled by
months of tension hiding in base-
ments from the Nazis and the
Allied bombings. A high civil
servant since the early days of
the Weimar Republic, he pre-
sided over the police in the
Number One district of Berlin
from 1927 to 1929.
Then he went to Cologne as
vice-president' of police until
1933 when Jews were banished
from office. Because he was
married to an Aryan, Winkler
was not deported to the East
in 1941. He was put into forced
labor, however. Since he was
too ill to work in a factory, he
was given buttons to sew on
uniforms at home.

Bnai Brith To Hold
Bowling Tournament

The second annual Detroit
Bnai Brith bowling tournament
will be held May 6 at. Detroit
Recreation. The tournament is
open to all Detroit Bnai Brith
members carrying an official
ABC average for 15 games for
the current season. The entry
fee of $8 includes a banquet at
Hotel Webster Hall in the eve-
ning. A. Sklare, treasurer, will
accept all entries prior to May
1 at 2953 Glendale, TO. 7-9057.

48 Ex-Prisoners of War
Arrive in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (JPS-Palcor) —
Forty-eight Jewish Palestinian
soldiers, who were prisoners of
war in Germany and were freed
by the Red Army, arrived here.
They had been captured by the
Germans while fighting in Crete
and Greece, and returned home
via Odessa and Egypt.

Jews in Russia
Plead for Aid to
Return to Poland

250,000 Temporarily Living
in USSR to Form Core
of New Community

MOSCOW (JTA) — Emphasiz-
ing that there are 250,000 Polish
Jews "temporarily residing" in
Russia, the presidium of the
Committee of Polish Jews in the
USSR this wee'k issued an ap-
peal to the Jews of America.
Palestine, Britain and other
countries asking for "immediate
material help." The appeal points
out that the Jewish refugees in
the Soviet Union are "the core of
the future Jewish community in
Poland."

THEATER

"Who Is Guilty?"
Here on April 22

Jr. Hadassah of Windsor will
hold a donor banquet April 15 at
the Shaar Hashomayim Syna-
gogue, Giles and Goyeau.

Mrs. Goldie Adler of Detroit
will be the guest speaker. Miss
Blanche Pearl will sing Jewish
and Hebrew songs. Mrs. L.
Polsky will play the piano. A
group of Hadassah members will
do a Palestinian dance.
Tickets may be had by contact-
ing either Miss Irene Upi ter,
3-5243, or Miss Eva Adelman,
3-6096.

'Bobby Sons' Will Hold
Benefit Sale at Center

Z A to Explore
Chances to Heal
Silver-Wise Rift

Masha Benya, well known

"Who Is Guilty?", the famous
radio play by Freiman, which
was broadcast serially over Sta-
tion WJLB by the late Hyman
Altman, will be presented at one
stage showing in Detroit, on
Sunday evening, April 22, at the
Scottish Rite Cathedral, under
the management of Abraham
Littman.
Music for this play, which had
a full year's run at the Hopkins
Theater, New York, and several
long runs in other cities, was
written by the late Ilia Trilling,
eminent composer who died a
few 'weeks ago.
Pesachke Burstein and Lillian
Luchl; star in this play, and their
supporting cast includes Max
Rosenblatt, Henrietta Jacobson,
Julius Adler, Ella Mintz, Flora
Simon, Anna Tobak, Jeanette
Paskevitch, Simon Wolf, Solche
Schor, Favish Finkel.
Tickets are available at Metro
Music House, 10328 Dexter, TO.
8-4114; Atkins Confectionery 8640
12th St., TR. 2-8889 or TR. 2-8884;
Abraham Littman, 1927 Pingree,
TY. 6-9186. Tickets will be pro-
curable at the box office of
Masonic Temple, TE. 2-6648, on
the night of the performance.

Marshall Women
Honor Sgt. Buttner
With Gift to Hillel

Windsor Jr. Hadassah
Plans Donor Dinner

Mashy Benya Guest
Soloist at Concert
Here on April 15

Noted Production Coming soprano, and Philip Blackman, Exchange of Letters, Debate
operatic baritone, will be the
to Masonic Stage Under
guest soloists during the pres- Lead to Decision to Name
Liftman's Direction
Special Committee
,,INPWATF

The Nazi crusade against the
Jews of Poland forced them to
leave their country," the appeal
says. "To save their lives they
left behind them all their world-
ly goods and property and fled
toward the east. In this man-
ner some 250,000 Polish Jews
Hillel Foundation of the Uni-
escaped to find asylum in the
versity of Michigan was present-
Soviet Union:"
ed with 84 volumes of Jewish
"Fully aware of their respon- history and literature by the
sibilities they set themselves im- Louis Marshall Women of Bnai
mediately to work in various in- Brith in memory of Sgt. Sol
dustrial and economic fields Buttner, whose name appears on
joining with the local Soviet a bookplate in each volume.
population in forging effective
Sgt. Buttner's mother is a
weapons against the rapacious member of Louis Marshall Wo-
German fascism. - •
men.
"It is of the utmost import-
The women have formed
ance that everything possible tribute committee to have charge
should be done to protect the life of memorials.
and health of these Jewish re-
The war service committee
fugees that they might one day announces the collection o f
return to Poland in comparative- 3,200 pounds of clothing for
ly sound physical condition."
Russian War Relief. Eighty lap-
robes were made for the Red
Cross. Canes were donates for
HaPoel HaMizrachi
patients at Percy Jones Hospital,
Child Rescue Fund
in addition to a number of ash-
trays. Pillow slips are now being
Will Meet Tuesday
made for patients on hospital
ships.
Child Rescue Fund of HaPoel
HaMizrachi will have an open
meeting Tuesday at 1 p. m. at Oratorio Society Here
the home of Mrs. Morris Harris, Plans Bach Concert
3355 Webb. Refreshments will be
served.
At Masonic, May 10

Mrs. Morris Posner, 'president,
says that progress is being made
in organizing teams of "minyo-
nims" to support Jewish orphans
being rescued and care for in
Hapoel HaMizrachi colonies in
Palestine.

Page Eleven

On Thursday evening, May 10,
in the Scottish Rite Cathedral,
the Detroit Oratorio Society will
present the first performance
in this city of Bach's great mas-
terpiece, the Mass in B Minor.
The orchestra will be made up
of 29 members of the Detroit
Symphony. Henry Siegl, Detroit
violinist, will be the concert-
master. . Instruments of Bach's
day such as the harpsichord, the
soprano trumpet, and the obe
d'amore will be used. Evelyn
I Gurvitch, prominent Detroit
pianist, will be at the. harpsi-
chord. Ole Foersch will be at
the organ.
The contralto will be the
famous European opera and ora-
torio singer, Rose Delmar, Ce-
leste Cole, soprano, Avery Crew,
tenor, and Hardin van Duersen,
baritone, complete the list of
soloists. The whole production
will be under the direction of
Arthur Gnau.
Advance ticket orders will be
filled by Mrs. Haskell Berg, 2297
Glendale, TO. 7-1537, a member
of the society.

The Bigger Shovel
"Bobby Sons," a group of 12-
A famous philanthropist was
and 13-year-olds, will hold an
auction for,: adults at 7:30 p. m. once asked: "How are you able
next Thursday at the Jewish to give so much, and still have
Center. All prc:eeds will be so much left?"
"Well," replied the generous
donated to the Red Cross. Home
made refreshments, cigarets, gum one, "as I shOvel out, He shovels
and other articles will be auc- in; and the Lord has a bigger
I shovel than 1 have."
tioned. All are invited.
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(Special Wire to The Jewish News)

NEW YORK. (JTA)—The ex-
ecutive committee of the Zionist
Organization of America, by an
overwhelming vote, decided on
Monday to name a committee to
explore the possibilities•of bring-
ing about an agreement between
the Silver-Wise factions. The
committee was instructed, how :-
ever, to reject any proposal
which would be construed as a
reprimand to Dr. Stephen S.
Wise of which would imply his
ceasing his active leadership in
the American Zionist Emergency
Council.

MASHA BENYA

entation of the new Yiddish
oratorio, "Hirsh Lekert," by the
Workmen's Circle Chorus, on
Sunday evening, -April 15, at the
Detroit Institute of Art.
Dan Frohman. will direct the
choir in the presentation of the
oratorio and the novelty concert
numbers to be sung by the choir.
Two gifted pianists, Evelyn
Gurvitch and Rebecca Frohman,
will be the accompanists.

The decision to appoint a com-
mittee was taken after a debate
in which Dr. Israel Goldstein,
ZOA president, reported on an
exchange of letters between
Louis Lipsky, Dr, Wise and Dr.
Abba Hillel Silver, In his reply
to Mr. Lipsky's communication,
Dr. Silver reportedly stated that
he feels the controversy no
longer centers around the ZOA
b u t around the Emergency
Council.

Jew on Czech Council
Gets Provisional Post

Halevy Singing Society
To Elect Officers, Plan
New Season, Tuesday

LONDON (JPS) — Er nest
Frisher, only Jewish member of
The Detroit Halevy Singing the Czechoslovak National Coun-
Society will elect officers next cil, is leaving for London for
Tuesday evening in the auditor- Kosice to take his place in a pro-
ium of the Roosevelt School, visional post with the Czechoslo-
Linwood at Burlingame. Reports vak Government, a report here
of committees will be given and states.
plans for the coming season will
be discussed.
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The current season, which will ■
end July 1, has been the most N
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successful in Halevy history. Its
highlight was the presentation ■
of the 20th jubilee concert at

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Masonic Temple, featuring Igor

Gorin, under the direction of •
Dan Frohman, Halevy musical
director for the past 15 years.
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After the election, a campaign
for new members is to be
launched, and all singers are in- ■ ■
vited for auditions to be held on ■
Tuesday evening, April 17, and ■
on subsequent Tuesdays. in ■
Roosevelt School. Auditions will
be followed by regular rehearsals ■
beginning at 9 p. m.

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