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THE JEWISH

V-E Day Brings Tears of Joy

Brenner, Blumenfield,
Tamaroff, Tell of Rescue

With victory in Europe came
the liberation of our imprisoned
servicemen and with it has come
the discovery of the whereabouts
of many listed as missing in ac-
tion. Three Detroiters, Pvt. Sey-
mour Brenner, Pfc. Marvin M.
Tamaroff and Pfc. Jerome Blum-
enfield, were among them.
V-E Day had special signific-
ance for Mr. and Mrs. M. Bren-
ner of 2537 Elmhurst Ave., for it
was on that day that they re-
ceived the first letter in months
from their son, Seymour. Pvt.
Brenner
w a s
inducted on Dec.
5, 1942 and had
been overseas
since last Aug-
ust. He was
taken prisoner
in a counter at-
tack at Nathale-
ton, France, on
Nov. 30, while
helping to evac-
Pvt. Brenner u a t e wounded
men. A graduate of Northern
High, he had attended Wayne.
Brother Overseas
A brother, Sgt. Myer Brenner,
has been overseas for over three
years, having enlisted right after
Pearl Harbor. He was home on a
furlough in January and now is
with an air corps transport group
carrier, somewhere on Okinawa.

Serviceman Relates
Nazis' Sadistic Acts

Horrible Story of Terrorism
Described in Letter of
Pvt. Paul Orr

"All the things you have read
about the. torture chambers, the
cremating furnaces, the rooms
crammed - full of starved and
beaten prisOners. mostly Jewish,

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Cpl. Penn Helps
Build Rhine Span

Cpl. Marvin Penn, 22, partici-
pated in the most remarkable
feat of engineering to be ac-
complished by the army. With
the engineering corps of the
Ninth Army, he helped build a
bridge, the longest ever built,
across the Rhine in six hours.
Cpl. Penn, a Cass Tech grad-
uate, was a junior at the
Lawrence Tech at the time of
his induction in
September, 1943.
He was sent
overseas from
Camp Gruber,
Okla., in May,
1944. In England
he attended the
American school
Center, where
he learned map
drawing. He
h a s served i n
Cpl. Penn
France, Belgium, Holland and
now is in Northern Germany.
In a letter to his mother, Mrs.
Alte Penn of 2020 Waverly, he
tells of having lived in every
conceivable place, from a muddy
foxhole to an elegant mansion
formerly Gestapo headquarters.

For Mr. and Mrs. Louis Tama-
roff, 2947 Collingwood, too V-
E Day held special meaning.
It was then that they received
a cablegram from their son tell-
ing them personally of his safety.
He had been k.
missing in ac-
tion in Ger-
many since
March 23.
Pfc . Tama-
roff, 19, is a
graduate of Wil-
bur Wright
High School
and had com-
pleted a year
at t h e College Pfc. Tamaroff
of Engineering at the General
Motors Diesel School. He has
been in service 14 months and
overseas since October. In the
infantry, he was with the 7th
Army. He has the Presidential
Citation.
Pfc. Jerome Blumenfield, 21,
reported missing in action on
Dec. 19, and later a prisoner of
war, was liberated on Apr. 13.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam-
Blumenfield
of 16639 Ward
Ave., received
,their first word
from him on
April 22, from
France.
A Central
;.1 1-ligh graduate,
he had been
employed in the
onices of the
Pfc. Blumenfield Chrysler Corp.
during his brief period between
his graduation and his induction
in February, 1943. He had been
Cox. Goldin
Cpl. Richter
stationed at Camp Hood, Tex.,
Ft. Bragg, N. C., in Tennessee
Cpl. Gerald Richter, who is
and California before being ship- stationed with, the USAFI in
ped overseas in February, 1944. Panama, came back to his bar-
He served in England, France, racks one afternoon to find his
having participated in the Norm- cousin, Cox. Gerald Goldin,
andy invasion, on the Siegfried whom he had not seen in a year
Line, in Luxembourg and in and a half.
Belgium.
Cpl. Richter is the son of Mr.
A brother, A/C Robert, is sta- and Mrs. Louis Richter of 2282
tioned at Keeler Field, Miss. Webb and Goldin is the son of
Both attended the Shalom Alei- Mr. and Mrs. Max Goldin of 1713
chem Schule.
Calvert.

Cpl. Richter Finds
A Guest--His Cousin

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Pvt. S. Cohen Liberated;
Already on Way Home

are all true. After all that I
have seen I could bull-whip to
death every Nazi."
These words written by Pvt.
Paul Orr to his family reflect
the sentiments of the majority of
U. S. servicemen. A graduate of
Central High, Pvt. Orr, 19, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Max Orr of 3779
Lawrence Ave., entered service
on Dec. 17, 1943. He served in
Oregon and attended the Radio
School at Ft. Monmouth, N. J.
prior to being sent overseas on
Oct. 30, 1944. With an engineer's
outfit, he has been in England
and France and now is in Ger-
many.
His cousin, S/Sgt. Samuel
Sheplow, public relations officer,
is stationed at the Reno ferrying
base, where he has distinguished
himself by writing and staging
a musical drama entitled,
"American Accent." The drama
is being produced at the Sierra
Ordnance Depot in cooperation
with the Red Cross.
S/Sgt. Sheplow is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Israel D. Sheplow
of 2685 Clairmount Ave.

NEWS

A prisoner of war in Germany,
Pvt. Sidney Cohen has notified
his wife, Loii, daughter of David
E. Love of 12660
Santa Rosa Dr.,
and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
Abraham Cohen
of Euclid Ave.,
that he has been
liberated and
is on his way
home.
He writes that
he is in "pretty-
good health." Pvt. S. Cohen
Entering service in October,
1943, Pvt. Cohen was reported
missing with the Infantry, Dec.
3, 1944. In April, the family
learned • that he was a German
prisoner. He is 33.

200 Refugees Arrive
Via Canadian Port

NEW YORK-200 refugees,
many of whom have been in
possession of U. S. visas since
1939, but who were unable to
secure transportation and were
compelled to renew them, have
just arrived in the U. S. via an
undisclosed Canadian port, Abra-
ham Herman, president of HIAS,
announced.

Lt. D. M. Miro One
Of Franklin Survivors

Lt. (J.G.) David M. Miro was
one of the survivors of the air-
craft carrier Franklin, but his
wife, Mrs. Bernice Miro of
1501 Burlingame, did not
know of the seriousness of the
ship's bombing until she read
about 'it. Her husband did not
relate any of his experiences
when she visited with him in
New York last week.
Lt. Miro, 36; was communica-
tion officer on the Franklin. They
have two children, Judy and
Jeffrey.

Fr;day, May 25, 1945

65 Days He'll Never Forget

Pvt. Sol Lewis Liberated
From Nazi Horror Camp

"We were marched for five days through winter's frost after
our capture, on Jan. 28, with always the butt of German rifles at
OUT backs. During that time we saw strong men grow weak and
three of our buddies died.
"We were herded into one of
those old time German concentra-
tion camps, which had practiced
segregation of Jews. When I saw
the name of the
place, my brow
broke out in a
Pfc. Joseph Hurwitz, known as cold sweat.
"Little Joe" to the multitudes Three weeks
who frequented the public build- previous to my
ings in which he was a familiar arrival, ever y
figure, received a medical dis- Jewish captive
charge from the —
w a s separated
army on Jan. 8.
from hi s unit
He now is a
and never was
member of the
heard from "<::..
Disabled W a r
again.
Pvt. Lewis
Veterans.
These are excerpts from let-
P f c. Hurwitz
ters written by Pvt. Sol Lewis,
supplied sweets
2635 Cortland, who had been
to the employes
missing since Jan. 29. He was
of the County
liberated April 2, after 65 days.
Courthouse and
"You probably have read
City Hall before
many stories about German
entering service, Joe Hurwitz
prison camps. They are all true,"
Oct. 5, 1942. With the air corps, continues Pvt. Lewis, who lost
he was first stationed at a hos- 45 pounds during his period of
pital in St. Petersburg, Fla., and interment.
later was transferred to Denver, Pvt. Lewis was returned to
Colo., where he served as a mess this country three months after
sergeant in the hospital. From his capture, having arrived on
there he went to Salt Lake City, Apri1.28.
where he was in charge of the
Among his possessions are
stockade.
many cartoons and sketches
In his spare time Pfc. Hurwitz which he made on board the
worked in the chaplain's office hospital ship which brought him
and arranged Sunday service- to the states.
Pvt. Lewis, son of Mrs. Jenny
men's programs at Temple
Lewis and brother of Mrs. Allan
Emanuel in Denver.
When in the hospital at Kearns Alexander, has received the Pur-
ple Heart and the Presidential
Utah, as a patient, with the aid Unit Citation.
of the Red Cross and the Amer-
ican Legion of Salt Lake City,
he purchased gifts for all pa-
tients.
Hurwitz, who resides at 2310
Hazelwood, has two brothers,
Carl and Murry; and a sister,
Mrs. Emma A. Joffe.

`Little Joe' Hurwitz
Joins Disabled Vets
After Army Release

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Mellman Brothers
Meet in N. Guinea

Pvt. Klein With AMG
Stationed in Germany

Pvt. Alfred E. Klein, 19, is a
member of the temporary mili-
tary government assigned by the
army to a German town. The
French language, which he
studied in school, is being put to
practical use in his present as-
signment.
Pvt. Klein with the First Army,
writes of his group's occupying
a large private home which had
belonged to a Nazi doctor. The
house was stocked with the best
of everything including rare
paintings, China, hand made
linens and liquer.
Pvt. Klein, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Klein of Flint, has been
in the army since June, 1944, and
overseas two months. He is a
graduate of Central High and at-
tended Howe Military Academy
in Indiana for a year.

Pfc. Herb Cantor Congratulated
By General; Given Bronze Star

"You did a
swell job, we all
know it, I'm
proud of you."
These were t h e
words with
which Brig,
Gen. John M.
Devine congrat•
ulated Pfc. Her-
bert Cantor
when awarding
him the Bronze
Star.
On March 5,
Cantor who was
serving as a
platoon runner,
made numerous
GEN. DEVINE DECORATING PFC. CANTOR
trips during the
heat of battle from Command Post to sections of the company.
Pfc. Cantor, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cantor of 3005
Chicago Blvd., is a Central High graduate and was a pre-medical
student at Wayne when he entered service in July, 1943. He was
sent overseas from Camp Polk, La., in November, 1944, and has
fought in Holland and Germany. He is with the 8th Armored di-
vision of the Ninth Army.
Pfc. Cantor is serving as an AMG interpretor and administra-
tor in a village near Berlin.
His cousins, Pfc. Clive and Pfc. Edward Cantor, also are with
the 8th Armored. Another cousin, Lt. Seymour Cantor, is in Ger-
many. Three uncles, Capt. Nathan Starman, at Stuttgart, Ark.;
Capt. Jack Starman in Burma; and Capt. Sidney Siegan, in France,
are also in service.
Pfc. Cantor has one sister, Joyce, a Central student.

Henry and Ben Mellman
Seeing one's brother after a
separation of two and one-half
years is quite a thrilling experi-
ence . . . especially when the
meeting takes place in a jungle.
This joy is reflected in the
faces of Lt. Henry Mellman and
his brother, Sgt. Ben Mellman,
shown above as they met in New
Guinea.
Lt. Mellman, a purchase officer
for the Air Corps, had been sta-
tioned in Australia for two and
one-half years. Sgt. Mellman is
a code technician in the Signal
Corps. Sent overseas in Novem-
ber, he first was in the Nether-
lands East Indies and later was
transferred to Dutch New Guinea.
Sons of Mrs. Esther Mellman
of 1600 Blaine, they have another
brother, Max, who resides at
8660 Woodrow Wilson.
Sgt. Mellman's wife, Belle, and
son, Murray, are together with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan
Wilder, in Phoenix, Ariz.

JWV Here to Erect
Roosevelt Memorial

In 1936 the Jewish War Vet-
erans of Detroit acquired from

the Machpelah Cemetery Associ-
ation a plot of ground embrac-
ing 602 lots. In this plot, which
is the official J.W.V. Cemetery,
eight veterans already lie buried.
It is the intention of the or-
ganization to build a suitable
monument or shaft to be known
as "The Jewish War Veterans
Roosevelt Memorial". A cam-
paign, for the necessary $5,000 is
now under way.