THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Twenty

Synagogue at Bad-Nauheim

TISgt. Mellin Describes
Dedication in Germany

Lt. Zack Given

Discharge; Due
Home Next Week

Chaplains of All Faiths Address Opening of Shul, He He Completed 51 Missions
Before Returning to U. S.
Writes; Survivors of Nazism, GIs Attend Ceremonies
a Year Ago
Marking Resumption of Services

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DEDICATION OF BAD-NAUHEIM SYNAGOGUE

Isadore Mellin of 4343 Leslie
is the proud possessor of photo-
graphs that were taken at the
dedication of the synagogue at
Bad-Nauheim, in Germany.
The photograph reproduced
here shows a group of GIs, in-
cluding Mr. Mellin's son, T/Sgt.
Milton Mellin, in
front of the syn-
agogue.
Other photos
sent here by
T/Sgt. M e 11 in
show the inside
of the syna-:
gogue and its
outward sur- i
roundings.
The dedication*
took place the
latter part of T/Sgt. Mellin
June. T/Sgt. Mellin writes that
there was a large attendance of
GIs and civilians and that the
dedication ceremonies were ad-
dressed by the Jewish, Protestant
and Catholic chaplains.
The civilians who were pre-
sent were the survivors "of the
bloody German move to exter-
minate the Jews," the Detroit
serviceman writes. He informs
his family here that "one Jew-
ish refugee undertook the prob-
lem of cleaning and remodeling
the building with the help of
German labor—and he certainly

did a most wonderful job. The
inside of the Shul is beautiful.
It is newly decorated with all
the trimmings—lights, carpeting,
a gorgeous white cover for the
Ark, etc."
Describing the service, T/Sgt.
Mellin writes that the GIs had
the feeling, "knowing what ha§
become of Jewry, that regardless
of what may have been done to
the Jews we will always rise
again."
Honor Gen. Rose
T/Sgt. Mellin's letter is dated
June 30—the day on which his
division undertook to make a
collection for the General Rose
Memorial Hospital, to be erect-
ed in Denver, Colo., in memory
of Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose who
was murdered by a Nazi. He
writes that a large sum was
collected for this purpose.
T/Sgt. Mellin has been in ac-
tive service four years and has
served overseas for two years.
He is 26, a graduate of Central
High School and a student at
Wayne University at the time he
entered the service.
His brother, Gerald Mellin,
served in the U. S. Army for
eight months and was recently
honorably discharged. He will
be married in October to Miss
Shirley Krim.

Service Wives to Have
Picnic Thursday Evening

Pfc. Weston Visiting
Here After Serving
In 3 Major Battles

For the next meeting of the
Center Service Wives, on Thurs-
day evening, the group has plan-
ned a picnic at Palmer Park.
Members will meet at the
Casino at 7:30, and are urged to
bring games equipment.
In case of rain Service Wives
will meet at the Center for a so-
cial evening.

Pfc. Martin Weston, who has
been serving with the famous
Timberwolf Division, is now
home on furlough. He partici-
pated in the Rhine and Central
Europe campaigns.
Pfc. Weston possesses the Corn-
bat Infantryman's Badge and the
Good Conduct Medal. He wears
three battle stars.
At the conclusion of his fur-
lough which will be spent with
his wife, Rita, who resides at
4255 Cortland, he will report for
further training for battle in the
Pacific.

Blatnikoff Gets Air Medal
Lt. Albert D. Blatnikoff has
been awarded the Aid Medal for
meritorious achievement in aerial
flying from Dec. 1942 to April
1944. At present he is stationed
in Fairfield, Calif., with Squad-
ron H of the Ferrying Command.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Photo of Bernard Friedman
Blatnikoff.
Shown with Lt. Pokart
The Jewish News in its issue
Blase at Radio School
of July 20 published a story of
Cadet Bernard M. Blase, son of the death in action of Lt. Sidney
Mr. and Mrs. J. Blase of 133 E. Pokart, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Webster, Ferndale, Mich., has Henry Pokart, 4203 Buena Vista,
completed his training at Sheeps- in which a photograph was cap-
head Bay, Brooklyn, N. Y., and tioned "Lt. Pokart and Brother".
now is attending the Hoffman It was not his brother in the
Island Radio School at Staten picture, but his cousin, Bernard
Island.
Friedman.

First Lt. Sam Zack, noted De-
troit athlete, was discharged
from service last week and will
be home early next week.
Lt. Zack, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Zack of
1679 W. Euclid,
Was in service
four years and
h a d completed
51 missions over
Europe before
returning in
July, 1944.
Upon his re-
turn, he was as-
signed to the
Lt. Zack
post of physical instructor at
Fort Thomas, Ky. He holds the
Air Force award which he earn-
ed during service with the 15th
Army Air Force, and his ribbons
also include the Presidential
Citation for raids on the Polesti
oil fields.
Before leaving for service in
August, 1941, Lt. Zack was one
of the outstanding athletes at the
Jewish Center. He starred on
the basketball team while at
Northern High.
His brother, Cpl. Jerome, who
has been in service two and a
half years—the last six months
overseas—holds a doctorate in
optometry. He is serving in a
military hospital in France.
Lt. Zack was 27 on July 19.
Cpl. Zack is 30.

Last Minute Order
Saves Pfc. Doctor
From Pacific Trip

With one foot on the ship
which was to return him to the
South Pacific, Pfc. Arthur Doc-
tor received his orders, which
had just come through, instruct-
ing him to report to Camp
Ritchie, Md. Returned to the
States 30 days ago on a furlough,
his first since he entered
service in July, 1942, he had
traveled all the way back
to the west coast to a port of em-
barkation, ready to. depart once
a gain for the •
Pacific area. It
was there that
the orders f o r
his reassignment
came through so
dramatically.
In service for
three years, he
was sent to the‘
South Pacific
shortly after .
completing h i s Pfc. Doctor
basic training at Ft. Warren,
Wyo. He participated in the in-
vasion of Saipan and was sta-
tioned there for 11 months.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam-
uel Doctor of Calvert Ave., Pfc.
Doctor in civilian life operated
the Michigan Sportswear Corp.
which manufactured jackets for
the army. He had attened Wayne
University and was very active
in the Young People's Society of
the Shaarey Zedek, having serv-
ed as secretary and treasurer. He
was also one of the original mem-
bers of the board of directors of
the Junior Service Group of the
Jewish Welfare Federation.

Sgt. Abrams Based
In the Philippines

Sgt. Bertram C. Abrams, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Abrams
of 307 Marlbor-
ough, a combat
photographer
with the 11th
Airborne Divi-
sion, has been
cited for meri-
torious service
in covering
front line assign-
ments under
heavy fire.
Now based in Sgt. Abrams
the Philippines, he has been in
service three years and overseas
14 months.

Friday, Juty 27, 1945

Vienna Jewish Leader Under
Nazis Named as Collaborator

BUCHAREST, (JTA) — D r.
Richard Lowenhertz, who was
president of the Jewish com-
munity of Vienna during the
German occupation, has been
arrested on charges of being a
collaborator. In his place the
government has appointed Profs.
Heinrich Schurr and Ben-Zion
Lazar.
News of Dr. Lowenhertz' ar-
rest was revealed by Dr. Ernest
Marton, International Red Cross
representative for central Eu-
rope, who has just returned here
after a tour of Austria, Hungary
and Czechoslovakia.
Dr. Marton said that there were
1,000 full Jews remaining in the
Austrian capital. Two-hundred
are technicians who were used
as forced laborers in the German
war plants, while the other 800
were in hiding until Vienna was
liberated. An additional 1,400
Jews are expected to return from
Theresienstadt, Dr. Marton was
told. He said that there are also

about 6,000 part Jews in Vienna.
No relief work has started for
needy Jews there as yet, but
funds have been received from
the Joint Distribution Commit-
tee representatives in Budapest
to open relief kitchens and to
establish an asylum for aged
persons, who comprise most of
the survivors. Dr. Marton dis-
closed that for the first time
since the "anschluss," a memor-
ial service was held at the grave
of Theoder Herzl, on the 41st
anniversary of his death.
About 40,000 Jewish deportees
have already returned to Hun-
gary, the Red Cross representa-
tive said, and another 80,000 are
expected.
The Hungarian JDC represent-
atives have been given financial
assistance • to needy Jews, Dr.
Martin said, but the funds at
theirdisposal are not sufficient
to meet the urgent needs of the
tens of thousands of destitute
persons.

Franzblau Returns
From 'Mercy' Flight
Over Netherlands

Capt. Ziff Returns
On 30-Day Leave

Master Sgt. Jarvis T. Franz-
blau, 20-year-old air- force navi-
gator, son of Mr. and Mrs. Her ;
man Franzblau of 4674 East
Huron Drive, Ann Arbor, form-
erly of Detroit, had the distinc-
tion of b ein g
among the B-17
Flying Fortress
crewmen of the
95th Bombard-
ment Group who
had flown on
Eighth Air
Force "mercy"
flights to drop
sorely needed
supplies to the
people of the
Sgt. Franzblau Netherlands.
Home on a 30-day furlough,
M/Sgt. Franzblau has left for
Santa Ana, Calif. He had com-
pleted 34 missions over Germany
and two over Holland where he
dropped food to the needy sub-
jugated people, and had complet-
ed his missions a week before
the end of the war.
M/Sgt. Franzblau is the hold-
er of the Air Medal with four
Oak Leaf Clusters for "meri-
torious achievement" in the air.
He is a member of the Fortress
group commanded by Lt. Col.
Robert H. Stuart of San Jose,
Calif., which has received two
Distinguished Unit Citations—
one for leading the first Ameri-
can bombing attack on targets
in Berlin in March, 1944; and
another for outstanding bomb-
ing of railroad marshalling yards
at Munster, Germany, in Octo-
ber, 1943. As a unit of the Third
Air Division, the 95th also shared
in another such citation given the
entire division for its historic
England-American shuttle bomb-
ing of an important Messer-
schmitt fighter plane plant at
Reensberg, Germany, in Aug-
ust, 1943.
Sgt. Franzblau was `a student
at the University of Michigan at
the time of his enlistment. He
is a graduate of Central High
School and studied at the Sha-
arey Zedek religious school.

Capt. Sam Ziff, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Ziff of 2074 Glad-
stone, is home on a • 30-day leave
f r o m overseas
duty.
A 8-24 Pilot,
he has complet-
ed 55 missions
over Germany
and wears the
Air Medal with
five Oak Leaf
Clusters. Hav-
ing enlisted in
1941, he earned
Capt. Ziff
h i s commission
at Miami Beach, Fla., a year
later.
Capt. Ziff has two brothers in
service, Lt. Albert who is serv-
ing in the Pacific and Sk. 2/c
Larry in the Navy.

Sam Shreeman Joins
U. S. Maritime Service

Sam Shreeman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Shreeman of 2660
Glendale, has enlisted in the
U. S. Maritime
Service.
Sam, 18, is a
graduate of
Central Hi g h
and a student
at Wayne Uni-
versity. H e is
an Eagle Scout
and master
counselor in
the P e r f ection S. Shreeman
Chapter Order of De Molay. He
now is stationed at Sheepshead
Bay, New York.

Detroit GI Seeks Kin
of Girl in Nuremburg

Mrs. M. Davidson of 316 W.
Jackson, Flint, Mich., received a
letter from her son who is sta-
tioned in Nuremburg, Germany,
in which he tells of meeting a
Jewish girl whose uncle resides
in Detroit. The uncle's name is
Hjalmar Nyholm.
Anyone knowing of his where-
abouts is asked to communicate
with Mrs. Davidson.

Additional Servicemen's News
on Pages 17, 18

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