••••:••• •• if 7:amour BUY MORE WAR BONDS VOL. 7—NO. 20 ••....."," • THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review RA. 7956 2114 Penobscot Bldg. 'ff.1 01rarart BUY MORE WAR BONDS of Jewish Events First Trial Opens in American Court in Berlin %ilr:444 77M3R. • 22 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c 34 - Detioit 26, Michigan, August 3, 1945 Displaced Jews ay Be 'Forced' oReturn Home LONDON, (JTA) — The 'United Nations governments have decided upon a "softening-up" process designed to make displaced persons who do not wish to return to their homes more amenable to repatriation, it is apparent from information available here. Ali exhaustive survey by a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent concerning plans for the disposition of per. sons still held in camps discloses the following situation: After the" majority of the displaced persons have been repatriated, such as the non-Jewish Poles, Yugo- - slays and residents of other Balkan countries, those who remain—and into this category fall tens of thous- ands of Jews—will be left to cool their heels until- it becomes clear to them that there is no alternative but to return to their former homes. Sir Herbert Emerspn, chairman . of the Intergovern. mental Committee • for Refugees, said that "sufficient time has not' elapsed since the end of the war to form any ophn. ion as to how large this group of `dissidents,'—the term used to describe those persons =willing to return home— is likely to be. The individual who does not want to return really does not have sufficient information on which to pass judgment," Sir Herbert continued. Sir Herbert 'tressed that until such time as a person 'is declared to be non-repatriable he will be under the care of UNRRA. UNRRA can give only temporary relief and is not authorized to assist refugees to emigrate to new homes. That is the job of the Intergovefnmental Commit. tee. Here is where the "softening-up" comes in. The governments concerned £pparently hope that after a refugee has • remained in a camp for a year or two under som ethin g less than ideal conditions, he will be ready to listen to -suggestions that he return to his country of origin. . A view of the first trial of war criminals before an American court at Berlin, where Nazi crimes against Jews and liberals are being exposed. The prosecuting officer, Lt. Stephen E. Ware, left, is reading the charge against the defendant, Fannschmidt, a German steel worker. Behind the table, under the flags of the United Nations, is the judge, Col. John MacNeill. Cpl. Frank H.,Reed of Hollywood, Calif., is in front of table. Mrs. Gerda Gottschalk of N. Y. center, is interpreter. • . First El Alamein, Now Berlin for 'Desert Rats' British Government Urged to Find Havens for Liberated LONDON, (JTA)—The British Government was urged to take steps to find homes for Jews who are unable or unwilling to returh to their former places of residence, in a resolution adopted by the Anglo-Jewish Association. The resolution also asked that "every endeavor be made to facilitate the early settlement in Palestine of those survivors desiring to make their homes there." Anti-Zionist Beaten In British Elections; 26 Jews Chosen MPs With silent Berliners lining the streets, Maj. Gen. L. 0. Lyhe takes the salute as Britain's famous "Desert Rats" division entered Berlin during ceremonies marking formal occupation of the Ger- man capital by British and American sectors. The "Desert Rats'? turned the tide of the war when they defeated Nazi forces at El Alamein in the African campaign.' Thousands of brave Jewish warriors from Palestine were among the liberators of EI Alamein, • Before and A- to Adolf Hitler's Brief `1Sifillenium'-- —International Soundphotos In these two pictured is reflected the story of Hitler's "thousand years" which were 'reduced to a scant dozen. The balcony in these pictures is the same. From this balcony, Nazi Adolf ranted of his thousand years of Reich rule by the Nazis and told the delirius, heiling, saluting crowds of believers that he would exterminate the Jews. Twelve years after the picture on the left was taken, the rubble to which part of the building was reduced, as shown on the left, serves as witness of retribution which warns the supermen against a repetition of their destructive ideologies. LONDON, (JTA)—Zionist leaders from all parts of the world who have gathered here for the World Zionist Con- ference which opened Tuesday, were heartened by the sweeping electoral victory of the Labor Party, which saw 26 Jews elected out of 40 candidates in all parties. Of those elected, 24 are Laborites. - The Laborites consistently have been more favorable to Jewish aspirations in Palestine than • the Conservatives, and at their last national - convention, in December, 1944, adopted: a resolution attacking the present White Paper, and supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland. How eager the Labor leaders will be to fulfill this pledge once they assume the responsibilities of the govern- ment and are face to face with the complicated Middle East situation cannot be foretold. Late ballots indicate that 26 Jewish Laborites, including several Zionists, have igeen elected to Commons. Among the successful candidates are .Barnett Jamie; vice-president of the British Zionist Federation; Samuel S. Silverman, World Jewish Congress leader; and John Mack and Maurice Ohrbach, Poale-Zionists. Ohrbach defeated Conservative S. S. Hammersely, pro-Zionist and head of the Parliamen- tary Palestine Committee. Leslie Hore Belisha, Jewish memo ber of Churchill's cabinet, also was defeated. Jewish candidates of other parties were all defeated with the exception of Daniel Lipson, Independent Conserva. tive, and Philip Piratin, Communist. Sir Edward Spears, former British minister to 'Syria, who has been outspoken- ly pro-Arab and anti-Zionist, was among the defeated Con- servatives. (Independent Jewish Press Service reports that two Jewish Laborites are slated for the new cabinet. They are Louis Simkin, as Minister of Housing, and Emanuel Shin- well, as Minister of Transport. The position of Harold Laski in the new cabinet is a subject of speculation) The most active anti-Semites in Commons also went down to defeat, an indication that the country as a whole is opposed to anti-Jewish propaganda. Ainerican Zionists Hail Libor Victory NEW YORK, (JTA)—The American Zionist Emergency Council this week issued • a statement expressing the hope that the British Labor Party will speed the establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth. The statement said: "The election of a Labor majority in: the House of Commons and the consequent appointment of a • Labor Government gives hope that the intolerable regime in Palestine of the White Paper, which has been con- tinued even after the termination of the war in Europe, will now come to an end and that the Jewish people may at last look forward to effective action in behalf of the estab- lishment of Palestine' as a Jewish Commonwealth."