Friday, August 17, 1945

THE JEWISH NEWS

Maj. H. Sommer, Who Defied
Nazis, Returns to Vienna

He and His Wife Survived Humiliations at Theresienstadt;

Cardinal Innitzer Says Nazis in Vienna Behaved
Like 'Wild Beasts' Toward Jews

BY LANDRUM BOLLING -
,(Jewish Telegraphic Agency War Correspondent)

VIENNA, (JTA)—Major • Gen. von Sommer, a famous
Jewish general of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, who
for long was believed to have been executed by the Nazis,
has reappeared in Vienna where he returned with his wife
from the former concentration camp at Theresiendstadt,
Czchoslovakia.

Get $70 for JNF
At Woodhull Lake

The sum of $70 was contribut-
ed fo the Jewish National Fund
for land redemption in Palestine
by a group of people who met
at the home of
Mr. and Mrs.
Ainbinder. at
Woodhulr Lake.
The appeal was
made by Isidore
S o snick, presi-
dent of the Tur-
over Aid Society
a n d vice-presi-
dent of Detroit
Mizarchi.
P a r t i cipants
I. Sosnick:
who assisted in the appeal in-
cluded in addition to Mr. Sos-
nick and Mrs. Ainbinder, Rabbi
Wohlgelernter, Dr. Mandel-
baum, Sam Katzman,. Morris
Berris, Mr. Zimmerman, Mr.
Bloom, Mr. Sandler, Mr. Shapiro,
A. Cohen, Mr. Zitzman, Mr. Wil-
ner, Mr. Davison, Mr. Glickman,
Mr. Levin and Mr. Sucenick.

(Gen. Von Sommer, a, few days
after the Anschluss, on March 12,
1938, created something of a
world sensation by the course of
action he took when Nazi storm
troopers called at his home and
ordered him to report immedi-
ately for compulsory street
cleaning work. Asking permis- Prof. E. Waugh Directs
sion to change his clothes, he Center's B. & P. Group
appeafed in a few minutes • in
The Business and Professional
his full general's uniform, wear- Discussion Group of the Jewish
ing all of his medals, and an- Community Center, which has
nounced he was then ready to
been meeting re g ularly on Wed-
wield shovel and broom. ' The nesday evenings throughout the
party of storm troopers, shamed
summer, will meet next Wed-
and apparently unwilling to de-
at 9 p. m., in the Center
grade the general's uniform nesday-
outdoor court All are invited.
saluted and retired.)
Prof. Edward Waugh of the
Still vigwous at the age of 75,
Gen. Von Sommer has apparent- U. of M. Extension Service has
ly largely . recovered from -- the been leading the group during Agency Working to Convert
effects of his confinement. Both the summer. His net 'subject
Unit Into a Nucleus for
U
and
he and his wife told the J.T.A. will be "The Soviet Union
its
Foreign
Policy".
Permanent Guard
correspondent they hopefully
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anticipate an opportunity event-
ually to migrate to the United Dr. Barnett Will Speak
L 0 N D 0 N, (JTA)—Negotia-
States to join their daughter, At Center on Wednesday
tions to convert•' the Jewish
Mrs. Ellen Fryer, of Middle-
Dr. Morton Barnett will be Brigade into a nucleus for a
borough, Mass., where her hus- the speaker at a discussion next permanent Jewish garrison. in
band is a physician of Lakeville Wednesday evening, at 8:30 palestine are now under way by
State Sanatorium. A son is a o'clock, in the Conference Room the Jewish Agency, it was re:-
physician in the French Congo.
of the Jewish Community Cen- vealed by Moshe Shertok, head
. Like all survivors . of that ter. He will discuss problems of the Agency's political depart-
camp;- Gen.- Von Sommer and related to present-day living, ad- ment, addressing the World
his wife recall with vivid emo- justments to homecoming serv- Zionist Conference;
tion the horrors of their experi- icemen, and difficulties encoun-
Greeting the Conference in be-
ences there. "We don't know tered by women in a changing half of the Jewish Brigade, Sgt.
how we escaped death," his wife world.
Feinstein stated that the Jewish
said. "We would be among
Dr. Barnett is on the psychia- order of the day . must 'be • "All
tho-se selected to be sent to the
Jews Out of Europe." He said
gas chambers in Poland, and tric staff of Receiving Hospital that members of the Brigade not
and
on
the
teaching
staff
of
then there would be :a change. in
only gaye of their own financial
plans. That was.. a miracle that Wayne University's Medical resources - to. help the liberated
School. He was resident physi-
happened again- and again."
Jews, but stimulated theni spirit-
clan of Receiving Hospital. ,
Cardinal Innitzer Says Nazis
ually. In a number Of liberated
Beh-aved Like •"Wild Beasts"
All young women of the cam-, towns, Jews came out with blue-
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer, munity are invited to attend. white flags to greet the units
Archbishop of. Vienna who; dur- There is no admission charge.
of the Jewish Brigade, he stated.
ing the Nazi regime,.. was kept
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Sgt. Grabowski, another mem-
under close - surveillance, describ- "Starlight Dancing" At
ber
of
the
Brigade,
told
the
ed to the J.T.A. correspondent Center This Saturday
conference that the Brigade pro-
the German . treatment. of Jews
The adult party committee posed to take to-Palestine the
as "the most fiendish phase of
will present "Starlight Dancing" remains. of Dr. Theodore Herzl,
Nazi barbarism."
"It was as wild beasts that the at the Jewish Community Cen- father of political Zionism, who
Nazis- behaved toward the Jews," ter outdoor court, this Saturday, is buried in Vienna. He de-
he said. "And that was suppos- at 9:30 p. m. Joe Stark and his scribed how the Jewish Brigade
ed to have been the finest flow- Continental Orchestra will fur- entered Rome on the day when
ering of German culture. Those nish the muisc. Refreshments the conversion to Catholicism of.
who have not actually seen their will be served. There will be Dr. Israel Zolli, chief rabbi of
deeds of horror find them im- dancing will be until 12:30 o'clock. Rome was announced.
Plans for the affair were made
possible to believe. - During all
The Brigade, Sgt. Grabowski
these years I 'have been confined by' the following members 'of the reported, lost no war prisoners
committee: Bee Bortman; Bernice
to my home under Gestapo
and Ruth Friedland, Ethel Ra- to the Germans in their fight
guard. Nevertheless, Jews were
vine,
Harry Sternberg, Sylvia on the Italian front. There are
smuggled in to see me. - They
43 graves of fallen members of
Weiss and Sol Wickstrom.
told me first hand of their. prob-
the Jewish Brigade at the Bol-,
lems and together we arranged
zano cemetery, and many other
. such relief as was - possible under Convict 2 Palestinians
graves elsewhere, he said.
the circumstances.
For Possessing Grenades
"For example," he continued,
EXHIBIT PALESTINE BOOKS
"we established a welfare ser-
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Two AT RELIGIOUS INSTITUTE
vice which sent hundred's of
food packages monthly to the Jewish youths, Moshe Salomon
Theresie nstadt concentration and Joshuah, Mizrachi, were
NEW YORK—The exhibit of
camp. The Nazis tried to break sentenced by a military court to Hebrew books, printed in Pales-
15.
to
17
years
imprisonment,
this up, but the joint work r of
tine during the war years, at
Jews and Catholics Continued: respectively, on the charge of the Jewish Institute of Religion,
possessing
25
hand
grenades.
Unfortunately, they were all
40 W. 68th St., will be extended
too few and those who worked The verdict must be confirmed until Sept. 1.
by
higher
miltiary
authorities.
with me on the project. were
Salomon said that it was use-
Included in the exhibit are
seized by the .Gestapo. Thank
less
for
any
Jew
to
defend
him-
a
series
of rare letters and docu-
God, that the reign of terror has
ended, though you can still see self against the police charges, ments which depict the strug-
the marks of what we have ex- since the court would convict gles of Jews in the ghettoes of
perienced here," he concluded. him under any circumstances. Europe during the past decade
He attacked the Palestine. Police and the part they played in
"for suspecting and hunting underground resistance move-
Jewish youth."
ments.

Jewish Center

Activities

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Jewish Brigade
As Garrison in
Palestine Asked

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Lesser's Planning
Labor Day Program

,- Announcement is made by Les-
Sees Clovers Lodge, located on
Grand Traverse Bay,. Omena,
Mich., that a special • celebration
is being planned for the Labor
Day week-end, with Max Brodyn
and Zelda Zlatin in charge.
Every Friday night, special
programs are conducted at - Les-
ser's Clover Lodge, and g u e's t
artists are frequently featured
on programs.
A limited number of reserva-
tions are still being accepted from
those desiring to spend their va-
cations at Lesser's Clover Lodge.

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Page Eleven

Underground Leaders Tell
Of European Jews' Bravery

Review Battles Conducted by Jewish Fighters in the
Warsaw Ghetto and With French Maquis, at Polish
Federation Rally at Shaarey Zedek

The tragedy. of the Jews of Europe, the heroism of those
who fought against the Nazis on all fronts, in the Warsaw
ghetto and with the French Maquis and the despair which
must_ be removed 'from the hearts of the survivors Were
described to an overflow audience at the Shaarey Zedek on
Monday evening by two leaders of the underground—Dr.

Nathan Eck, leader of the War-
saw ghetto fighters who managed and finally exterminated. The
to escape death, and M. Topiol,
Polish • Jewish community was
French Jewish leader.
This meeting, which was ar- described as being a vast Oeme-
ranged by the Detroit Chapter tery, none having been .spared:
of the Federation of Polish Jews, He joined with M. Topiol in
was presided over by Morris paying tribute to the Zionist
Mohr, chairman of the Detroit and other Jewish groups who
organization. Harry Kaminer ap- fought under the Jewish flag
peared on the program and made and made sacrifices of an heroic
an appeal for funds for the nature in order to demonstrate
support of 'Jewish children in that they would rather die than
France by the French Federa- submit to Nazism.
tion 'of Polish Jews. -
Work of Jewish Maquis
Irving Berlin confides that he
M. Topiol's • address was de- will direct his talents toward
voted to a description of the Broadway again after: the 'com-
heroism of the Jews in France. pletion of his "Blue Skies" at
He told numerous.' stories of Paramount. He has finished a
bravery by JewS as individuals stage revue which he will take
back to New York with him in
and acting, as groups..
He- related how a Jewkh girl September.
single-handedly rescued • 34 Jew 7
ish children by smuggling them'
into safe territories before she
was captured and put to death
—knowing all along that her life
was doothed.
M. Topiol also related how a
Jewish *detachment- of Maquis,
fighting under the Jewish flag,
captured a town and turned it
All Winter Items!
over to the American troops.
Praises Palestine Jews
SUITS
. He especially expressed grati-
DRESSES
tude to the . Jews Of Palestine
COATS
for , their magnificent gifts to
BLANKETS
the underground.. He pointed • out
DRAPES
that the Jews of Palestine gave
Pay Next Fall When
More money to the underground
You Take Them Out
fighters against Nazism than was
contributed by all the Jews of
France to the. Jewish ; National
Fund in 20 - years.
The 170,000 *Yews of France
who escaped death after 120,000
had been sent to their doom-owe
.CLEANERS
their lives to the magnificent
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way in which their rescue ac-.
CONVENIENT NEIGHBORWOOR
tivities were made possible - by
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the Christians of France, he
pointed out. •
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of Polish Jews
The 'Martydom.
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and then were finally reduced to
complete poverty and starvation

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