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THE JEWISH NEWS
Now that we look back upon these ter-.
rible years and these terrifying tasks, we
may well consider it providential that the
JDC had the necessary resiliency, backed
by an experience of a quarter Of a cen-
tury, to adjust itself to these ever-chang-
ing conditions.
Liberation, Charter Great Events
Relief and
Rehabilitation
Perspectives
—For
5796
By DR. JOSEPH HYMAN
Executive Vice-Chairman of the J. D. C.
N THE MIDST OF THE
distress and the turmoil that beset the
Jewish people during' the troubled years
following the advent of Hitler, it was
often difficult for Jewish organization
like JDC to attempt a glimpse into the
future with a view to plotting the course,
ahead.
The 10 years beginning with the prom-
. ulgation of the Nuremberg Laws were
years of increasing gloom. They may well
be designated as the Decade of Growing
Despair. Repression, economic strangula-
tion, confiscation and ultimate expulsion
were a mere prelude to the unspeakable
second half of that decade, culminating
in Majdanek, Dachau, Bergen-Belsen and
The innumerable other haunts of the devil
where five million of our brothers were
done to death. But by then the conflagra-
tion was general.. The callous world final-
ly discovered that he who began as mere-
ly the tormentor of helpless Jews, had
ultimately become the scourge of all
mankind. -
Ito was during that fateful decade that
JDC had to abandon all long-range plan-
ning and concentrate on the exigencies of
the moment.
Join With Underground Forces
To feed the' evacuated, to clothe them
and heal them wherever they happened
to find a place of refuge—be it Switzer-.
land or Portugal, be it Spain, Asiatic Rus-
sia, or Shanghai—was another urgent
task. And during the latter war days,
when Hitler had conquered almost all of
Europe, it; became imperative to join
hands with the underground forces. It
was necessary to "smuggle" Jewish chil-
dren over dangerous mountain paths, to
find for them refuge in neutral countries,
or to shelter them in the homes of kind
'Christians out of the path of harrowing
war, out of sight of the enemy.
These were delicate "operations," re-
quiring a great deal of ingenuity, but per-
mitting little or no long-range planning.
Often they entailed great risks and, some-
times, they culminated in martyrdom, the
badge of honor that has come during.
these tragic years to millions of our peo-
ple and to many of its trusted leaders. In
the case of the JDC man, it should be
remembered that many of them, refused
all thought of safety and preferred to
stay at their perilous posts. Nor did they
flinch when the almost inevitable doom
overtook them, as was so tragically dem-
onstrated in the case of the two Isaacs,
Gitterman and Bornstein, and of Leon
Neustadt, who lost their lives while serv-
ing the Jews of conquered Poland.
Fortunately, the Decade of Growing
Despair is now past and gone. The Jewish
calendar year 5705 saw the occurrence of
two events whose magnitude will essen-
tially affect all of the thinking and all of
the planning of mankind in the years to
come. These two epochal events were the
liberation of Europe and the adoption of
the Charter of the United Nations at
San Francisco.
Clearly, the world has turned again to-
wards the light. The prophecy of Isaiah
and of Micah about the End of Days when
"Nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any
more," is about to be given a practical
test once more. And it is only in the im-
plicit belief that, civilization will be
doomed unless this prophecy comes true,
that mankind, and the Jewish people as
an integral part of it, can now set about
to repair the terrible damage of war.
• It is in this spirit that JDC turns its
gaze upon the Jewish year, 5706. It is still
an anxious look. There are a number of
facts, too terrible in their significance to
permit a complete change of mood or out-
look. Five million of our brethren perish-
ed. The economic foundation of Jewish
life on the continent of Europe is wholly
ruined. The fate of 50,000 Jewish children,
many. of them orphans, is still fraught
with a great deal of uncertainty. The com-
munal and cultural institutions which
have given • cohesion and significance and
historic continuity to Jewish existence
are in shambles. Still, the time to rebuild
is at hand.
The 1,250,000 surviving Jews of Europe
will need not only supplemental emer-
gency rations of food, clothing and - medi-
cine. They will need also artisans' tools
and machines and working capital to be-
come self-reliant and self-supporting.
Must Find New Opportunities
The stateless Jews will have to find
new homes and new opportunities, and
these the JDC will strive to find for them.
Many among them will want to throw in
their lot with the brave pioneers who
have converted the land of the Jewish
past into the land of the Jewish future—
the land of Israel—and these the JDC
will, as it s'o often did in the past, try to
help reach their destination.
The 50,000 Jewish children—the nucleus
of the coming generation of Jews in Eu-
rope—will have to be provided for. •
, In sketching this program for the year
5706 whose full fruition is to follow in
the years to come, we have before our
minds' eye the ideal that inspired JDC
work during the 30 years of its existence;
namely, so to conduct its work, whether
rescue or rehabilitation, as to permit the
interplay of the various forces making for
a more wholesome and better.. Jewish
existence everywhere.
JDC aims to bring healing and restore
well being, both physical and spiritual, to-
all those of our brothers who were ad-
versely affected by the world's greatest
calamity. Also, it proposes to give its co-
operation to all other Jewish forces en-
gaged in similar tasks. Its association with
the UPA and NRS in the UJA these many
years and its cooperation with the Jewish
Agency, with OSE, and many other bodies
in various countries is ample demonstra-
tion of JDC's capacity for team work.;
The notable cooperation of the Latin
American Jewish Communities, the long-
standing and loyal support of JDC from
the United Jewish Refugee and War Re-
lief Agencies in Canada, are now capped
by the invaluable participation of the
South African Jewish War Appeal, which
assumes a great and increasing part in
our programs through.out the world.
If there is one lesson that JDC has
learned in the course of its 30 years' activ-
ity, it is that Jews in all their diversity
remain the members of the same com-
munity—the Community of God. And on
this solemn occasion JDC would like to
express the wish that it stay so forever-
more.
One more thought: In announcing the
continuity of its basic policy and the high-
lights of its future program, JDC is fully
aware that the cost, in terms of dollars
and cents, may be -.staggering. But JDC
knows American Jews, knows the sense
of brotherhood of our Jewish associates
thrdughout the world, and their capacity
for self-sacrifice.
(Co pyright. 1245, by Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Friday, September 7,
I94
Gen. Maurice Hose
HIS NAME WILL LIVE FOREVER
By ROBERT S. GAMZEY
The editor of the Intermountain
Jewish News, pubished, in General
nose' home town, Den, where a
memorial hospital in the General's
name is to be erected, tells the story
of the general and of the non-sect-
arian movement to immortalize his
name through a fitting memorial.
T
methods of mechanized warfare.
Rising rapidly in the company of
future military leaders like Eis-
enhower, Patton, Bradley, Hod-
ges 'and Simpson, he found him-
self at the outbreak of World
War II at Ft. Benning, Ga., Bri-
gade Executive Officer of the
newly organized first armored.
Led 2)1'd Armored
He led the Second Armored
Division in the invasion of North
Africa, and had the personal
satisfaction of handing uncondi-
tional surrender terms, at Bi-
zerte, to Nazi General Boroweitz.
Gaining stature with every vic-
tory, he led his armored forces
through the Sicilian campaign
and into the-invasion of Norman-
dy. He was promoted to major
general and given command of
the Third Armored, during the
drive through France for his
brilliant feats in Normandy.
• The Third Armored, with Gen.
Rose personally leading the way,
became the spearhead of the
First Army, and was first to cross
the German border, first to take
a German town, and first to
pierce the Siegfried Line.
Driving in a jeep in the van-
guard of his Spearhead Division,
Genera Rose was trapped by
Nazi tankmen near Padetborn on
HE NAME OF
Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose will live
forever.
Denver townspeople, who grew
up with Maurice Rose and pride-
fully watched his meteoric rise
to worldwide fame — and sudden
death on the road to Berlin—are
perpetuating his name through
the $1,000,000 General Rose Me-
morial Hospital to be erected in
his home town.
As this was written, the Gen-
eral Rose Memorial Hospital As-
sociation, 700 Broadway, Denver,
has raised $640,000 toward the
goal, and has appealed all over
America to help make the me-
morial become a reality.
The life and death of General
Rose is a saga that every, Ameri-
can, and especially every Jew,
will recall as symbolic of the
American ideal of "equality."
Son of a Rabbi
The son of the late Rabbi Sam-
uel Rose, who in turn was the
March 31, and "shot to death as
son of a rabbi, Maurice Rose was
born in Middletown, Conn., on he surrendered , his sidearnis..
This Cold-blooded murder, -
Nov. 26, 1899, and moved with
violation of the rules of . war, en-
his parents and brother, Arnold,
raged the nation and our allies.
to Denver at the age of three.
Yet, while headlines screamed of
As befits the son and grandson
this inhuman slaying, Rabbi
of a. rabbi, he attended Talmud
Rose, almost 90, calmly told a
Torah at the Beth Ha-Medrosh
Rocky Mountain News reporter:
Hagodol Synagogue near his
"It is well that since this had
home, and was confirmed by
to be, it happened in. the week
Rabbi C. H. Kauvar, whose sad
of Passover . . . May Jehovah
duty it was to hold memorial
accept this sacrifice and see the
services for the general 32 years
blood and pass over all peoples
later.
for their sins, at this Passover:
He grew up with the ambition
time, for my son's sake."
to be a soldier, and at 15, with
High Military Awards
World War I clouds gathering,
. The highest military awards
Maurice enlisted in the Colorado
had been conferred on Gen. Rose.
National Guard. Learning that he
Gen. George C. Marshall said, "I
had stretched his age, the mili-
salute Gen. Maurice Rose as a
tary authorities released him.
great American soldier." Secre-
Maurice then took a job in the
tary of War Stimson called Gen.
plant where his brother worked.
Rose "without a peer in com-
Commissioned at 17
manding an armored division."
With the entrance, of America
Denver, saddened by his death,
into war, Maurice again enlisted
was yet so proud of his achieve-
in the army of the U. S. He was
ments that the General Rose Me-
sent to officers training, school at
morial Hospital idea was born.
Camp Funston, Kan., where he
Through the efforts of Max
was commissioned a second lieu-
Goldberg, publisher of the Inter-
tenant at 17. Promoted to first
mountain Jewish News, who set
lieutenant soon because he help-
up temporary headquarters in
ed capture a fugitive from the
New York, the story of General
guardhouse, he was sent overseas
Rose was told and retold to mil-
with the 89th Division. We was
lions of Americans through the
in the thick of fighting for 13
media of broadcasts by Eddie
months, was wounded, and re-
Cantor, Walter Winchell, Paul
ported killed, in an official tele-
Whiteman and the Treasury Sal-
gram which sent his parents into
utes program. Damon Runyon
mourning. After they had finish-
wrote a column about the general
ed sitting "shiva," they received
and the memorial, and PM, the
a • correction from the War De-
New York Mirror and Look Mag-
. partment. His valor on the battle-
azine carried outright appeals for
fields of France was rewarded
funds for the memorial.
with a promotion to captain.
Contributions came from Am-
On his return home after the
ericans, Jewish and Christian,
war, he wasted no time, re-en-
from all walks of life from every
listing in the army and he made
corner of the land. Eddie Cantor
the military his career.
came to Denver to address the
While most Americans lulled
$1,000 dinner of the campaign
themselves to , sleep, Maurice
and made a coast to coast speech.
Rose spent the years
y
between the
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wars studying and devising new
Press Service, Inc.
Always a Soldier:
Even as a youngster, the late Maj. Gen.
Maurice Rose loved to "play war. " These photographs show him in
various stages of his life. Left to r ight: at 18 months, at 3 years old,
' and as an officer in World War I . In 1941 he was a Lt. Colonel.