Friday, July 12, 1946
THE- JEWISH NEW'S
Page Three
IJews in Poland Want to Get Out NOW!
Death of 40 Jews in Kielce Follows False Rumor
by Child; Pogrom Blamed on Anders' Fol-
lowers; 63 Already Arrested
"We want to get out of Poland and stay
out!"
•
This is the cry of spokesmen for the 100,000
surviving Jews in Poland whose lives are en-
dangered by the underground anti-Semitic pro-
fascist movement which is defying efforts of the
existing government to suppress terrorism.
• The death of 40 Jews in Kielce, in a pogrom
which resulted from the spread of a false rumor
by a 9-year-old P olish youngster, Henryk
Blaszczyk, that Jews were killing Poles, has
brought forth a concerted effort. in Poland to up-
root the fascist movement of the Polish under-
ground NSZ party. •
Authorities already have arrested and placed
on trial 63 persons.
A one-hour country-wide strike, . originally
called in Poland to protest British attacks on
Jews in Palestine, developed on. Friday into a
mass protest against the events in Kielce and the
threats to the Jews in' small communities.
throughout Poland.
Charges have been made that those respon-
sible for the Kielce pogrom are followers of Gen.
Wladislaw Anders who commanded the Polish
Second Corps in Italy and who opposes the
present Polish regime. Great Britain has been
planning to admit 100,000 of Anders' soldiers into
England and there has been some talk - of settl-
ing Anders' soldiers in Palestine. and Trans-
j ordania.
It is estimated that 1,000 Jews already have
been murdered in Poland, by anti-Semites, since
the end of the war.
Jewish Congress Asks Stringent Measures
Spokesmen for 100,000 Survivors Fear Their
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The executive com-
Lives Are Periled by Pro-Fascist
mittee of the World Jewish Congress cabled
Underground NSZ Elements
Polish Premier Edward Osubka-Morawski, de-
40 Jews and four poles were killed. The trial of
' thanding of the Polish Government that "more
the ringleaders opened in Kielce early this week.
stringent measures be taken to safeguard Jewish
He declared: The "Kielce incident shows that
life against wanton attack and destruction."
we 'are still struggling against Hitlerism disease.
Expressing its dismay at the pogrom in In a democratic country there is no place for
Kielce, the Congress cable expressed appreciation • this."
for the steps taken by the government to curb
The detputy militia commander at Kielce
anti-Semitism, but added that "we cannot over- has been arrested for complicity in the riots.
' look the fact that the Polish Goverru -nent in War- It' was revealed that some of the Jews were
saw is the one responsible for 'the maintenance turned over to the mob by a number of men
of peace and order' in the country, and con-
in official uniform. The first mob assault on the
sequently for the protection of Jewish life and
Jewish community headquarters had proved un-
property . . . The Jewish people all over the successful when a group of Polish militiamen of-.
world look to the Polish Government to protect fered to conduct the Jews through the angry
the remnant of Polish Jewry and put an end to crowd. The Jews accepted the safe2conduct offer
the murder of defenseless Jewish men, women and went outside where they were handed to
and children."
the mob which beat them to death.
Jewish leaders pointed out that virtually the
The cable, which was signed by Rabbi
entire
Jewish population of Kielce were victims
Stephen - S. Wise, president of the Congress, said
that world Jewry had "noted with disappoint- of the pogrom. Forty were killed. and 60 injured
of the town's 120 Jews.
ment that the Catholic Church, except for a single
. From all parts of Poland reports have been
statement by a high dignitary, had not used its
powerful influence with the masses to counter- coming in that Jews, particularly in small cities,
act the anti-Semitic movement." It also pointed are afraid to leave their homes. Foreign em-
out that the Peasant Party, headed by Stainslaw bassies here have been swamped by applications
Mikolajczyk "has not yet uttered a single word for permission to enter their country or to receive
of protest against the constantly spreading anti- transit visas which would permit them to go to
France. Observers believe that the Kielce po-
Jewish riots."
grom will hasten legal and illegal emigration of
Polish
Jews, many of whom are expected to "in-
Premier Asks Execution of Ringleaders
filtrate" into the British and American zones of
WARSAW, (JTA)—Polish Premier Eduard Germany.
Osubka-Morawski has demanded the death sen-
Fears for a pogrom were expressed during
tence for the leaders and instigators of last the week by the Jews of Chenstochowa, near
week's pogrom at Kielce during which at least Kielce.
JDC Scores Again
Father, Daughter,
Back from 'Dead,'
To Be United in U.S.
On the gangplank of the SS.
Marine. Flasher, loading Jewish
refugees at Bremerhaven, Ger-
many, for immigration into the
United States, 10-year-old Miriam
Zemel, Polish war orphan, stopped
to catch her breath. She and her
uncle were going to America, to a
land ‘.here they could forget the
horrors of Nazi brutality, the hun-
ger, the rags and the years of-hid-
ing they had endured.
As she rested her frail little arm
on the railing of the gangplank,
anothe passenger -passed Miriam.
He stopped too—and stared. Then
he called to Herbert Katzki, JDC
director in Germany, who was
Supervising the departure of the
500 men, women and children.
"I think I know this girl. I
think it was her father who spoke
to me about her in Beyreuth only
l&st week. She looks just like
him. And he thinks she is dead!"
Miriam was taken off the ship.
The man from Bayreuth was
brought to see her. And in the
local JDC office at Bremerhaven
a few days later, the fantastic hap -
pened. Little Miriam, who thought
she had no parents, was reunited
with her father, who thought he
had no daughter. At his insis-
tence, she sailed to America on the
next ship and is now in this coun-
try. The JDC is making arrange-
ments for her father to join her
in the United States as soon as
Possible.
Christians and Jews
At Oxford Conclave
An International Conference of
Christians and Jews, the first of
its Jype ever held in the history
of the world, will be convened
at Oxford, England, July 30 to
Aug. 6, under sponsorship of the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews of the United States and
the British Council of Christians
and Jews, Everett R. Clinchy, Na-
tional Conference president, an-
nounced.,
A group of. Protestant, Catholic
and Jewish student leaders from
various parts of the United States
will be included in the 'American
delegation.
The National Conference of
Christians and Jews was founded
in 1928 and now has offices in 60
cities throughout the United
States.
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