THE JEWISH NEWS
.Page Fifty-two
Friday, September 20, 1946
op-Over for Refugees
Story of Bratislava: Meeting
Place on Flight From Poland
-Witness Account of Polish Jewish Emigres Escaping the
Terror of Pogroms in Poland
By ROBERT SCHIFFER
Joint Distribution Committee Staff Member
BRATISLAVA. — Thousands of
ws are making pilgrimages tc
is quiet Czechoslovakian city or.
e Danube. Eighty years ago
•en Bratislava was known a'
•essburg, the city was fameci
roughout the continent as one of
e great centers of Jewish learn-
g. Here the sage known as - Has-
Sofer" wrote and taught.
rom all of Europe, students
thered in the great Yeshivoth.
wish cultural and intellectual.
fe blazed. rivalling that of Mir
d Vilna.
Today, Bratislava is the final
opping-off place for thousands of
ws in flight from Poland stream-
g across Czechoslovakia en route
Austria and the displaced per-
ns camps in the U. S. zone.
here they seek asylum and-
ent ually--new havens.
More than 700 a day are pouring
to the city, weary after's' journey
at has carried them hundreds of
Iles to escape terror in their
meland. At times there are as
any as 1.000 Jewish refugees
om Poland jamming all available
Icilities here as they wait to con-
nue their exodus.
Most of the refugees arrive here
'om the border town of Nadler!.
ear the Polish frontier, where
ley were received at an eine•-
e.ney reception center opened for
lein by the repatriation office of
he Cr. ch government in coop,.ra-
on with the Joint Distribution
.onimittee.
walk across the frontier into Aus-
tria and on to Vienna.
The train suddenly lurches and
starts to pull out. One last scram-
ble to board the moving cars and
in a few seconds the station is
clear. As the J.D.C. staff members.
awaiting the next incoming train
wave farewell at the refugees, they
can hear them sing "Hatikvah."
Car after car picks it up, and the
words and music rise above the
chugging of the locomotive. They
are singing and waving farewells
as the last car rolls out of the
station.
The Trek . to Where?
tI
You're probably one of the millions of
people who discovered, during the war,
that the Payroll Savings Plan was"a prac-
tically painless way of saving money.
Millions found, too, that, for the first
time, they were able to save real amounts
of money.
That's a thing well worth remember-
ing now, when it's so easy to spend reck-
lessly. If you, belong to the Payroll Sav-
ings Plan you couldn't have formed a bet-
ter or wiser habit.
The trip from Nached i, a quiet
ne. The refugees arc clouded
ito old box cars. freight trains.
nything that rolls on railroad
•acks.
At the station in Bratislava.
ley are met by Czech official., and
.D.C. welfare workers. They
larch to a reception center—the
Id
Central Hotel — obtained
'rough the efforts of the J.D.C.
; is a welcome haven, for here
sere is rest for the -weary, and
ere the refugees are given food
ckets entitling them to good. nu-
•Riot's meals at the kosher kitch-
as nearby maintained by the
.D.C.
And if you're smart you'll keep right
Mt
Leaving the slave camps of
Germany, this liberated mother
and daughter are fortunate in
having a horse-drawn cart and
bedding to rest in. But where
can they find a home? Most of
the surviving Jews in Europe
look to Palestine and the assis-
tance of the United Palestine
Appeal for resettlement in the
Jewish National Home. The
Joint Distribution Committee
will provide for their immedi-
ate needs and passage to Pales.-
tine. Both organizations derive
their American support from
the UJA $100,000,000 campaign.
The night is spent quietly at the
otel. Bathing facilities are lim-
ed. but everyone in the hotel is
ashed and clean by the next
Corning. After breakfast at the
itchen, meager possessions are
ace again strapped to tired backs. Drought in Romania Adds
To Relief Needs for Jews
Suddenly, a voice shouts above
BUCHAREST (JTA)—The rep-
se din: "Time to go." For a mo-
lent, silence fills the yard and the resentative of the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee here was present-
otel. Then a murmur of voices
!gins to rise and feet start ed this week with a request for a
shipload of wheat, corn and 200
(arching again.
tons of vegetable oil urgently re-
Slowly they parade through the quired for the relief of 150.0(1(1
Teets of Bratislava. They crowd Jews in Moldavia, Southern Bu-
ie railroad station and once kovina and Northern Transyl-
fain squeeze into old box cars.
he trains will carry them to the vania, which have been especially
affected by the Summer's contin-
order and from there they will ued drought.
ENJOY SMOKING YET
REDUCE HARMFUL EFFECTS
*AIN OR
:01K TIP
SANG cigarettes are safe,
distinctive, satisfying
—and contain
ti,"!,
g-tat
..4'4,t4t:•34,,./
11,411
Ask your doctor about—
SA N
Cigarettes
SANG CIGAItS
nhy, it doesn't hurt a be'
51.6%* LESS
NICOTINE
•
ba.b,i on enniinuing tests
P.mdur brands.
ef
• Sano's scientific process cuts
nicotine content to less than half
that of cigarettes made by ordi-
nary methods. Sano's skillful
blending of choice imported and
domestic tobaccos gives a dis-
tinctive flavor. Try Sanos today!
t.L.L TOBACCO CO., INC., N. Y.
. 4 0401
Allownitited . . . Not A SiollissIthrto
AND SANG PIPI TOBASSO1
•
on saving this painless, safe, and easy
way.
Whatever it is you want to do later
on ... take a long vacation ... send the
kids to college . . . buy yourself a real
home—your Payroll Savings Plan will
make it a whole lot easier for you, and
those bonds will buy the worth-whits
things you've always wanted.
And when those four dollars for every
three start rolling in ten short years from
now, you'll find that won't hurt a bit.
either!
NE EASY WAY—BUY YOUR MPS THROUGH PAYROLL SAVINGS
7 - his Message sponsored by the following in place of their New Year Greeting,
ROMAN CLEANSER CO.
2700 E. McNichols Rd.
RESTRICK LUMBER CO.
14400 Wyoming
HIRSCH'S MARKET
12111 Linwood
MOSKOVITZ BROS.
14868 Wyoming
MICHIGAN TOWEL SUPPLY
3700 Humbolt
BENJAMIN BRAVER
Real Estate
648 Book Bldg.
M. GREENBAUM
2915 Doris
K. SHAPIRO
Veal & Lamb
1531 Winder
EAGLE MOVING CO.
602 E. Warren
TE. 1-2416
NORTHWESTERN CARPET CLEANING CO.
4515 Collingwood
GREENBURG STAR SAUSAGE CO.
1745 Pingree
TR. 2-2940
ARGO OIL CORP.
2703 Junction
AMERICAN-STANDARD INDUSTRIES
9110 Monica Ave.
UNITED PLATERS, INC.
.t94 Madison
JULIUS BERMAK
Real Estate
1936 Dime Bldg.
MOHAWK MACHINE PRODUCTS
7218 W. Jefferson Ave.
ELECTRIC TOOL SERVICE
1556 Mack
MERCHANTS FUR CO.
206 E. Grand River
THE HACK SHOE CO.
28 Adams Ave. NW.
RA. 7790
ALFRED W. KEATS & FAMILY
282 E. Milwaukee
SUPERIOR WELDING & BRAZING CO.
6538 Russell St.
LLOYDS
Fine Furs
MICHIGAN CATHOLIC
6292 Hamilton
.kav'Lq
!