Background 'Material on von Karajan:, Mrs. 'Roosevelt Again Takes. Israel by Storm on Tour for UJA ‘‘ 31 JERUSALEM, (JTA ► — Mrs. at work in. carpentry, electronic! salem where she visited a -recep- joined. Nazi Party Voluntarily in b3 Eleanor Roosevelt started a and mechanical workshops. tion center 2nd hostel main- MONTREAL, (WJA) — In an- . ticipation of the visit of the Ber- lin Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor Herbert von Kara- jan to Toronto and Montreal, the Canadian Jewish Congress . has issued a statement on the previous record of the orches- tra's conductor of which the Jewish community s h o u 1 cl_ be appraised "c ompletely aside from the virtues and abilities of Mr. von Karajan as an artist." According to this statement, von Karajan, Austrian by birth, joined the Nazi Party in Austria in April 1933 "at a time when Austria w a s an independent state and not part .of the Ger- man Reich." When the Austrian govern- ment declared the Nazi Party to be illegal, von Karajan went to Germany and was, in 1935, ap- p o i nted `Generalmusikdirektor' of the Aachen opera. A personal friend of Hermann Goering, he was asked by the latter to come to Berlin and to accept, the ap- pointment of a Generalmustk- direktor of Berlin. Under the Nazi regime he ad- vanced rapidly and "was known throughout this period as an ardent Nazi. The fact that 'his wife was twenty-five per cent Jewish — in the Nazi termino- logy a `Mischling" of the second order — did not prove detri- mental to his career in t h e Third Reich." The statement conclude s: "While it is known that von Karajan underwent formal de- nazification as many others, _there is no record of his hav- ing expressed any particular re- grets or remorse either in word or deed for his close association with the. Nazi regime. "T h e circumstances of v o n K a r a j an's joining the Nazi Party would preclude any of the usual excuses that he did it out- of expediency or to keep his job and maintain his livelihood, as has been the plea of many other persons." Austria to Renew Talks in May VIENNA, (JTA) — The Aus- trian Cabinet decided to invite all groups interested in the leg- islative measures designed to provide government aid to Aus- trians who suffered under the Nazi regime to participate in discussions here. The talks will open May 15. Informed sources have re- vealed that negotiations will be held separately between the Austrian government and each of the interested groups. It is understood that the most im- portant talks will take place be- tween the government and the Jewish Claims Committee, rep- resenting world Jewish organ- izations and Austrian Jewry. It is also understood that the decision on who will be invited has been left to the Chancellor. It is believed that besideS the Jewish Claims Committee, an organization representing Jews whO became Christian, repre- sentative of the Catholic and Protestant Churches in Austria, and a New York group of former Austrian Jews will be invited. It was learned that the Peo- ples Party and the Social Dem- ocratic Party, which together zomprise the • Austrian coalition government, have reached agreement on a number of points over which they° have been divided in the past. It is understood that the So- cialists have won acceptance of their demand that compensation and relief measures for political victims of the Nazis be extended to victims of political persecu- tion from 1933 on. Between 1933 and 1938 when the Anschluss took place, the Autrian Socialists were persecuted by the Dolfuss and Schuschnig administrations, linear ancestors of the Catholic Peoples Party. whirlwind tour of Israel, sand- wiching in meetings with leaders of Israel's government, institu- tions and religious life between trips to villages, schools and centers for Israel inhabitants of all ages and all walks of life. In part, her trip is a revisit of settlements, towns and institu- tions she saw three years ago when she wax last in Israel. Mrs. Roosevelt was a luncheon guest of President Itzhak Ben Zvi, a sabbath eve guest of Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog and also dined with members of the executives of the Jewish Agency and of the Israel Foun- dation Fund. At the dinner, the Agency of- At Kfar Vitkin she visited a tained for girls by the Women's rural vocational training center League for Israel. Here the girls maintained by the Youth Aliyah presented her with a shawl and Hadassah, the women's which had been embroidered for Zionist organizations of Amer- her by a group of blind girls. ica, and which has been named for her during her last visit to DETROIT Y'VISH NEWS - 7 the Jewish State. Friday, March 25, 1955 ' She then proceeded to Jeru- --- -- In Honor of Passover MANISCHEWUTZ Matzos and Food Products • ISRAEL and . DOMESTIC chocolates and candies • GOODMAN'S famous Tea-Matzo and Midgetea Matzo • ficials outlined the needs of beneficiary organizations in Is- rael of the United Jewish Ap- peal. Upon her return to the United States, Mrs. Roosevelt will undertake a speaking tour in behalf of the UJA. During her visits, she spent considerable time at an old age home near Nathanya maintained by Malben, the welfare program in Israel of the Joint Distribu- tion Committee. 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