German Woman Gets Life
For Nazi Camp Torture
BERLIN, (JTA) — The District
Jewish Organizations in Germany Ask
Change in Reparations Amendment
Court at-Neubrandenburg, in East
LONDON, (JTA)=The London
Germany, has sentenced to 'life
Times, in a dispatch by its. Bonn
imprisonment Erika Bergmann, correspondent, devotes attention
former chief guard in a barracks to the Amending Bill to improve
for female inmates at the Ravens- the provisions made in 1953 for
brueck -concentration camp. the compensation of victims of
She had trained her dog to tear Nazi persecution which the Fed-
a woman prisoner to when eral Government •is to place
she gave the command, and at shortly before the Bundestag.
Writes the Times': "8he Bun-
least six such cases were proven
desrat (Federal Council) has al-
in court.
Holiday Greetings
•
tr s
SHOES
VE 8-3264
14319 Greenfield at Grand River
Open Thurs., Fri., Sat. HI 9
Greetings on the Holiday
LOU'S LANDSCAPING
Complete Landscaping Service .
Seeding — Top Soil — Sodding
VE. 8-5218
-18720 Greenfield
'Holiday Greetings
H. E EDWARDS
BLUE GRASS FARMS
NURSERY GROWN SOD
KE. 2-2345
26502 Fenkell
Happy Hanukah Greetings
JOS. STYKE
Wholesale Beef Company
TE. 2-4315
3017 Russell-
The Holiday's Mast Cordial Greetings
PRINTER'S LITHO-SERVICE, Inc.
Offset Plate Makers
WE. 3-5188
14019 Wyoming
Sincerest Holicla-y Greetings
.
W. A. WILLIAMS
Painting - Plastering - Carpentry — All Work Guaranteed
2114 Mullet
WO. 5-7876
Holiday Greetings
Bonded Guard Services
Plant Protection Specialists
Uniformed Guards
441 E. Grand Blvd.
Patrol Service
LO. 8-4150
ready made its comments on the
Bill, and the Cabinet has now to
consider how far it should defer
to the Bundesrat's views. These
were dictated in some points by
a desire to restrict the Fedaral
Republic's financial burdens, and
the • organizations which repre-1
sent the victims Nazism would
be indignant if they were ac
cepted.
`i'he organizations, including
the Council of Jews in Ger-
many and the World Jewish
Congress, are already gravely
dissatisfied with the Bill as it
stands a number of important
particUlars. The handling of
claims has been dilatory and-
unpredictable.
"By the new Bill the Federal
Government is seeking to redeem
its promise to put these matters
right. It does, in fact, improve the
position of some classes of claim-
ants substantially in some ways.
Many people who can' prove res-
idence in West Germany at the
dates laid down in the Bill should
find their rights enhanced and
their prospects of getting a deci-
sion—for many of them by now
a vital consideration—improved.
"At the same time", says the
Times, ",the new bill contains
some provisions which can only
be called retrograde. Thus, Ger-
man courts since 1953 have held
.,pparently against the intension
of the law givers—that prolonged
incarceration in a concentration
camp on federal territory eonsti-
tutes residence within the mean-
tutes
' 1 ing of the Act and therefore en-
tit1-2s the victim to make a claim.
"The law in its new form ex-
pressly rejejets this common-
sense ruling. Provisions about
the inheritance or transfer of
claims are made much harder.
If a man clahning compensation
for deprivation of liberty dies
before his claim is met, -his
claim will be extinguished un-
less he is a former resident of
the federal territory in the
sense of the Aet.
"A victim or an orphan can
claim for the loss of the victim's
, life, but it is now laid down that
1 this claim, too, cannot be in-
herited or transferred. The vic-
tim, himself, if he is still alive,
will be able to claim for damages
to his health, but if he dies be
fore his claim is met, his widow
or children will have no claim. .
"A careful perusal of the new
Bill makes it easy to understand
why the Jewish organizations are
asking the Federal government
and the Bundestag to consider
carefully whether new improve-
ments cannot even now be made."
Dutch Reject Request
By Arabs for Data ,
On Jewish Employees
THE HAGUE, (JTA) — The
Netherlands Employers Associa-
tion, which advised its members
not' to reply to a questionnaire
from Arab League countries ;
about Jewish 'origins of its em-
ployees 'or -directors on the
grounds that "no distinctions
concerning a worker's race can
be made in Holland," decided to
contact other industrial organiza-
tions in Europe with a view to-
ward coordination of policy in
this matter.
The Dutch employers group
had also adviSed its members to
use their. discretion in answer-
ing questions by the Arabs -about
the amount of business they 'do
with Israel.
The Arab Legue's "Office for
the ECOLICerliC Siege of Israel" in
Damascus had put the questions
to Dutch firms trading in the
Middle last. The cicular had
asked for detailed information
with regard to trade relations.
with Israel and Jewish em-
p;oYees. _
"We advise you to give ae-
curate and frankly correct in-
formation, because any differ-
ence between your answers and
the information the government
office may obtain by investiga-
tion, will create legal complica-
tions," the Arab League circular
warned.
Holiday Best Wishes
O'HARRAN
BEAUTY SALON
Specialists in Cold Waves and •
Permanents. Also Tinting and
Bleaching. All Experienced Operators
Helena O'Harron—Vero Cathey—Evelyn Hill
7317 Linwood at West Grand- Blvd.
TY 6-1530
Best Wishes to Our
Friendi and Patrons
PARK TOWER SALON
i AIR TINTING
HAIR STYLI NG- H
Berva Mabin
310 DAVID BRODERICK TOWER
WO. 1-2320
WO. 2-8238
•
NV. • IrlINS•0
Holiday Greetings
CAPITOL RECORDS
DISTRIBUTING CORP.
40-42 SELDEN
Greetings on Hanukah
FIREBAUGH and REYNOLDS
All Types Modernization
Licensed - 'Bonded and Insured
Roofing - Siding - Sheet Metal, Maintenance and Repairs
26448 GRAND RIVER
Friday, December 9, 1955
Redford
KE. 1-6000
Best Wishes for a Joyous Holiday
E. & G. Refrigeration
& Appliance Service
VI. 2-2252
1630 LAWNDALE
Greetings and Best Wishes
RYAN & VETOR
Building Maintenance Co.
Caulking — Weatherproofing — Tuck Pointing
Masonry Repairs
Commercial — Industrial — Residential
Brick Cleaning
Full Insured — Free Estimates
19944 Woodmont
-
.TUxedo 1-8229
Harper Woods
Holiday Best Wishes
THERMOTANK, INC.
AIR CONDITIONING
Commercial and Industrial
LA. 7-0561
11191 Lappin
Holiday Greetings
Grand River Plating
& Manufacturing Co.
TE. 1-7500
4144 GRAND RIVER
Greetings
Elwood Chemical Company
Manufacturers of Gle-Kol
and a complete line of floor maintenance waxes
and dish washing compounds.
37 DUFFIELD
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-57
TE. 1-0510
WO. 3 1924
-