Berlin Jewry Meniorializes Priest
Who Defied Nazi Anti-Semitism
BERLIN, (JTA)—The mem-1
ory of Prelate Lichtenberg,
provost of a Catholic cathedral
in Berlin, who went to jail un-
der the Nazis and later per-
ished in the Dachau concen-
tration camp because he prayed
publicly "for the persecuted
Jews," was honored by the
Jewish community in a letter
sent to the Roman Cltholic
Bishop of Berlin.
Prelate Lichtenberg, pro-
foundly shaken by the pogroms
and synagogue burnings in No-
vember 1938, announced—alone
of all the clergymen in Ger-
many — during services: "And
now let us pray for the per-
secuted non-Aryan Christians
and for the persecuted Jews!"
Gallantly, he also countered
anti-Jewish incitement by the
Nazi Party with a call to the
faithful "not to be led astray
and to remember the Com-
mandment that 'Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself.'"
He made it a regular prac-
tice to offer public prayers on
behalf of the Jews, but it was
1941 before the Nazis dared to
arrest the widely beloved
priest. The following year,
after telling a Nazi court that
he stood by his utterances, he
was sentenced to two year' im-
prisonment for "abuse of the
pulpit and malicious attacks
upon the state."
Knowing that the Gestapo
would not let him return to
his parish, he offered to leave
Berlin and to enter the Lodz
ghetto, "there to render spir-
itual assistance to the Jews and
to share their suffering." He
pleaded with the then Roman
Catholic Bishop of Berlin, Car-
dinal Count Preysing, to secure
the Pope's approval. As the
end of his sentence approached,
he again sought to prevail upon
the Nazi authorities to let him
go to Lodz.
The Nazis did not release
him when his jail sentence was
concluded. Instead, they
shipped him to Dachau concen-
tration camp. Wracked by sick-
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arrival at the camp.
The Community, in its letter,
thanked the Catholic Church in
the name of Jews and Nazi
victims. Paying tribute to the
memory of Father Lichtenberg,
it expressed the hope that the
ideals of this heroic churchman
would remain alive.
Adas Shalom Donor
To Highlight Operetta
Mrs. Joseph M. Katchke,
donor chairman of the Sister-
hood of Adas Shalom Syna-
gogue, announces that a spe-
cial musical. program is planned
for this year's donor event,
slated for 12:30 p.m., Feb. 1, in
•• -''''Alsmkgthe synagogue
social hall.
Under t h e
direction of
Mrs. Joseph M.
Markel, the
Sisterhood will
offer an oper-
etta, "Romany
Romance,"
based on t h e
Gypsy music of
Hungarian
Jewish c o m -
poser Emerich
Mrs. Markel Kalman.
A cast of 30 will .appear in
the production. Actively par-
ticipating will be Mesdames
Norman Allan and Geo-rge Bas-
sin, accompanists; Sol Slomo-
vitz, stage director; Jules Ka-
men, d r am a director; Moe
Gantz, choreographer; and Irv-
ing Kleinstein, costumes.
Reservations to the luncheon
are available by calling Mrs.
Manny Lax, TO. 8-8585.
CITIES ® SERVICE
.
The president, vice president
and secretary of every Lands-
manshaft Society has been in-
vited by the organizations corn-
mittee of the Jewish National
Fund to meet at a brunch this
Sunday, at 10:30 a.m., at the
Zionist House.
Leon Kay, chairman of the
JNF organizations committee,
issued a call to Landsmanshaf-
ten officers to review the prog-
ress made by the societies since
they undertook the "history-
making" Forest of 30,000 trees
in Israel to be planted in the
name of Detroit Landsman-
shaften.
The agenda of the meeting
will include a discussion on
how Detroit's Landsmanshaften
can complete in the shortest
time the 30,000-tree- project.
The combined chapters and
lodges of the Greater Detroit
Councils of Bnai Brith will
sponsor a city-wide event. for
Israel Bonds Feb. 4 at the
Masonic Auditorium. It will
mark the end of the current
Bnai Brith' campaign for Israel
Bonds.
Co-chairmen of the affair are
Jack Leeds and Mrs. Charles
Makie, Israel Bond chairmen
for the combined Bnai Brith
lodges and chapters. Chairman -
of the Men's Council is Jack
Caminker. Chairman of the
Women's Council is Mrs. Henry
Onrich.
Each lodge and chapter is ex-
pected to hold parlor meetings
prior to the final event, and
the combined lodges and chap-
ters of Bloch, Morgenthau, Mar-
shall and Zager will sponsor a
social evening, Jan. 24 at Adas
Shalon social hall. Jan Bart will
be the guest of the evening and
refNeshments will be served.
There will be no admission
charge.
The program scheduled for
Feb. 4 will include an address
by a leading U. S. Representa-
tive, musical, dance and comedy
acts. There will be no admis-
sion charge.
Aesculapian Society
To Induct New Officers
League to Accept Award Applicants
Mrs. Philip Bernstein, presi-
dent of the League of Jewish
Women's Organizations, this
week announced that member
organizations are being advised
of the annual Mildred Simons
Rosenberg Memorial Youth
Awards.
Names and qualifications of.
young men and -omen, aged
17 to 21, whose scholastic and
community leadership is deem-
ed outstanding, are accepted
for the competition.
.A silver kiddush cup will be
awarded to the winning young
man, while a silver menorah
will be given to the leading
woman candidate. The awards
will be made at the League's
annual meeting on May 10.
Awards chairman, Mrs. Rob-
ert Coggan, may be contacted
at UN. 4-0146 for further in-
formation, or letter of quali-
fication may be sent to her at
19526 Roslyn.
The League's community re-
lations committee, with ,Mrs.
Louis Kazdan, chairman, and
Mrs. Cy Aaron, co-chairman,
will present a program at 12:30
p.m., Jan. 26 ,in the Jewish
War Veterans Memorial Home,
on Davison.
The League's role in the Al-
lied Jewish Campaign, March
of Dimes, Border City confer-
ence, International Institute,
Red Cross and Jewish Com-
munity Council will be dis-
cussed.
Plans also are being made
for a community-wide program
at 12:30 p.m., Feb. 13, at Beth
Aaron Synagogue, states Mrs.
Bernstein.
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