liberty and who have the cour-
age and the patience to hold

`Houdini's Magic' `All But lily Life, Story of a Girl Who Survived the Nazis
Gerda Weissmann Klein, who Life," ' published by Hill and
Yet. there is no anger in the
Reveals Man ,
was 34 in May, was the daugh- Wang, Inc. (104 5th, N.Y. 11). story, no word of vengeance.
ter of Julius and Helene
When the war broke out, It is a report that serves as
Tricks of Trade Weissmann
and the sister of Gerda was an attractive 15- an addendum to the indict-

Although__ Houdini has been
dead for more than 30 years (he
died , in Detroit in 1926), his
magic still captivates those who
follow his art
and all who
are interested
in magical
efforts and
skills.' '
Born Eric
Weiss. in Ap-
pleton, Wis.,
son of Dr. .
and Mrs.
Mayer Samuel
Weiss — his
Houdini father was a
rabbi — on April 6, 1874, he
gained international fame. Ma-
gicians -say, that, to this day.
few have come up to match his
genius. .
Dover Publications (920
B'way, N.Y. 10) makes available
the story of Houdini and ex-
planations of many of his tricks
in the volume "Houdini on
Magic," by Walter B. - Gibson
and Morris -N. Young, -
This splendid, fully-illustrated
book contains a biographical
sketch of Houdini and Houdini's
-personal . evaluations of many
topics related to the art of
magic.
Included . here are chapters
containing Houdini's explana-
tions of handcuffs and re-
straints, rope Magic, challenges
and escapes, spooks, tricks, mis-
cellaneous mystery, "the right
way to do wrong" and magiCians
in general.
The editors .of this interest-
ing book have displayed a keen
understanding of the Houdini
art and a general knowledge of
magic. They have selected the
most vital subjects in which
Houdini was interested. In the
introductory chapter they point
out:
"It must not be supposed
, that Houdini translated art-
':istry solely in terms of busi-
ness. His craving for knowl-
edge in every phase of magic
?transcended all bounds. With-
out a doubt, he applied many
rules learned from his re-
search into the lives and
methods of his predecessors.
Between shows, he was con-
stantly haunting old book-
shops and other places where
playbills could be found.
spending large sums in the
accumulation of the vast col-
lection which is now in the
Congressional Library at
• Washington."
As a matter of fact, by read-
ing this Houdini book the av-
erage layman will be guided not
only towards an understanding
of magic but also on how to be
on guard against racketeers.
Houdiqs articles, incorporated
in this .book, offer advice about
thieves and their tricks, pick-
pockets at work and related
problems.
"Houdini on Magic" is a book
well worth reading.

UN Truce Chief Gets
Jordan Complaint on Israel

.4RUSALEM (JTA)—Jordan
complained to Maj. Gen. Carl
C. von Horn, United Nations
truce chief, that Israel had re-
sumed patroling the Botanical
Gardens atop Mt. Scopus, the
Israeli enclave.
Several months ago Jordanian
opposition to these patrols
broke into open attacks on
Israeli troops and in an all-day
pitched battle last May. Jor-
danians killed Lt. Col. George
A. Flint. Canadian chairman of
the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armi-
stice Commission, and four
Israeli policemen.

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Arthur of Bielitz (Bielsko),
Poland. After the Germans oc-
cupied her home town - in 1939,
she was deported to the transit
camp of Sosnowitz, was in labor
and concentration camps and
was on the 1,000 mile trek to
Czechoslovakia in 1945. In that
year, on May 6, two days before
her 21st birthday, she was
liberated by the 2nd Infantry
Regiment, 5th U.S. Division,
under th command of Lt. Kurt
Klein.
She was in a hospital for a
while, then went to Munich
where she worked for the
Civilian Censorship Division of
the U.S. Army and was married
to Lt. Klein in Paris on June
18, 1946, coming with him to
this country in 1946. They now
live in Buffalo, N.Y., where
her husband operates a print-
ing business. They have three
children. Mrs. Klein is active
in communal work, including
Hadassah.
This LS' a simple prelude to
her experiences which again
bring into the limelight the
horrors of the Nazi era. Mrs.
Klein relates the true story of
her. struggles, and the horrors
she witnessed, in "All But My

year-old girl. Then came the
tragedies. A promising young-
ster suddenly was turned into
a slave labOrer for the Nazis,
always facing the danger of
being sent to an extermination
camp:

With remarkable reportor-
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life story relates how she
awaited the imposition of
Nazi venom upon them, her
travels from camp to camp,
the hunger that gripped
them, the frozen feet of-
many of the girls in their
group.
There were some decent
people among the oppressors.
But the fear that gripped the
girls, the horrors that accom-
panied, attest to the cruelest
experiences of our generation.

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against the Nazis.
The concluding chapters deal
with the liberation — with the
meeting with Kurt, recupera-
tion in the hospital, Kurt's
proposal. The rejoicing is a
tribute to the American libera-
tors.
"All But My Life" is a warm,
well-told, revealing . tale of a
young girl's existence under
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