`Accept War Guilt,'
Bundestag President
Advises Germans

Polish Court to Hear Appeal by Nazi Sentenced to Death
LONDON. (JTA) — The mass-murder of hundreds of
Supreme Court of Poland has thousands of people, mostly
set Nov. 5 as the date for start- Jews, during World War II. The
BONN, (JTA) — Germans ing to hear the appeal by Erich hearing on the appeal is ex-
were told by Dr. Eugen Ger- Koch, Commissioner for East pected to last five days.
stenmaier, president of the Prussia and parts of Poland
The sole meaning of life is
Bundestag (lower House of Par- during the Nazi regime, who is
—Tolstoi
liament) that they must remem- under death sentence for the to serve humanity.
ber and "accept our guilt" for
the atrocities of World War II.
The political leader spoke over
one of the country's principal
radio networks, in commemora-
tion of the outbreak of World
War II, 20 years ago.
"Unless we accept our guilt,"
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The Bundestag President told
the German people in his broad-
cast: "It is a miracle that we
escaped by the skin of our
teeth," after the war ended.
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PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) — A
The mere title, "Grouch° and
Me" — "The Autobiography of rare form of ancient Jewish art,
Grouch° Marx by (of all peo- a synagogue wall painting dat-
ple !) Groucho Marx" almost ing back to the third century,
tells its own story. It is the self- will be on display in Phila-
exposition of the great comic delphia for the first time at the
by the comedian himself, and 60th anniversary exhibition of
the Federation of Jewish
there are no punches pulled.
Published by Bernard Geis Agencies.
The exhibition, "Thy Broth-
Associates, the new publishing,
firm whose publications are dis- er's Keeper," will be held Sept.
tributed by Random House, the 20 through Sept. 27. The paint-
Marx story is a frank statement ing, which portrays the theme
of the experiences of Groucho, of the exhibit, "Tzedakah," will
be loaned to the Federation by
his parents and his brothers.
What a team ! — starting the Yale University Art Gallery.
Dr. Ephraim A. Speiser,
with Groucho's father and
winding up with the mous- chairman of the department of
tachioed, cigar-puffing come- Oriental studies of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, who is
dian !
"My Pop was a tailor," Grou- in charge of the display deal-
eho relates, and he reveals "his ing with antiquity, said that
record as the most inept tailor the painting, "Elijah Revives
that Yorkville ever produced the Widow's Child," was taken
" The anecdotes about his from the interior wall of the
father, the stories about the famous Dura Synagogue in
pants that disappeared, the role Dura - Europes, a Hellenistic
of Chico in taking his father's community in Central Mesopo-
articles to be pawned so that he tamia. The area is now part of
might continue the gambling of Syria.
his young days, the stories
about Groucho's mother as well Position of Jews
as the rest of the family, will
in S. Africa Good;
hold the reader in stitches.
The account of the Bar Mitz-
vah of Chico and his repetition Warned of Bias
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of the speech he delivered, a
"speech used at two-year inter- While the position of South
vals by Chico, Harpo and me" African Jews is generally satis-
—is a bit banal, but one almost factory : the Jewish community
expects a burlesque of the re- here should remain on the alert
ligious ceremony in the account to "any developments which
of the comedian who is known might potentially contain the
as making light of most things seeds of discrimination," it was
—and who proves it in his auto- warned in a report presented by
biography.
Gustav Saron," secretary general
He makes light of the party of the Board of Deputies of
his own daughter gave for a South African Jews at the
number of her friends. He tells Transvaal regional conference.
it in the spirit of the comedy
Saron said that Sonth African
of his life's story narration.
Jews had "good cause for satis-
The manner in which The faction, especially when the po-
Marx Brothers became a team sition was contrasted with the
in the American theaters is difficult war and pre-war pe-
quite interesting.
riods." There were few or no
There is an interesting ac- public manifestations of anti-
count of Groucho's appear- Semitism, he declared. The
ance in Ann Arbor and the speaker pointed out that, some
"rushing" by 400 students at months ago, on the occasion of
the stage entrance in an at- a visit by the British fascist, Sir
tempt to snatch the girls who Oswald Moseley, a public repug-
appeared in the act. It was
nance to anti-Semitism was re-
the same old result: not flected here.
enough police, but sufficient
"There were no Jewish issues
water power, drawn by the in politics," Saron stated, "and
fire department, drove the
the goodwill shown toward Is-
students away.
rael has been reflected in atti-
Many prominent actors pass tudes to South African Jewry."
in review in this book. Of spe-
cial interest is the account of Adenauer Gives to Fund
how Eddie Cantor interested to Renovate Synagogue
Grouch() in the stock market—
HEIDELBERG, (JTA) — Dr.
just before the crash which
Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of
knocked both comedians out fi-
West Germany, has contributed
nancially.
1,000 deutschemarks to help
There are anecdotes by the
renovate and redecorate an old
dozen in Groucho's autobiog-
synagogue at Sandhausen, near
raphy. Especially those who here.
know and are interested in the
The Sandhausen synagogue
theater will love it. But it is
was purchased by the Jewish
also a book for the average lay-
community in the small town,
man who will find a great deal in 1821, and consecrated
as a
of entertainment in the 344
Jewish house of worship, after
pages of "Groucho and Me."
the structure had served for
some years as . a Christian
Jewish Hospital Sets Up church.
Perhaps because it was
Poison Control Center originally a church, the build-
MIAMI BEACH, (JTA) — A ing escaped destruction during
Poison Control Center, one of the Nazi regime. The interior,
more than 200 such centers however, is in bad disrepair.
throughout the United States
The Heidelberg Society for
and Canada, has been opened Christians and Jews has started
at Mount Sinai hospital.
a campaign to renovate the
The center was set up to pro- synagogue both inside and out-
vide information on toxic ingre- side. Dr. Adenauer's contribu-
dients of drugs, medicines and tion is one of the first received
VEGETARIAN
commercial products for physi- for the project. The local His-
cians and thus help in the treat- torical Conservation Commis-
ment of patients who suffer ac- sion is aiding the project, and
cidental poisoning.
it is expected that an appro-
The center is in operation 24 priation will be voted after the
hours a day. It is located in the summer recess by the parlia-
hospital's • emergency depart- ment of the State Government
ment, where services are avail- of Baden-Wurttemberg. Under
able directly or by telephone. the plans, the renovated syna-
gogue will contain a special hall
NAkurAcuaRec.
Haym Solomon is said to honoring the memory of victims
INE iNZ CO, Pi TTSMIROLFA.
have suggested to Washington of Nazism.
that he make the attack on the
VA:
Hessians at Trenton on Christ-
But the path of the just is as
mas — figuring that the Ger- the shining light, that shineth
mans with hangovers would be more and more unto the per-
easy to take. They were.
Eger label
fect day.—Proverbs 4:18.
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