2j21)001/(/ Austria Revisited: Desolation Marks Once-Proud Jewish Community When my husband reappeared from the station, I could tell from the look on his face, that he drew a blank. *f * Then he had an idea. He By TRUDE DUB stopped a taxi driver and asked (Seven Arts Feature Syndicate) At the little guesthouse in him if he knew of a Jew in the mountain village, where we Innsbruck, or the synagogue. stayed, we did not encounter a The man said: "I don't know single Jew. And so on a Satur- of a synagogue since the old day, my husband, I and our two one was destroyed, but I do young daughters, set out for know a Jew. He will be able to Innsbruck, where we hoped to tell you all you want." find a synagogue. So with great excitement we We arrived at the station and made our way to an elegant my first idea was to consult shop in the main street, and the telephone directory. We while my husband went to find looked under "Hebrew," we its owner, I stood outside and looked under "Juedische," we read framed cuttings of news- looked under "Israelitische," papers from the time during then finally decided to search and after Hitler, concerning the for a Cohen or a Levi, alas in take-over of the business by the vain. Nazis and the subsequent strug- We were told that there used gle for its return to the right- to be a synagogue in the Silz- ful heirs. The captions above gasse, but it was destroyed. these cuttings read: "The story We were undismayed. We of a Jewish business." I rejoiced. Here at last was felt there must be some Jews left in Innsbruck and a real, a genuine Jew . . . What we were going to find them. a pity, he wasn't there, that Sincerest Best Wishes on Hanukah CHINA DOLL Specializing in Famous Cantonese Dishes Carry-Out Service — Open 11:30 A.M.-3 A.M. TR. 3-5340 8050 Second, near Seward TR. 2-8591 CITY CAB CO. 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A sense of desolation swept over me, such as I have not experienced since the day I was told that` my family was wiped out. There, behind us, a new building was going up, the hustle and bustle typifying the spirit of re-birth prevailing Austria. All over the country new buildings are going up, the country is patching up its war wounds and life is going on as before. Who would think of the dead and who, indeed, of dead Jews and Jewry? However, this was Shabbat, and we came to Innsbruck to pray. So I stood on the place where the synagogue used to be and silently recited the Shem- one Esre. ing the new block of flats." So we retraced our steps to the building site, which we had pasSed before without recogni- tion, and there, amongst weeds Holiday Greetings . OPEN ALL NIGHT Car Wash — Lubrication — Repairs ir Such was the remnant of Aus- trian Jewry. And what of their children? Without a religious life and religious education, they will very likely carry things to the logical conclusion and disappear altogether I dragged the family in great Two-Way Radio for Fastest Service Careful, Courteous Drivers •1 ■ 111•111111.0.111 ■ 0.1=1,1 ■ Where was the proverbial Jewish warmth and the feel- ing of brotherhood between Jew and Jew? We were miles apart, although it was only a pane of glass that divided us phyisically now. Obvi- ously, our fellow Jew held no curiosity for Jews in other lands. among their gentile neighbors. While my family discussed this, we were wandering aim- lessly through the city. Sud- denly my eyes alighted on a street name: Silzgasse. Was this not the street where the ruined synagogue was supposed to be? Hanukah Greetings Mil ■ 04111•11.0.111.1 . ■ 0 MOW/ 41=1.11 ■ 11411.1•1 1 .111■ 0 4•11•1.1.1!0 ■ 1.0 41 ■0■ Saturday morning. His employee advised my husband to visit an- other Jew who owned a furni- ture shop not far away. We found the shop easily enough. All we had to do was to wait a few minutes while he attended to a client in his office. My husband introduced him- self. "We would like to attend a Jewish service and wondered, if you could help us," he added. The man stiffened a little. "There is no Jewish service on Saturdays," he answered. And we felt as if we inquired after a piece of furniture that was no longer in fashion. "We only meet on High Festivals." And that was that. We were politely ushered out. 8800 JEFFERSON W. ART'S TIRE MART Guaranteed Vulcanizing — Used Tires, All Sizes TA. 5-2450 3438 West Vernor Greetings and Best Wishes AUTO TRIM Complete Auto Upholstery — Free Estimates TY 8-9434 6727 McGraw Albert L. Traywick, Prop. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, December 25, 1959 But how? The police was the obvious answer. (Editor's Note: Mrs. Dub, of Leicester, Eng.. visited Austria last year after 20 years of exile from the con- tinent. Her entire family perished in Czechoslovakia.)