THE DETR OIT JEWISH NEW S — Fr iday, September 2, 1960 — 30
Heimler's Story, Deeply-Moving
Indictment of Nazi Atrocities
Monument Unveilings
Eugene Heimler is a poet, within me, as in others, the
And his description of his tragic murderer and the humani-
e:-periences in Auschwitz, Buch- tarian exist side by side; the
enwald and Troegliez, in his weak child with the voracious
deeply - moving account pub- male. . . . Buchenwald taught
lished under the title "Night of me to be tolerant of myself,
the Mist" by Vanguard Press and by that means tolerant of
(424 Madison, N.Y. 17) is others."
poetically phrased.
He quoted "the benediction
Heimler overcomes the dis- of our ancient faith" as he
gusting and the repelling occur- awaited redemption. He re-
rences in the concentration called that he was a second
camps. He suffers, he is beaten, class citizen in his native Hun-
but he survives the Nazi hor- gary. Accompanying the remi-
rors. His will to live brings him niscences are some pledges of
back to himself and reacquires vl.at he will do when freedom
for him the strength to carry on comes.
under the pressure of German
Always, the Jewish angle
knouts-until the day of libera- crops up, his Jewishness is chal-
tion.
lenged. Always, he meets it
He uses as his text quotations with affirmation.
from Ezekiel, and he is inspired
"Night of the Mist" is a mov-
by the Prophet's admonition ing account of suffering and
that "the dead will arise from serves as an additional indict-
their graves and we shall all ment of the Nazi brutalities.
live for ever and ever."
Constantly, he refers back to Hebrew Corner
his Jewish experiences, to his
synagogue and its rabbis. In his
dreams he recalls the childhood
days, and the challenge to carry
on emerges from his interpreta-
Translation of Hebrew text.
tion of his visions.
Published by Brit Ivrit Olamit
The fellow-sufferers who are
In our own day too tales from
with him in the concentration Arabian nights happen. But they
are
not written by story tellers,
camps relate their tragic experi- but living
upople who are now in
ences. They serve to enrich the Israel and are the heroes and au-
thors
at
one
and the same time.
story and to expand the tragedy
For four whole months 37 men,
of the victims of Nazism.
women and children wandered from
As he counted the times that a distant Arab country to Israel,
many of them died of hunger
the knout struck him, as his and
and thirst and were buried in the
flesh tore apart, he saw visions burning sands.
of his family, thought of his
Seventy Jews lived in a small
mother and how she would suf- hamlet somewhere in a distant Arab
country. They were completely cut
fer to see him in agony. Then off from Eretz, Israel; even letters
came the "yearning to live," that came for them were not de-
to them. The local sheikh
which was the cause for his cure livered
would destroy them and tell them
from the wounds heaped upon that all the Jews in Israel had been
long ago killed off. Some of the
him.
families resolved to run away and
Describing the multiplication reach Eretz, Israel.
Before the group managed to
of horrors in the setting of bru-
start out they were forced to em-
talities, Heimler wrote:
brace Islam. The Arabs threatened
them that they would slaughter
"It was in Buchenwald," he them
if they didn't do so.
writes, "that I learnt from
The small group went along
desert
tracks and told the Arabs
Jews, Christians, Moslems and
they met on the way they were
pagans, from Englishmen, making a pilgrimage to a holy place
S e r b s, Romanians, Czechs, to pray for rain. The women in the
disguised as men, since
Frenchmen, Belgians, Dutch, groupewere
women in Arabian countries are
Russians, Greeks, Albanians, not accustomed to praying with
Poles and Italians that I was men.
Robbers fell on the group and
only one more suffering in- robbed them of their meager be-
significant man... Our dreams, longings. They were also imprisoned
and only bribed their way out.
each dreamt in a different After
much suffering they finally
language, spell out the same reached Israel and today live and
in Israel together with their
dream. . . . I learn that work
relatives and brothers.
The' Flight to
Eretz Israel
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(Unveiling announcements may
be inserted by mailing or by call-
ing The Jewish News office, VE
8-9364. Written announcements
must be accompanied by the name
and address of the person makhig
the insertion. There is a standing
charge of $3.00 for an unveiling
notice, measuring an inch in
depth.)
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Mrs. Albert Schwartz and
Mrs. M. Benaderet announce the
unveiling of a monument in
memory of their another, Mrs.
Abigail Sapersteia, Lt 10:30 a.m.
Sept. 11 at Machpelah Ceme•
tery. Rabbi Adler will officiate.
Relatives and friends are asked
to attend.
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Wife, Sonia; son, Jerry, and
family of the late Kalman Lan-
dau announce the unveiling of
a monument in his memory
11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at
Shaarey Zedek Cemetery on
Pillette Rd. in Windsor. Rabbi
Stollman will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are asked to
attend.
* * *
The family of the late Ella
Berger announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in her mem-
ory at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4,
in the Cong. Bnai Moshe section
at Chesed shel Emes Cemetery.
Rabbi LehrmLn , and C ant or
Klein. will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to attend.
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The family of the late
Alfred J. Klein announces the
unveiling of a monument in his
memory at 11 a.m. Sunday,
Sept. 4, at Chesed shel Emes
Cemet _ry. Rabbi Gorrelick will
officiate. Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Harry
Faternick; wife, Clara; son, Don-
ald; and daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Swartz announce the unveiling
of a monument in his memory
at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at
Beth Abraham Cemetery. Rabbi
Israel Halperin, Cantor Fenakel
and Cantor Ackerman will of-
ficiate. Relatives and friends are
asked to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Dora
Eisenberg announces the un-
veiling of a monument in her
memory at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept.
4, at Chesed shel Emes Ceme-
tery. Rabbi Arm will officiate.
Relatives and friends are asked
to attend.
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The family of the late Fan-
nie Forman announces the-
unveiling of a monument in her
memory at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
4, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Rabbi Agress will officiate.
Relatives and friends are asked
to attend.
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Mrs. Paul Danto, Mrs. Arthur
Schreier, children; and Anna
Pohl, wife; of the late Benjamin
Pohl announce the unveiling of
a monument in his memory at
11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at
Beth Moses Cemetery. Rabbi
Frankel will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to at-
tend.
* * *
The family of the late Leah
Pally, mother of Ben Freedman,
anounces the unveiling of a
monument in her memory at
10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at
Chesed shel Emes Cemetery.
Rabbi Gorrelick will officiate.
Relatives and friends are asked
to attend.
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Mrs. Philip Rosenthal, Al,
Philip and Sol Wiener of Cali-
fornia, children of the late
Jennie Wiener, announce the
unveiling of a monument in her
memory at noon Sunday, Sept.
11, at Workman's Circle Ceme-
tery. Rabbi Levin will officiate.
Relatives and friends are asked
to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Hannah
Harvith announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in her mem-
9ry at noon Sunday, Sept. 11,
at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Rabbi Adler will officiate. Rel-
atives and friends are asked to
attend.
Mrs. Molly Kozak announces
the unveiling of a monument
in memory of her husband,
Louis Kozak, at 1 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 11, at Chesed shel Emes
Cemetery. Rabbi Goldman will
officiate. Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
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The family of the late Jennie
Beerbohm announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in her mem-
ory at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4,
at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Rabbi -Donin will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are asked to
attend.
* * *
The family of the late Jack
Woodbery announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in his mem-
ory at noon Sunday, Sept. 4, at
Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Gor-
relick will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Gussie
Levin announces the unveiling of
a monument in her memory at
a.m. Monday, Sept. 5, at
Machpelah Cemetery. R a b b i
Rosenbaum will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are asked to
attend.
* * *
The family of the late Ruben
Cohen announces the unveiling
of a monument in his memory
at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11,
at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi
Arm will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Sol
Meyerson announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in his memory
at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at
Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi
Applebaum and Cantor Boyarsky
will officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Bessie
Efrusy announces the unveiling
of a monument in her memory
at noon Sunday, Sept. 11, at
Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi
Donin will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Helen
Mehler announces the unveiling
of a monument in her memory
at noon Sunday, Sept. 11, at
Clover Hill.Park Cemetery. Rabbi
Segal will officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Robert
Stone announces the unveiling of
a monument in his memory at
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at
Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Grus-
kin will officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.
The family of the late Bessie
Elansky announces the unveiling
of a monument in her memory at
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at
Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery,
Rabbi Prero will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are asked to
attend.
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The family of the late Yetti
Brodie announces the unveiling
of a monument in her memory
at noon Sunday, Sept. 11, at the
Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery.
Rabbi Gruskin will officiate. Rel-
atives and friends are asked to
attend.
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The family of the late Michael
Noble announces the unveiling
of a monument in his memory
at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4,
at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi
Stollman of Windsor and Cantor
Shenker will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Joseph
Keller announces the unveiling
of a monument in his memory at
1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Work-
men's Circle Cemetery. Rabbi
Homnick will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to attend.
* * *
The family of the late Czili
(Grosz) Gross announces the un-
veiling of a monument in her
memory at 12:30 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 4 at Oakview Cemetery.
Rabbi Lehrman and Cantor Klein
will officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.
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The Family of the Late
MAX KAHN
Announces the unveil.
ing of a monument in
his memory at 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 4, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Stollman of
Windsor will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
The Family of the Late
SAMUEL
ESEROW and
ANNIE ESEROW
Announces the unveil-
ing of monuments in
their memory at 1:30
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11,
at Chesed shel Emes
Cemetery. Rabbi Syme
will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked
to attend.
The Family of the Late
GOLDIE
(WAXMAN)
SHAFER
Jack and David Sh,afer
and Frances, Gus and
Eva Lepler, announce
the unveiling of a
monument in her mem-
ory at 11:30 a.m. Sun-
day, Sept. 4, at Radom-
er Cemetery. R a b b i
Wohlgelernter will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family of the Late
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A monument in memory of
MORRIS H.
GOLDSMITH
RABBI BARUCH'
ULRYCH
Husband of the late
Lillian, father of Mrs.
Kate Guttman, the late
Dr. Jules M. Goldsmith,
Mrs. Max H. (Hannah)
Horwood, Mrs. Mitchell
(Jessie) Shlain, David
Goldsmith of Jackson
and Harold Goldsmith
announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
his memory at 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 11, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
will be unveiled at 2:30
p.m., Sunday, Sept. 11, at
the Northwest Hebr e w
Memorial Park. Officiating
at the service will be Rabbi
Jacob E. Segal, Rabbi Shlo-
mo Wohlgelernter and Can-
tor Nicholas Fenakel.
Rabbi Ulrych died sud-
denly on Saturday morning,
Sept. 12, 1959, while offici-
ating at the Beth Abraham
Synagogue.
Survived by his wife,
Toby, and children, Barry,
Hannah and Moses.
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