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NEW YORK, (JTA)—Mayor ly free" of anti-Semitism, East Germany had steadfastly
Willy Brandt of West 'Berlin, Brandt contended that "an refused to grant restitution of
- addressing a huge Jewish audi-
outbreak of boils" (the swas- any kind to its former inhabi-
ence at the Herzl Institute here, tika incidents) did not neces- tants, he said: "It is - certainly
asked world Jewry to have trust sarily signify "a sign of a new no coincidence that the number
in postwar German democracy poisoning but rather a form of Jewish fellow citizens has
"in which National Socialism of self-purification of the fallen in the Soviet Zone to
has no longer any political body." Public discussion of the 1,500 while we have in West
base." At the same time he un- problem in Germany during Berlin and the Federal Republic
sparingly condemned "the ter- the past two years, he said, 27,000."
rible crimes which have been had not produced a resurgence
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, presi-
committed against millions - of of Nazi manifestations. "No- dent of the Herzl Institute,
Jews in the name of the Ger- body," he declared, "can undo voiced hope that the remnants
man people." -
the past; this is simple—but of the Nazi era "still glowing
"The generation of young Ger- in this case—horrible truth. and smoldering in dark corners"
mans untainted by Nazism would We must see to it that the in Germany would forever be
not follow so swiftly another past does not have another extinguished through the "moral
brown Pied Piper as did their, future. We can act only in the courage and spiritual leadership
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parents," Brandt said. He did present time."
of men like Konrad Adenauer
Brandt, who attended the 15th and Willy Brandt."
not excuse the swastika smear-
ing incidents that took place in International Congress of Cities
Cologne and other German cities and Communities in Israel last Pledges to 'Root Out'
at the end of 1959, but he said November, described his visit to Anti-Semitic Manifestations
it would be a "grave mistake" "that young, brave state which from Life in Germany
to pass judgment on an entire sprang up from the sea of blood West Berlin Mayor Willy
nation because of the actions of and tears in the old land of the Brandt in a meeting with Adolf
a few hooligans "whose atti- Jewish people" as one of the Held, national chairman of the
tude stems more from an irres- "strongest personal experiences • Jewish Labor Committee, issued
ponsible spirit and immaturity of post-war times." He character- the following statement with
than from serious political mo- ized the attitude of young Ger- regard to anti-Semitism in Ger-
tive."
mans toward Israel as one of many:
In the beginning of 1960, he "deep respect" engendered by' "I welcome this opportunity
declared, "they were faced by admiration for its pioneering through my good friends, the
350,000 young Berliners who spirit, its determination to main- Jewish Labor Committee, to
without any preceding propa- tain itself and the recognition reiterate my determination that
ganda got together in an im- that "Israel stands in the same any and all manifestations of an
pressive and spontaneous rally camp as- we do in our present anti-Semitic character will be
against anti-Semitism and chau- fight between East and West." rooted out of German life. Not.
He scored the "functionaries only will .anti-Semitism never
—Photos by Efrem Ilani, Jerusalem vinism." He added that the at-
titude of the overwhelming of the Soviet Union" for using again become an integral part
By CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ
of young Germans is his trip to incite the Arab coun- of official German life, but our
Kfar Silver, named in honor of Rabbi Abba Hillel majority
exemplified
the mass pil- tries against Germany but other- citizens' and their posterity must
Silver and sponsored by the Zionist Organization of grimages each by
year to the grave wise rerained from taking any always be aware 'of the horrors
America, is one of -the largest agricultural training cen- of Anne Frank and by the in- official position on the Arab- perpetrated by the criminals
ters in Israel. At present there are nearly 300 young creasing number of German Israel disputes. Declaring that who controlled the Third Reich."
men and women who are being taught every phase of youth who annually visit and
farming, in modern classrooms and in active work in work in Israel under "Operation
Atonement."
the fields.
Germany's crimes against the
The students live in beautiful, modern dormitories Jewish
people, the •West Berlin
which house about, 20 each. There is a lounge separating mayor
A Digest of World Jewish Happenings
reiterated again and
each of the girls' and boy's quarters where the students again, could neither be forgot-
from Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic .
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may dance, listen to records or study.
ten by good will nor by restitu-
- Agency and Other News-Gathering Media.
In the upper photo we see a few of the students tion and indemnification. "Noth-
United States
on their way to school. The lower photo is a view from ing could be more wrong," he
added, "than wishing that the
NEW YORK—Gifts amounting to $4,500,000 were made to
the school building overlooking. a garage where farm years
of the b_rown terror did the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York - at a dinner
machinery is stored- and repaired.
not exist and that one could which formally inaugurated its 23rd annual campaign ..
Those who participate in the program of the start again with German history
BOSTON—Two Jewish women who survived four years in
Zionist Organization of Detroit can feel proud that part in the' year 1932. The National Nazi concentration camps had a reunion after 'a separation of
of their monetary gifts goes to support the important Socialist past does exist. It has 16 years. Mrs.' George Klein of Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Joseph.
Kfar Silver program.
to be recognized and borne. Lushan of Newton, Mass., recognized each other at a luncheon of
Children and grandchildren have the women's division of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies
to come to terms with that her_it- of Greater Boston.
age as well as possible."
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In his only allusion to the
JERUSALEM—American poet Robert Frost, visiting Israel
Eichmann case, Brandt re-
marked: "The fact that one as a lecturer at the Hebrew University, declared he was proud
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of the worst was found and of America's support of Israel and added that the world must
will be put to trial has to do be grateful there is such a place as Israel, a refuge for immi-
with the development of the grants from many countries . . . The Israel-Yugoslav trade pact
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innpm Federal Republic just as much was extended for two years in an agreement calling for $7,200,000
or just as little as if he had in imports by each country, with Israel buying mainly timber
never been discovered." and metals, and Yugoslavia purchasing tires, , citrus fruits and
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While denying that Ger- rayon fibers . . . • Jordan made its annual formal protest to the
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many could ever be "chemical. to hold its annual
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planned for the parade are contrary to the armistice agreement
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. . . Non-Jewish students from 22 countries are studying at the
Hebrew University, with European and American students em-
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medicine, agriculture, and the natural sciences . . Contending
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joined the family of ships that sail the recent sale by the Israel government of its holdings in the
he seas flying at the masthead the
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hores of Israel.
Today they meet again, transport-
ng new immigrants to the State of
rael, raw materials for Israeli in-
ustry, tourists coming to the Holy
L and to see the new State of Israel.
"Jerusalem", "Theodore Herzl",
'Zion". "Israel" — these • are the
ames of the ships of Shoham,
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number ' of years already familiar
o the greatest harbors of the world.
n Israeli sailor in Naples or New
ork no longer serves as an attrac-
t ion — people have got used to the
dea that Jews can also be seamen.
"It was hard at the beginning",
he captain related as he surveys his
ew ship with pleasure. "We the•Zim
ompany even preceded the State.
e arose three years before it; we
egan with one ship and 150 seamen,
id today we have 305 ships and
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-myself have visited 160 harbors
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dded.
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Europe

. MILAN—A nation_
census of . all political and racial in-
mates of Nazi camps who survived and returned to Italy .was
announced by the National Association of Former Inmates, the
purpose being to determine the precise number entitled to
compensation.
LONDON—The possibility of an eXchange of visits by a Hun-
garian Jewish delegation and a British Jewish group was dis-
closed 'by Sir Barnett janner, president of the Board of Deputies
of British Jews. In reply to a letter from Hungarian Jewish
leaders urging the board to act on anti-Jewish propaganda by
groups of Hungarians in Britain, the board had replied that it
had taken steps to deal with the problem and that -British
authorities were keeping a "watchful eye" on "these harmful
activities" . . . The Agudah World Executive protested to Home
Secretary R. A. Butler over the continued publication in the
United Kingdom of a strongly anti-Semitic journal edited by a
former member of the Hungarian Fascist party from his resi-
dence in Germany.