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Germany Says
80,000 Guilty
in Killing Jews
Pro-Nazi Meets
Fascist in,Rome
'STUTTGART, (JTA)—Support
to the forthcoming trial of Adolf
Eichmann, the Gestapo leader
who directed the mass murder of
6,000,000 huropean Jews under
the Nazi regime, was given here
by the West German War Crimes
office, which revealed that 80,000
Germans took part in the mass
murders of Jews during World
War II.
The impact of the figures, espe-
cially upon public opinion in
West Germany, is to deflate
claims made in some circles here
that "only a handful" of Ger-
mans took part in the wartime
atrocities against Jews. The di-
rect relationship between the
newly announced figures and the
Eichmann case was seen in the
fact that the data were furnished I
to German newspaper correspond-
ents just prior to their departure
to Israel to cover the Eiclunann
trial, which gets under way
April 11.
The figures were announced to
the German newspapermen by
the Government's chief expert on
the -subject, Ernest Schuele, di-
rector of and chief prosecutor for
the West German Central War
Crimes Commission. The Com-
mission was established in 1958
to coordinate and probe into war
crimes and arrange for prosecu-
tions prior to the expiration of
the statutory deadline for . such
prosecutions in 1965.
Schuele told . the press that at
least 1,000 persbns will be tried
in German courts during the next
two years on charges of murder-
ing "countless numbers of human
beings" during the Nazi regime.
He further related Israel's and
Germany's own efforts to track
down and prosecute the Nazi war
criminals by revealing that Israel
had furnished West Germany
with a list of 3.000 Nazi war
criminals. All 3,000, he said,
"were involved in criminal com-
plexes which have either already
been investigated or that we are
beginning to probe right now."
According to Schuele, 100 to
150 Nazi war criminals are living
abroad, "and we even )(now the
whereabouts of some of them."
But, he said, West Germany "has
encountered great difficulty in
attempting to obtain the aid of
the International Police authori-
ties and of other foreign authori-
ties" in apprehending the war
criminals living abroad.
"Interpol, the International Po-
lice Organization, considers such
persons as men accused of politi-
cal crimes, and refuses for that
reason to aid in their capture or
eXtradition," Schuele said. "Oth-
erwise, we could have captured
Adolf Eichmann a long time ago."
He. said that a warrant for the
arrest of arch/tarn was issued
by a West German court at
Frankfurt as long ago as 1946.
Restaurant Lectures
on Judaism Sponsored
by N.Y. -Reform Temples
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
New York Federation of Re-
form Synagogues announced it
would sponsor a series of
weekly - luncheon lectures and
discussions on Judaism at a
luxury mid-toWn Manhattan
restaurant.
The sessions, called "Learn-
ing at Luncheon," were organ-
• ized for businessMen in the
Manhattan area who are mem-
bers of RefOrm .synagogues in
the New York metropolitan
area. Meetings' will be held each
Tuesday.
FIRST! NEW YORK TO
Winnipeg Citizens Hit
Government School Aid
WINNIPEG—Forty-five prom-
ient citizens of Winnipeg, in-
cluding nine Jews, have issued
a public statement opposing .
governmental financial aid to
private and parochial schools
and calling on the Government
"to refuse to enact legislation
that would lead to such aid."
Israel Opposes
Jordan Stand on
Military Parade
UNITED N
I 0 N S. N.Y.
(JTA) --- Ambassador Arthur
Lourie, Israel's acting permanent
representative to the United Na-
tions, told Ceylon's Ambassador
T. R. Subasinghe, this month's
president of the Security Com-
cil, that no meeting of the
Council need be held on a Jon.
danian grievance filed with the
11-member Council. -
The Jordanians allege that Is-
rael is "endangering internation-
al peace and security" by sched-
uling a military parade to be
held in Jerusalem as part of the
annual celebration of Israel's in-
dependence on April 20. Lourie
also conferred with several other
members of the Security Council,
pointing out to them that Jordan's
claim is "without a vestige of
foundation."
While no official comment was
made by any of the participants
EZRA POUND, ex-patriated in the conferences with Athbas-
American poet who was con- sador Lourie, there were clear
demned for his pro-Nazi activi-1 indications here that those Se-
ties during the last war, and who curity Council members with
was one of the chief tools of the whom the Israeli representative
Nazis in his anti Semitic and discussed the issue were disin-
Fascist activities, met in con- clined to accept Jordan's claim
ference last week in Rome with that a full-scale debate be held
the British Fascist leader, Oswald on the Amman grievance against
Mosley. Pound had kept in the Israel. The Jordanians, backed by
background, and this was one of their Arab supporters, were, how-
the rare times that he made a ever, insisting that Subasinghe
public appearance. He wore a bring the Council together.
in 'a letter to Subasinghe, Am-
flowing collared shirt as he met
his fellow-Fascist from England. bassador Laurie pointed out that
there will be no aircraft in Is-
military parade, and that
Austrian Officials Find rael's
the weapons to be shown in the
Anti-Jewish Literature parade will be without any ammu-
VIENNA -(JTA) — Austrian nition. He also informed the
officials announced they have Council president that Jordan it-
uncovered an Austrian "plant" self has, on four separate occa-
through which anti-Semitic ma- sions in the last year. brought to
terials were being. shipped for the Jordanian side of Jerusalem
dissemination in this country. various heavy weapons and air-
The officials, however, refused craft forbidden under the terms
to reveal the names of the of 'the armistice agreement. "The
Austrians involved or their Ger- Israel Government," stated Lou-
rie, "recognizing the purely cere-
man source.
According to the officials, monial nature of these occasions,
customs men at Salzburg, near has not complained of the
the German Bavarian border, actions."
became suspicious last week
when a large wooden case,
marked "China—Handle With
Care," came from Germany, ad-
dressed to a Salzburg resident
known to be a Nazi and known
to have no relationship to the
chinaware trade.
The customs men opened the
case and found it filled -with
scurrilous, anti-Semitic propa-
ganda, which they promptly
confiscated. The consignee ad-
mitted he had been handling
the anti-Semitic material for a
neo-Nazi organization in this
country.
People .. .
Make News
PHILIP STERN is now a reg-
istered representative with the
Baker, Simonds and Co., Inc.,
members of the New York and
Detroit_Stock Exchanges and an
associate of the American
Stock Exchange. Stern previ-
ously was with the firm of Mor-
rison and Frumin, Inc. and the
Old Gold Wine Distributors,
Inc., of Detroit.
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Rabbi HERBERT A. FRIED-
8-Mile Synagogue Asks MAN, executive vice-chairman
of the United Jewish Appeal,
National Y-1 Affiliation left
for special conferences in
The membership of the Eight connection UJA-supported
Mile Synagogue has voted to aid programs in overseas areas,
apply for affiliation with the !including Israel. He will make
National Council of .Young Is- arrangements for the annual
rael. Application has been sent UJA mid-year leadership con-
to New York and final action, ference, to be held in Israel in
will be taken at the National June.
Convention of Young Israel in
June. •
Members also voted to find Sole Lithuanian Rabbi
an appropriate site for a syna- to Escape Nazis Asks
gogue and youth center in the for Israel Memorial
Eight Mile area between
A project for the erection of
Schaefer and Greenfield.
institutions in Israel to com-
In the meantime, services are memorate the 700 Jewish com-
being held regularly in a home munities in Lithuania destroyed
on Freeland Ave. Those inter- by the Nazis was 'submitted by
ested in joining the organiza- Rabbi Joseph Kahaneman of
tion may call DI 1-6224 or UN Bnai Brak, Israel, to a New
4-9202 for information.
York gathering of American
rabbis born in Lithuania and
Houston, Portland Join graduates of Lithuanian
yeshivas.
Advisory Council
Kahaneman, formerly rabbi
The Jewish Community Coun- of Ponevez and Dean of the
cil of Houston, Tex., and the Ponevez Yeshiva, is the only
Jewish Federation of . Portland, Lithuanian rabbi who escaped
Me., became members of the the Nazi holocaust. He was a
National Community Relations member - of the presidium of
Advisory Council.
the Federation of Rabbis in
Their inclusion raises ' the Lithuania and a deputy in the
total community membership of Lithuanian Parliament. -He has
resided in Bnai Brak since 1941.
NCRAC to 54.