V
By HAROLD U. RIBALOW
(Copyright, 1961,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
The peoples of Latin America have rejected attempts by
neo-Nazis to stir up anti-Semitism, according to Latin American
Jewish leaders visiting New York for consultations with the
World Jewish Congress. Shown above are (left to right) Rabbi
F. Winter, of Montevideo, president of the WJC committee in
Uruguay; Dr. Nahum Goldmann, WJC president, and Dr. Moises
Goldman, of Buenos Aires, chairman of WJC's South American
executive, at a meeting in New York.
Mayer's Novel, 'Web of Hate,' Warns
Against Re-Emerging Nazi Dangers
Dr. Frederick Mayer, professor
of humanities at Redlands Uni-
versity, author of 15 books,
sounds a warning against the
possible resurgence of Nazism in
Germany, in his novel, "Web of
Hate," published by Whittier.
Books (263 Chapel St., New
Haven, Contl:).
His story about a Nai r told in
the first person, expresses the
reactions of a German whose
father was a Nazi, who had him-
self joined the Hitler Youth and
gloried in the Nazi ideas, but
who abandoned his Nazi thinking,
yet whose' son, like him in his
youth, joined a military youth
group, proving that the cycle re-
peats itself and that the young
Germans think militaristically.
Prof. Mayer therefore has ap
pended to' his novel "A Factual
Epilogue—A Letter to the Read-
er," in which he warns:
Nazism and became martyrs.
"Web of Hate" begins by stat-
ing: "A swastika was painted on
the city hall in Hanau. . .. It was
painted by my father . . ." To-
wards the end of the book, after
he had given permission to his
son Wolfgang to join a youth mili-
tary group, the story relates:
"Last night a swastika was painted
on the city hall. . . . They sus-
pected a student at the local
Gymnasium. Could Wolfgang be
involved? No, that was impossi-
ble. He was my son. ... Wolfgang
might be a nationalist, but cer-
tainly not a Nazi." But from this
point on Karl Holzhauser talks to
himself, thus:
"Officially, there are almost
no Nazis today, but beneath the
surface remains a jungle.
Young people still talk ab
expansion. Many st*
Hitler, although they depl
his methods. Many forme
cers look upon the w with
nostalgia. Have we le d our
lesson? I do not kno
"Wherever there is irrational
hatred; wherever there is or-
_ ganiz' ed cruelty, wherever there
is exaggerated nationalism,
wherever the military - mind is
"Web of Hate" desc
dominant, Hitlerism ultimately Nazis' difficulties on the
emerges."
front during the last war.
He believes that "it is doubtful one of the German soldiers who
,
0-
whether Germany has learned a
lesson," that while Germany's
"political and economic recovery
has been almost a miracle," he
states that "prosperity is a facade
which_ should not deceive us." He
admonishes his reader against the
"genteel" followers of Hitler who
made it possible for him to rise
to power.
Analyzing Hitler's skillful
study of mass psychology,, he
points to "the dense fog" that as
created by the propaganda of
Goebbels and he calls it as de-
vastating, as Hitler's legacy. He
reminds us that the Hitler pro-
gram was carried out by one of
the world's most civilized na-
tions and he declares that "with-
out a sense of conscience, modern
man may not survive. He urges:
"Let places like Auschwitz
become permanent shrines to
which children and adults will
come from all over the world
to realize what the fruits of
prejudice are and what intoler-
ance can do to human beings."
would not adhere completely to
the Nazi methods committed sui-
cide, • Karl tried to condone it,
and another anti-Nazi chided him:
"You have become like a ma-
chine, a machine without any feel-
ings." Karl insisted the way he
was pursuing was the way to sur-
vive, and the anti-Nazi warns
that the war kills a lot of things
inside people, that "a man can be
alive and still be dead."
It is the crime of N2' ism that is
exposed in this novel. The refer-
ences to Jews are only incidental.
Only one of the characters — a
girl Karl wants to seduce — is
Jewish. She stops his advances
when she reveals to him: "I'm
Jewish."
The story is strong enough
nevertheless to serve as a warn-
ing to peoples of all faiths about
the dangers of a re-emerging
Nazism.
Neo-Nazi Youth Jailed
in N.Y: for Attack
Reiterating that prejudice and on Jewish Policeman
hatred everywhere "represent a
NEW YORK, (JTA) — An
threat to mankind," he declares: 18-year-old youth, accused of
"Hitlerism is not dead; it is being "a member of a young
smoldering. It c gain. Nazi movement," is under
If we allow
$2,500 bail here, being held for
victory it m
to win
a hearing as a result of an at-
of mankind."
mea
tack on an off-duty policeman
concluding chapter
Th
is Jewish.
e nov who
is a sermo
the ho
The youth, Cliford Roehn, at-
's
stor
Karl H
itse
tacked and beat the policeman,
of
the
told
Bernard Goldberg, "specifically
e
fa
h- because he was Jewish, "an as-
of
few sistant district attorney told the
er
posed magistrate before whom Roehn
was arraigned. The altercation
occurred Saturday in front of
N THE
Goldberg's home in Brooklyn.
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A search of Roehn's home,
the magistrate was told, re-
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vealed a qiiantity of anti-Semitic
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literature as well as some Nazi
emblems. He allegedly told
policemen who arrested him
that he "hates Jews and Ital-
ians" and wants to be "a muscle
Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich.
man for the Nazis."
As the basketball season
gets into swing (and the foot-
ball season ends), let us call at-
tention to a handful of matters
which did not make the he
lines, but which w•
attention of s
One
ents in
can the
he Dessing
J. Rosenw
ournament for
the Unit
tates chess c
pionshi
his year's t
began
December 17 an
last for
rounds, thro
n.
4, 1962. velve Amer •
as-
ters have
invited to com-
em is Bobby
pete. One
Fischer, the pres
Yeshiva University has sc
uled 14 fencing meets and 13
wrestling matches. Incidentally,
Yeshiva is off to a falter-
ing basketball start, so perhaps
the lads will do better in fenc-
ing and wrestling. Arthur Tau-
ber coaches the fencing squad,
which Henry Wittenberg is the
wrestling coach. Both men know
their business and the Yeshiva
students who take up fencing
and wrestling will learn some-
thing, even if they don't win
matches .. .
Judge Emil Fuchs, one of the
Jewish baseball owners in the
major leagues, died recently in
Boston at the age of 85. He
owned the Boston Braves from
1923 to 1935—when the Braves
weren't much good — and was
deeply involved with Casey
Stengel, who has gone on to re-
markable fame.
In 1935, the Braves were sag-
ging at the gate and Judge
Fuchs hired Babe Ruth as vice-
presiden
yer.
e
ouple of good days, but he
was past his- peak, and he quit
soon after t aso egan.
That was Ju
as an own
game th
also
brought se
enge to Massa-
chusetts when he signe
orces-
ter arm m o the Braves. A
few years later, he permitted
Stengel to quit to take a job as
manager of Toledo. During the
next years, Casey knocked
around the minors, until he
made it big with the New York
Yankees and won undying fame
as the best . manager in the
game.
American Distribution
Committee Working to
Assist Algerian Jews
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
GENEVA — The American
Joint Distribution Committee
is work'
it clan-
ication of the Frenc rn-
ment's plans for its nation
in Algeria, Charles H. Jordan,
JDC director enera orted
We
The
ittee wa
anized
by the
So
uif iT ifie, the
central French Je , ish fund-
raising and welfare organ'
tion.
Her-
a z i, assistant direc-
tor general, will handle Jewish
welfare problems in Algeria.
JDC is continuing its aid
program to the Algerian com-
munity which benefits some
5,000 persons through cash
relief education food programs
and medical aid to children.
35,000 Jews in Italy
The Italian Jewish commu-
nity today numbers some 35,000
persons, including 12,000 living
in Rome; 6,000 in Milan; 3,000
in Turin with smaller commu-
nities in Florence, Trieste and
Venice. The Union of Italian
Jewish Communities comprises
nearly all Jewish centers in the
country.
The town of Happy is in Texas
and Holiday is in Missouri.
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