Israel Mourns Six Million in Molocaust Day
The renaming of Times priate to place on record "our t munities remained intellectually
admiration for his moral courage poor "and our tribute to the mar-
Square, which was sponsored
by the Zionist Organization in fighting the evils of anti-Semi- tyrs should be to try to make
tism." up for this by efforts to improve
of America, was marked by
ceremonies in the presence
Dr. J. S. Roth of the World our Jewishness and to increase
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able gathering place large
to The Jewish News)
of " Zionist representatives. Jewish Congress said there were awareness both as Jews and as
masses turned out to usher in
JERUSALEM — At eight the day of the remembrance
Senator Jacob K. Javits was still victims of Nazism whose members of the human society."
o'clock Tuesday morning, sirens of the holocaust, co-sponsored
the principal speaker.
claims to compensation had not
blew their mournful wail by the government and the
An overflow audience attend- yet been met, though their
throughout Israel, continuing
ed the Memorial meeting spon- claims were just by any meas-
Yad Vashem Authority.
their sounds for two full min-
A moving ceremony. attended sored by the Manhattan Region ure. He said, "we must continue
utes.
by many members of the diplo- of the Zionist Organization of to fight for their case."
Dr. Solomon Geldman, a Lith-
All traffic throughout the matic corps and leading mem- America, at which Justice
country halted. In synagogues bers of Israel's government Michael A. Musmanno was the uanian, stressed that the loss of
European Jewry was a loss not
and on the sidewalks, on bal- was held Tuesday morning on principal speaker.
conies fronting homes and in Har Hazikaron, Mount Remem-
Javits told 3,000 members of only of quanitity but also of qual-
the fields hundreds of thou- brance, on the outskirts of Jewish fraternal organizations ity. He said world Jewry had lost
sands of men, women and chil- Jerusalem.
that the accomplishments of the a source of Jewish learning and
piety which had nurtured west-
dren stood silent and erect.
Here, under the chairmanship United Jewish Appeal represent
Israel thus launched the offi- of Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel's "the most effective and direct ern Jewries for generations. He
cial commemoration of the day
efforts of American Jews to added that western Jewish com-
of :the six million, the day dedi-
support the great humanitarian
cated to the memories of those
work of Israel."
Chief Rabbi of Paris
who perished during the .--Na-zi-T
The occasion was dedicated Gets High Decoration
holocaust.
to the memory of the six mil- PARIS (JTA) — Dr. Jacob
In accordance with Hebrew
lion Jews killed under the Nazi Kaplan, chief rabbi of Paris,
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custom, the commemorative
r
regime.
He spoke at the 23rd has been promoted to the rank
to The Jewish News)
observances designated for
annual conference of the Coun-
NEW YORK — President
Tuesday by a formal resolu-
cil of Organizations of the lof commander
in the French
Kennedy stated Tuesday
- Legion of Honor, one of the
tion in Israel's Knesset were
United Jewish Appeal of Great
that "time has not dimmed
highest ranks in that order.
held throughout the country.
et-- New York.
the heroism of the people
The promotion, which was
The streets in the large cities
of the Warsaw Ghetto nor
Dr. Chaim Shoskes, an hailed in Jewish circles here.
took on the appearance of
the cruelty that they were
author, described a recent
raised
Rabbi Kaplan to equal
mourning. Movie houses and
made to suffer," emphasizing
trip to Poland and the Soviet status in the order with Car-
other places of entertainment
at the same time the in-
Union. Speaking in Yiddish, dinal Feltin, head of the Cath-
were closed. Street lights were
destructibility of the dignity
he said that the Soviet Union olic church in France, and with
dimmed, the rustle of shuffling
and spirit of man.
was "completely silencing the Pastor Westphal, leading Pro-
feet and slow traffic carrying
The statement of the
martyrdom of the Warsaw testant churchman.
many thousands to the meetings
President was made in a
Ghetto uprising and the role
only emphasized the atmosphere
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telegram addressed to Dr.
Jews played in fighting the 1 0000
of mourning prevading the en-
Sidney Marks, executive di-
Nazis, both in the under-
tire country and its populace.
rector of the Zionist Organi-
ground and among the par-
100%
Every synagogue in the land
zation of America, extending
tisans."
held memorial services Monday
greetings to the organization
A memorial candle was lit
night. At Tel Aviv. 3,000 per-
by a survivor from each of six
and its constituent branches
sons jammed the Mann Audi-
on the occasion of their com-
localities where Nazi atrocities
torium. while thousands of oth-
morating the 19th anniver-
were carried out — Treblinka, 4
ers filled the Great Synagogue
Maidanek, Auschwitz, Bergen-
sary of the Warsaw Ghetto
where the city's Chief Rabbi,
uprising. The message reads:
Belsen, Sachsenhausen and the . only the finest in taste and
lsser Yehuda Unterman, offi-
"Time has not dimmed the
Warsaw Ghetto.
• quality from Kosher Zion . .
ciated over services. At Haifa,
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heroism of the people of
• made fresh daily in our new,
Chief Rabbi Yehost.ua Kaniel
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — • • modern, clean, stainless steel
the Warsaw Ghetto nor the
presided over the principal me-
With 2,000 persons filling the • kitchens, under strict U. S.
cruelty that they were made
morial service.
to suffer. This stark act of
Astral Theater to capacity, as • Government inspection and Or-
In school buildings and
• thodox Rabbinical Supervision.
six huge candles illuminated .
courage serves to remind us
houses of worship in the
again and again that the dig-
the scene, the Jewish commu-
communal halls of kibbutzim
U. S.
nity and spirit of man can
nity of Buenos Aires paid
INS•ECTE0
and in every other conceiv-
ARO PASSED IT
survive the most crushing
solemn tribute to the memories
01PARTIIIRT OF
of the heroes of the Warsaw
circumstances and that faith
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CHICAGO II, like
murdered during the Nazi re- :SAUSAGE COMPANY OF CHICAGO
Foreign Minister, homage was gime.
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paid to nor-Jews who during
World War II saved many. LONDON, April 29 (JTA)—
thousands of Jewish lives at A proposal for a comprehensive
study of the "political and psy-
the risk of their own safety.
An avenue of trees was dedi- chological p r o c e s s e s" from
cated to be known as the "Ave- which emerged the Nazi crimes
nue of the Righteous Gentiles." against the Jews was made by
First saplings were planted; David Astor. editor of the Sun-
? along this avenue on the moun- i day Observer. at a meeting com-
tain dedicated to remembrance.. ; memorating the 19th anniver-
Twelve non-Jewish men and sary of the Warsaw Ghetto Up.
women who saved Jews attended i rising at St. Pancras Town Hall.
these solemn ceremonies. One I Lord Boothby and Sir Bar-
s was a Russian woman, Maria nett Janner. chairman of the
Babicz. 84. Another was a Board of Deputies of British
Polish army officer. Col. Vladi- Jews, were among the many
slay Kovalsky. who at the risk who paid tribute to the mar-
of his own life had sheltered tyrs of the Warsaw Ghetto re-
40 Jews during World War II. volt. A display of paintings
There were a man and his wife created by Jews in the Ghetto,
from Holland, another couple which were recovered by Dr.
from Belgium and a seamstress A. Bernfes, was at the en-
from Czechoslovakia. trance to the Town Hall.
"These
heroic
people,"
Bernard Gillis, a vice-presi-
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said Mrs. Meir, "saved more
dent of the British section of
than Jewish lives. They also
the World Jewish Congress
saved faith in the human
and of the Association of
race. Together with the trees
Jewish Ex-Servicemen, ap-
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