`Diary of a German Soldier' Shows UAIIC Issues Impressive Comparative How Nazis Glorified in Brutalities Work on Judaism and World's Religions How does the Nazi mind work? What makes a Hitler adherent go about the business of destroy- ing lives and following orders without the slightest disturbance of his conscience? In spite of the mass of mo- terial already published on the subject, "Diary of a German Soldier," by Wilhelm Prueller, published by Coward - McCann (200 Madison, NY16), is valu- able as a provider of data on the thinking of the common soldier. Out of the day-to-day account recorded by the Nazi soldier emerges an understanding of his thinking. He is not a rowdy, but a good and devoted family man. But his thinking is along the lines of German submission to domination and to orders from above, while harboring a wish to advance the system to which they dedicated them- selves. There is no doubt that the mind of a Prueller, like that of Eichmann, was not merely to follow orders but also to be part of a scheme that will secure domination for their army, for their country. There is something inhuman in these approaches. In his introduction to this diary, Robert Leckie makes a very interesting point. He as- serts that Prueller "gives us a measure of how completely the Nazi shibboleths had captured the minds and hearts of Hitler's most ordinary followers. It is as though people such as Wil- helm Prueller were looking for Nazism before it came along, as though if it had not happened by, they would have invented it. All its brutalities and boastings are joys to Prueller's heart." Edited by H. C. Robbins Lan- don and Sebastian Leitner, in an English translation by Landon, the contents of the Nazi's diary contain descriptions of his ex- periences during the Polish cam- paign, during which he was a war prisoner, the wars in the West, the Balkans and against the Soviet Union and the final phase. An able writer, the Nazi sol- dier to the end of his diary wrote with passion in support of the Hitler policies, shouting "Heil Hitler," asking adherence to the Fuehrer, admonishing the Germans who had just sworn loyalty to National Socialism not to "throw away your lives x********************* )1- SALES or RENTALS OF NEWEST STYLES TUXEDOS * And Complete Line of Formal Accessories 4( Hanukah Gifts of • Italian Knits • Dress Shirts • Gloves, etc. THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL ! Alpaca Knit * June 22, 1941, in the chapter live together without sacrificin g dealing with the war against the Soviet Union, he wrote: their respective beliefs, with "In Tschenstochov and in emphasis on how the Jewish other large towns too, the faith respects the non-Jew and Jews are herded together in a affirm that he, too, "can • know particular part of the town— God." In "Our Religion and Our like our former Judengasse in Vienna. When they go out Neighbors," published by the they (man or woman) have to Union of American Hebrew Con- wear a white armband and a gregations, the two rabbis have blue star of Zion on it. That's incorporated every aspect of the way it should be in the inter-faith relations and have analyzed the reaction of Jews whole world!" What is one to expect from to those of other faiths by ex- such thinking? The entire diary plaining the latter in relation proves the brutality of the Nazi to Judaism. mind, the unflinching dedication Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz, to terror, as in the instance, re- the editor of the UAHC com- corded by Prueller, of the round- mission on Jewish education, in ing up and shooting of 20 Negro an editorial note, indicates that: prisoners who had mutinied "It is one thing to reject idola- against the Germans. There is try . . . it is another to say never a qualm of conscience in heathens cannot know God. what the Nazi tells us in his This Judaism does not say . . . diary. it has continually affirmed that It's amazing what the young the non-Jew can know God." Germans swallowed! For in- Thus, the UAHC volume ex- stance, Prueller wrote: "The po- litical doctrine of Bolshevism in plains the religions of the world no way represents a scientific to the young Jew of the Re- theory; it is but a purely politi- form school. This book is in- cal act of world Jewry. And just tended as a textbook, but it is as the Talmud teaches nothing filled with so much information, except murder and destruction, especially in its comparative so Bolshevism knows but one evaluations of . differing faiths, science: murder and destruction, that it will serve well as a cruel and barbaric murder, swift guide for all who seek reading and certain destruction." Ima- material on Judaism and its gine how these Nazis accepted sister (daughter) religions. * * * all the lies spread by their eld- There is such a wealth of ers and spoke about the Talmud material in this volume that it as if they had read it! It is a war between "Teutons should serve not only as a text- (Germanen) and the Jews" that book for higher grades in the Prueller envisions—and through- Reform schools but also as an out his diary there is the single informative source book for thought of German domination. adults who seek answers on reli- The editors of this diary, in a gious questions involving Israel's postscript, describe the back- relations with other faiths. ground of Prueller, analyze his Many charts and maps sup- t h i n k i n g, tell how he had plement the text of this book brought his manuscript to them which begins with a study of in 1959, in his native city of the major religions of the world, Vienna where he now runs a showing that Judaism numbers small shop selling souvenirs and 1/2% of the total, with 12,750,000 rubber articles. They state that adherents. Topping the list of "he still believed in it all, hope- eight religious groups is the lessly and doggedly; believed, Roman Catholic with 537,000,000 too, that what he had done was adherents-211/2% of the total. honorable and `right'." The various religions are Declaring that the Prueller listed by continents, and there diary is "a grim lesson in how is a division of- the Jews by to make a first-rate fighter," continents and countries. Landon and Leitner, the edi- tors, state that "Prueller's diary reveals more forcefully the appalling effectiveness of the German propaganda mach- ine on its own nation and the efficiency with which the Ger- man army could instil into a man of reasonable intelligence the fanaticism necessary for him to be the excellent sol- dier he obviously was." The thinking of the ordinary German soldier, the Viennese turned German patriot, the blind follower of Hitler, is revealed in all its horrors and in gory details in Prueller's diary. It becomes an important bit of evi- dence in exposing the horrors of the holocaust. P. S. * * . . . your honor . . ." It is, like Rabbis Milton G. Miller an d Eichmann, the Nazi to the end! Sylvan D. Schwartzman hav e Prueller acquired all the produced a most iinpressiv e hatreds that went with Nazi work in which they show how anti-Semitism. Under date of people of differing faiths can SWEATERS $1435 Reg. $17.95 Security Charge * RADOM Tailors, Clothiers & Cleaners 22141 Coolidge, Oak Park LI 7-1511 OPEN EVES TO 9 P.M. - x********** **********,.. Technion Sets Record in Amount of Grants - Scholarships and grants- total- ling $600,000 were awarded to 400 students at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, at a ceremony held in the Churchill Auditorium at Technion City. This is the high- est amount ever allocated for scholarships at the Technion. The Dean of Students, Prof. David Ginsburg, stated that al- though the number of students receiving scholarships and grants this year was not much higher than last year, the aver- age amount that went to each of the students was somewhat larger. This yea7 two students in the Faculty of Chemical Engineer- ing will receive scholarships ex- ceeding $3,000 each. the comparative differences in beliefs in Judaism and the re- the beliefs of Catholics and ligions of the East and the Jews. This should serve as a West. guide for young Jews in facing "Our Religion and Our Neigh- up to their own traditional bors" is an impressive work. It heritage. Similarly valuable is the de- scription of the Protestant revolt, the spread of the Re- formation, the development of the numerous Protestant denominations and the com- parison of key beliefs between Protestants and Jews. On this score, Protestants, too, will find great value in the M i 11 e r- Schwartzman volume. * * * In the analyses of Jewish values this book is especially meritorious. The Written and Oral Laws, the Mishna and Talmud, the various periods of Jewish scholarly developments are delineated. The authors describe how Jews reacted to persecutions. They. also describe the develop- ment of the various groupings significant is the data showing Canada-Israel Culture Foundation Is Formed TORONTO, (JTA)—Establish- ment of the Canada-Israel Cul- tural Foundation to help furth- er cultural activities in Israel has been announced by Mrs. Alfred C. Cowan, its chairman. The foundation will devote it- self to fostering cultural ex- changes between Canada and Israel. Better not to vow, than to vow and not pay.—Ecclesiastes 5. Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Ostrow, 20214 Evergreen, announce the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Robert, will be observed Saturday at Cong. Beth Joseph. 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The Hebrew God-idea, the pro- phetic teachings, the emer- gence of a national religion form part of this dramatic story. rise of Catholicism and the de- velopment of the Roman church make this book of some value also to non-Jews. Especially Bar Mitzvahs I in Jewry—Reform, Conserva- tive, Orthodox—and they point to the developments in the three factions. How did religion begin? An essay describing it, showing also how religion has de - veloped many gods, assists Describing the development of Judaism, the authors also show how it became a mission- ary faith. Describing the birth of Christianity, they elaborate on the emergence of Chris- tianity as a religion separate from Judaism, and while indicat- ing the break between the two they emphasize Christianity's debt of Judaism. * * * Elaborate space. given to the is without bias, factual, informa- tive. It is a credit to the Reform movement that produced it. 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