Sobeloff to Leave Federation Post for Special
L. A. Assignment; Will Be Succeeded by Avrtiniir_
William Avrunin
Isidore Sobeloff, executive vice-president of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation of Detroit, has accepted the position of executive
director of the Jewish Federation-Council of Greater Los Angeles,
it was announced simultaneously in both cities by Judge Irving Hill,
president of the Los Angeles Federation-Council, and Max M. Fisher,
president of the Detroit Federation.
Sobeloff will assume his new duties Sept. 1, upon reaching his
65th birthday on Aug. 30.
William Avrunin, associate director of Federation since 1948,
will become the executive director of Federation when Sobeloff
leaves, Fisher announced.
The executive committee and the board of governors of the
Detroit Federation formally accepted Sobeloff's resignation, "with
great reluctance and regret," to take effect next fall.
"Mr. Sobeloff," Fisher said, "has grown up with us here and
we have grown up with him over the last 26 years. Los Angeles is a
rapidly growing community, second in size only to New York, and
it offers a great complex of opportunities while facing problems
which require the proved administrative leadership and the execu-
tive skills and stature which Soby can bring to it. We had hoped that
he would continue his work here. At a time when most men might
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22 Leering Nazis Unrepentant;
Frankfurt Trial Resumes Monday;
Germans Split on New Court Action
FRANKFURT, (JTA)—West Germany's biggest war crimes trial since the
immediate postwar era recessed after having opened Friday. The trial, in which 22
former officials and guards at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death factory are charged
with murder and complicity in murder of at least 4,000,000 men, women and
children—most of the victims being Jews— will be resumed Dec. 30.
On that date, as on the opening day of the proceedings, the accused will be
given an opportunity to tell their personal histories. After Jan. 6, according to
schedule, specific charges will be detailed against. each of the prisoners. Court
sessions will be held three days a week.
Television, newsreel and still cameras clicked and ground under hot lights as
the trial opened Friday. Several of the defendants wore dark glasses. One of them,
Herbert Scherepe, 56, now a butcher, tried to hide his face behind a book. Dr.
Franz Lucas, a gynecologist charged with being an accessory to murder, failed to
appear. His attorney said he was ill in bed. Presiding Judge Hans Hofmeyer ordered
that Lucas be tried separately.
The press section in the court room was filled with representatives of various
news media. However, the section reserved for the public—with only 60 seats—
was partly empty. Fifteen persons, relatives of victims murdered in Auschwitz or in
satellite camps from 1941 to 1945, were represented by Dr. Henry Hormond of
of Frankfurt. Among the 15, representing 11 nations, were three Israelis—Yehuda
Beigin, Prof. Aron Beilin and Dr. Eugen Kiraly.
(German public opinion is reported to be divided on the trials of the Nazis,
The Bonn NeW York Times correspondent states that the older generation. "per-
haps because of its direct involvement," favors a quick end of the proceedings. The
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Schazar to Welcome Pope at Megiddo
Pope Paul VI is certain to visit the places indicated on this
map. He will be driven to the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem
Jan. 5 and will return to Jordan on Jan. 6 to celebrate mass in
Bethlehem, and will make a brief stop in Beirut.
JERUSALEM (JTA)—President Zalman Shazar and members of the Israel Cabinet will
welcome Pope Paul VI at a small archaeological museum building at Megiddo, in northern
Israel, where the Pontiff will cross into Israel from Jordan. The Pope will visit Christian
Holy Places in Israel on Jan. 5 as part of his unprecedented visit to the Holy Land. This
welcoming arrangement reportedly was worked out at the Vatican.
After visiting Nazareth and Capernaum, the Pontiff will proceed to Jerusalem where
he will ascend Mount Zion to visit the Cenaculum, the site of the Last Supper. It was reported
here that the Pope has expressed a desire to bless the Christian community of 4,000 in
Jerusalem. Since Mount Zion cannot hold such a crowd, the ceremony will be held in one of
Jerusalem's major squares. A major open mass• will be held in Nazareth.
The welcoming ceremony at Megiddo will last ten minutes, during which President
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