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60th Anniversary Rites Set in Chicago
Parley Scheduled
Charles Apsel, president of the Jewish Center Choral Group,
shows the officers, volunteers and conductor of the chorus a certifi-
cate of merit presented by the Midwest Section of the National
Jewish Welfare Board at the recent Golden Age Conference in
Canton, Ohio. The award was given to the chorus in recognition of
outstanding volunteer community services by a senior adult group.
Pictured are (from left) volunteer Harriet Ross, Max Lakritz, Ethel
Solomon, conductor Cantor Nicholas Fenakel, Mollie Seid, Apsel,
Joseph Kabeck, Esther Friedman, Jack Paramanik and volunteers
Stella Zimmerman and Margie Samuels.
`The Night in Lisbon,' Great and
Dramatic Novel by Erich. Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque has pro-
duced another great classic: this
time about the era of light from
Nazism.
Already famous for his imperish-
able classic about a German sol-
dier in World War I in "All Quiet
on the Western Front," his new
story, "The Night in Lisbon," pub-
lished by Harcourt, Brace and
World (757 Third. N.Y. 17), has all
the power of his earlier work.
It is a story about an escapee
from the Hitler terror who landed
in Lisbon but was unable to get
a visa to the United States or to
acquire enough money—much as
he gambled to attain it—for steam-
ship tickets for such a journey.
Just as he was despairing, he
was approached by a man who
handed him the desired tickets on
one condition: that he spend
the night with him to listen to his
life's story.
It is a tale of horror—of perse-
cution and frequent despair, of
_ courage and of the escapee's in-
genuity.
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The narrator had himself acquir-
ed a passport from another refugee
and he had.become "Schwarz." The
fortunate listener to "Schwarz'
story thus himself becomes
Schwarz—the third Schwarz on the
same passport. He not only secures
the tickets for the trip to the U.S.,
but also the passport in the name
Schwarz for himself and his wife,
he reaches New York—soon to be
divorced by his wife who in turn
marries an American benefactor.
He returns to Europe, in search of
the second Schwarz in this drama-
tic tale, without success.
The Schwarz story reveals hor-
rors, tells of the struggle for sur- '
vival, relates how the man who
gave up his steamship tickets upon
the death of his wife because he
had lost the purpose of traveling
on. His wife plays a major role in
the story. She could have escaped.
Her brother, who had betrayed her
husband, was a leading SS official.
But her husband, in the course of
his escape, murdered the SS offi-
cer, acquired his car, was able to
find his way via that vehicle to
Lisbon, with his wife.
The second Schwarz's wife, Hel-
en Baumann, suffered from a can-
cer, but the implication is that she
may have taken her own life with
the vial of poison her husband had
provided for her in case it would
become necessary to avert. torture
by the Nazis while they were in
France. Apparently she did not
relish the trip to America.
The husband-wife aspects, the
fear of Schwarz II that he was liv-
ing like a cuckold while his wife
was getting favors in a concentra-
tion camp before both had man-
aged to escape into France, are
part of a deep study.
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Major in this narrative are the
descriptions of the struggles for
survival, the pleading for visas to
the U.S., the terror that pursued
the victims of Nazism. Before
Schwarz II had obtained his visa
with the aid of the American bene-
factor, there was the constant need
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Friday, May 22, 1964
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to avoid detection. Said Schwarz
II to the man who soon was to as-
sume the Schwarz name:
"Of course I tried the American
consulate. But Helen had a valid
German passport, issued by the
Nazis; how could we prove that we
were in mortal peril? The terrified
Jews without papers of any kind,
who lay on the sidewalks outside
the doors, seemed to be in much
greater danger .. ."
And while they were on their
way to Marseille, in the course of
their flight, with Lisbon as their
aim, as Schwarz II told the nar-
rator in the Remarque story:
"They almost caught us. The
Prefect in charge of the Service
des etrangers in Marseille did ev-
erything in his power to save the
refugees. I was still possessed by
the idea of getting an American
visa. An American visa; it seemed
to me, might even arrest cancer.
To get a visa—you know all that—
you had to prove that you were in
extreme danger or you had to be
on a list of well-known artists, sci-
entists, or intellectuals that was
drawn up in America. As if the
whole lot of us weren't in danger—
and as if man didn't equal man!
Doesn't the distinction between or-
dinary and valuable men smack a
little of the Nazi concept of the
superman as opposed to subhuman
vermin?"
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Thus, there are scores of lessons
in this story. It is one of the most
stirring tales of our time, and at the
.same time it is a study in human
values, it is a searching into the
souls of men fighting for their
lives.
Remarque, who was born in Han-
nover, served in the German army
in World War I. His "All Quiet on
the Western Front" is a result of
his writing career commenced dur-
ing that war. He left for Switzer-
land when Hitler came to power,
lost his German citizenship, his
books were burned, he came to the
U.S. in 1939 and became an Amer-
ican citizen in 1947. He and his
wife, the actress Paulette Goddard,
now live in Porto Ronco, Switzer-
land. The new and very great nov-
el. "The Night in Lisbon," which
was translated by Ralph Manheim,
High. School Seniors
Win Youth Awards
Detroit business, educational and
civic leaders Monday honored De-
troit high school seniors who were
selected by classmates and teach-
ers as "outstanding citizens." Six
students from the area were among
the 87 honorees.
Detroit Police Department Youth
Awards were presented by the
police department and Chrysler
Corp., to Laurie M. Isenberg and
Bobby D. Dishman, Finney Junior-
Senior High; Judith Ann Kovan
and James L. Foreman, Henry
Ford; and Linda Gail Rosenzweig
and Jay Masserman, Mumford.
Jay writes the Mumford Musings
column in The Jewish News.
Basis for selection of the Youth
Award winners includes high rat-
ings in character, scholarship,
loyalty, leadership, citizenship and
rel lability.
Addresses by prominent Israeli
leaders and a cultural Oneg Shab-
bat, which will include a play in
Hebrew and paintings of Israeli
artists, will emphasize the ties of
the Labor Zionist Organization of
America-Poale Zion to Israel at its
60th anniversary convention May
28 to 31 at the Sheraton Hotel,
Philadelphia.
Yitzchak Harkavy, head of the
Department of Education and Cul-
ture of the Jewish Agency for
Israel will speak at the opening
session of the conclave, May 28.
Ambassador Harkavy, the former
Israel Ambassador to Uruguay suc-
ceeded Zalman Shazar, now Presi-
dent of Israel, as head of the Jew-
ish Agency's cultural activities in
the Diaspora.
Ben-Zion Ilan, American repre-
sentative of the Histadrut, will
speak on "Crucial Tests Ahead for
the Histadrut," at the Saturday
morning breakfast dedicated to the
Israel Histradut Campaign.
Chicago U. Med Dean
Will Speak at Sinai
Dr. Daniel S. Kushner, dean of
the Chicago -Medical School, will
speak 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sinai
Hospital.
Dean Kushner, an authority on
metabolism, fun-
g u s infections,
and kidney dis-
eases, will be
guest lecturer at
the annual
Alumni Day,
sponsored by Si-
nai's Alumni As-
sociation (phys-
icians and den-
tists who are
graduates of Si- Dr. Kusliner
nai's educational program).
Dr. Lloyd J. Paul, Alumni Pres-
ident, announced Dean Kushner's
topic will be "The Natural His-
tory of Glomerulonephritis."
The program will begin at 8:30
a.m. with the presentation of in-
vestigative papers by Sinai's in-
terns, residents, and research fel-
lows. It is open to all interested
physicians.
Berditchev-Keshenev
to Honor I. Rosenberg
The Berditchev - Keshenev Aid
Society will honor one of its out-
standing members, Mrs. Ida Ro-
senberg, at an
Israel 16th anni-
versary celebra-
tion, 8:30 p.m.
Monday at Con-
gregation Beth
Yehudah, 17556
Wyoming.
Circuit Court
Judge Nathan J.
Kaufman will be
the guest speak-
er. A musical Ida Rosenberg
program will be provided by Jerry
and Michael, f o 1 k singers. Re-
freshments and Israeli wine will
be served.
Louis H. Cohan is the Israel An-
MISS ADELYN VVELNSTEIN
niversary chairman. Frank Mersky
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin I. Weinstein is honorary president, Harry Rock-
of Oak Park, Ill., announce the lin is president and Louis Bassin
engagement of their daughter and Isadore Shapiro are the vice-
Adelyn Sue to Harvey Philko, son presidents.
of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Philko of
Port Huron.
Yiddish Microfilm Library
Mr. Philko is an alumnus of Established at Hebrew U.
Michigan State University, where
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Miss Weinstein is completing her
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in Chicago is planned.
type of writing from poetry, fic-
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2 Milestones in Life
ablished in microfilm in the Abra-
Erich Cohn, president of A. ham Cahan Study Center at the
Goodman & Sons, Inc., celebrated Hebrew University in Jerusalem,
his 75th birthday and the 50th as a memorial to the late founder
year of his coming to America and editor of the Jewish Daily For-
with a trip to Europe with his ward.
wife, Helene.
Cohn came to this country from
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in Hungary, where he had become
associated with the Goodman
family matzo bakers: he married
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secular and philanthropic fields,
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trustees of the Society for the
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Spring Tea Brewing
for Women's Council
Detroit Section of the National
Council of Jewish Women will
highlight its spring membership
tea 12:30 p.m. June 2 with a fash-
ion show at Tam O'Shanter Coun-
try Club.
Mrs. Melvin Kolbert, vice presi-
dent in charge of membership,
announces that the tea will be
complimentary for present mem-
bers of Council who bring one or
more new members.
Co-chairmen are Mrs. Marvin
Fleischman and Mrs. Donald
Schiff. Fashion show coordinator
is Mrs. Joseph Shulevitz.
10,000 Expected to Salute
Israel at World's Fair
About 10,000 persons are expect-
ed to attend a "Salute to Israel"
at the World's Fair at 2:30 and 7
p.m. Sunday.
Judge Simon H. Rifkind, salute
chairman, has announced that Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller of New York
is an honorary chairman; Gov.
Richard J. Hughes of New Jersey;
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating of New
York and Meyer Feldman, deputy
special counsel to President Lyn-
don B. Johnson, are on the com-
mittee of sponsors.
Israel Consul Abraham Avidar,
cultural attache to the United
States, will accept the salute.
Center Youth to Dance
• Harriet Berg's Young Dancers
Guild of the Jewish Center youth
division will present a spring
dance program for teens and
tweens 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The
children's division dancers will
perform 2 p.m, Sunday.
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Detroit's "inclusive" association for single adults
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"network" orchestra with Michigan's well-known song-stylist, vivacious
Ruth Goldman as vocalist and emcee. Social mixers, door awards,
favors for the ladies, refreshment varieties. General admission:
one dollar per person.
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