Many Jews in Ma ny Sports Arenas

Terence Prittie's 'Germans Against Hitler'
Describes Roles of Anti-Nazis in Last War

team . . . Mike Schiesel was a
(Copyright., 1964, ITA, Inc.)
member of the Inland Nupike
Two of Russia's female • track Waterpolo Team which competed
gallant servant in Muenster. Hitler of Carl Goerdeler, a leader
Most of the material incorpo-
and field gold metal prospects in the Olympic trials. A former
Galen's success is in some de- in the conservative opposition to
warmed up for the Tokyo Olympics Maccabian, Mike is studying for rated in "Germans Against Hitler"
gree an answer to those apolo- Hitler. Then there were the leader
with world records. Maria Itkina a Master of Arts Degree at the by its author, Terence Prittie (pub-
gists of Pope Pius XI and XII,
bettered the listed mark of 53.3 U. of California at Santa Barbara
lished by Atlantic-Little, Brown
who claim that they were unable of the 1944 conspiracy, Count von
in the 400-meter run with a clock- . . . Dave Matlin of Los Angeles
.
to act, because nothing construc- Stauffenberg; t h e Evangelical
ing of 53.0. And Irina Press will be national weightlifting chair- Co., Boston); has frequently been
tive would be gained and be- spokesman, Dietrich Bonhoeffer;
scored 5,194 points in the five- man for 1965, along with his placed on the record. But Prittie's
cause the Nazis would have Lt. Col. Freiherr von Boeselager,
event pentathlon to break her own duties as AAU national first vice accumulation of facts listing im-
taken reprisals against the Vati-
world record by 57 points. Her president.
who was ready to use his cavalry
portant names, organizations and
can."
performances were 10.7 in the 80-
Follow the progress this fall of dates, into this specially compiled
troops to seize Hitler. ,
meter (she's ca-holder of the '
The Protestant conscience, too.
football player Mike Berdy, who work, lends significance to a work
Dr. Hans Globke is exposed as
world record of 10.5); 54' 8 3 4" in
plays on Army's Bandit unit. Ber- intended to show that there were is credited with having been having been an accomplice of the
the shotput: 5' .5 3 4" in the high-
aroused among the handful of the
dy's from Brooklyn, moves slowly, Germans who opposed Hitler.
jump; 19' 11 3 4" in the broadjump;
Opposition. Julius Leber, Pastors Nazis, and others are condemned.
but according to West Point
and 25.0 in the 200-meter dash.
Prittie, who was the Manchester Schneider, Niemoller, Jakobi, von The Nazi role is revealed and the
coaches, more than makes up for
horrors imposed on innocent vic-
Five Jewish gymnasts 'quali- his lack of speed with grit and Guardian in Bonn after the war, Rabenau Bishop Wurm and others
was in the British army, escaped are credited with having acted tims are recorded, while author of
fied for the U.S. Olympic trials. determination.
this book gives an account of the
twice from German war prisoners' against the Hitler menace.
,
* * *
They were Steve Cohen and Mike
Opposition. Pr it t i e's "Germans
Jacobson of Penn. State, Mark
Alta Cohen, who pitched for camps and has made a deep study
Generals, men and women with Against Hitler" serves an import-
Cohen of Temple, Ron Barak of Brooklyn and Philadelphia in the of the Hitler era.
a conscience, joined the Opposition ant purpose as a valuable addition
USC, and ex-Illini and Olympian early 1930s, is currently living in
There is an urgent appeal in his and there were the several at- to the library that contains the
Abe Grossfeld.
Newark, N.J. He's a tungsten book, resulting from research into tempts on Hitler's life. Many in the
facts against Hitler and the over-
the German issue, when he states: Opposition were sent to their
Marilyn Ramenofsky, Phoenix's broker.
whelming majority of Germans
"A
true
understanding
of
the
na-
doom.
Mayor
Brandt
of
Berlin
is
17-year-old wunderkind who
Charley Mesnick. director of the
who became his tools in his nefari-
ture
of
the
Opposition
to
Hitler
is
credited
with
great
courage
as
one
owns the world record inn the 400- sports-conscious Westside Jewish
ously inhuman acts.
vitally
important
for
all
Germans
of
those
who
refused
to
accept
the
meter freesyle, trained for the CC in Los Angeles, has been ap-
who
want
to
learn
the
lessons
of
Hitler
dogmas
and
left
Germany
Olympics with a punishing six pointed Assistant Executive Di-
In 1926 the Detroit Service
hour daily swimming schedule. rector of the Jewish Centers their country's past, and what to fight the Nazi regime. There is
Group, -an outgrowth of the
She was in the water from 6:30- Association of California . . . really want wrong in German his- an interesting record of the anti-
Service Group organized in
9:30 in the morning, 12:30-2 in the Twenty-eight-year-old Norma n tory. For the Opposition repre- Nazi propaganda that was con-
1925, to help with the United
afternoon, and 5:30-7 in the even- Cohen of Dublin, a member of the sented that 'other Germany' which ducted by Walter Schmedemann.
Jewish Emergency Fund, was
could
not
redeem,
but
has
at
least
ing. If she wins in Tokyo it'll be Irish wrestling team at the 1961
established. It is now the year-
While Prittie mentions the
offset the German people's failure
because of plenty of hard work. Maccabian Games, is currently a
round organization of workers
strong anti-Semitic sentiments
to
play
its
proper
part
in
Western
Incidently, Marilyn has a brother. film editor and producer of mov-
in the Jewish Welfare Federa-
among German students, he de-
civilization."
tion's Allied Jewish Campaign.
Max, who swam for Dartmouth, ies in his home town.
scribes the acts of decency, the
The impression is left that the
also in the 400-metet freestyle
shelter that was provided for
File this name for future ref-
event.
Berlin Jews by anti-Nazis and
erence: Phil Behr, of Rockford, Opposition thus delineated was a
FURNITURE
very small fraction of the Germany
other similar acts.
Canada's Mark Arnold, just 18, Ill. He's captain of the Colorado
RUGS, APPLIANCES,
RUGS,
that recognized the evil of Nazism.
And there were some young
was a 100-meter dash finalists in ; State U. swimming team and win-
ANTIQUES—New and Used
the Canadian Olympic trials. Ile ner of the 100 and 200-yard back-
But there was an Opposition. De- Germans who defied the Nazi asso-
has since enrolled at Sir George strokes in the NCAA College scribing the July 1944 conspiracy ciations of their schoolmasters and
Williams University as a fresh- Division. Phil has these times to on Hitler's life, which met with of the overwhelming majority of
schoolmasters. A number of the
man. Mark already has run 14.8 in his credit: 22.5 and 49.5 in the 50 failure, Prittie states:
EVERY WEDNESDAY
youth, who formed the White Rose
the 120-yard high hurdles and and 100-yard freestyles and 56.00
STARTS 11 A.M.
"Here. and there, after July,
movement of the Opposition, are
shapes up as an excellent pros- and 2:04.0 in the back.
1944, socialist and communist
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listed
and
their
acts
of
heroism
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pect.
Canadian tennis ace Vicki Berner
j
`cells' of resistance were main- recorded.
FARRIS BROS.
Uri Simri of Israel's Orde Win- , was the rabbi of the oldest con-
tained. Here and there, the indi-
A DEPT.
Prittie acclaims the work against
gate Institute has arrived in the gregation in Western Canada.
vidual member of one or other
United States and will teach
of the Christian churches con-
Figures released through July
physical education at the Univer- 31 show that 1963's national thor-
tinued to speak his mind. But
sity of West Virginia. his arrival oughbred training champion How-
the defeat in 1944 of Hitler's
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coincided with the departure of ard "Buddy" Jacobson is still
opponents — who were tortured,
For
another Israeli. Shmuel Shu- leading the pack. He had 88 win-
tried and hounded to death in
macher, director of Sports for the ners, eight more than his nearest
their hundreds—was superfically
Seventh World Nlaccabiah Games. rival. However, Walter Blum, the
as total as the defeat of their
Sunday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. Sharp
as well as the municipality of Tel 1963 national riding champion, is
country less than one year later. '-
at the KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HALL
There was one outstanding dif-
Aviv. Shumi spent several months trailing in the jockey sweepstakes.
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in the United States under the Ile was second with 202 winners,
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continued to assert the sense
Sports for Israel, observing the ' is in fourth place in the money
of B S P Chapter
and purity of their intentions,
way in which American Olympic won column with winnings of over
whereas in 1945 the great mass
trials were conducted.
a million dollars!
of the German people descended
Britain's Dave Segal, who plans
Swimmer Phil Whitten, a 1961
into a black 'pit of abasement,
to settle in the United States, ran
Maccabian,
is
currently
a
senior
self-reproach, shame and de ,
a 20.8 for 220-yards on a straight-
at
San
Jose
State.
He's
majoring
spair."
away in Baltimore recently. He
followed it up with a 9.7 for 100- in foreign languages and political
Indeed. the latter element is
science.
Phil
was
a
finalist
for
a
yards and 21.3 for 200 in New
what continues to condemn the
Rhodes
Scholarship
and
is
cur-
York. Dave is currently in public
Germans, and one wonders how
relations with a Philadelphia chem- rently a finalist for a Rotary much of self-reproach there really
International
Scholarship
to
Sene-
ical firm. Meanwhile, British half-
was. Yet the very small group, the
miler Alan Cowan appeared briefly gal. A silver medalist in Israel, Opposition, deserves recognition
Phil
didTh*,..rcGim
in
1963
because
in the United States as a competi-
and the acclaim it receives in Prit-
tor and was active on a relay of illness. But he made a come- tie's book.
back this past season and clocked
1:04.8 for the 100-yard breast-
Prittie delves upon the roles that
stroke. His 13-year-old sister, Lin- were played, in their opposition to
da, also is an accomplished Hitler, in their defense of the
CABINET SHOP
swimmer. She has posted these Jews, by Cardinal Faulhaber, Fr.
Your Dining Table
marks: 1:14 in the butterfly, 1:18 Rupert Mayer, Cardinal von Galen
Converted to
in
the breastroke, 1:02 in the free- who was named "the Lion of
Drop Leaf
OULCIS
style, and 2:40 and 5:44 in the Muenster" and was considered
and Buffet
individual medleys.
Hitter's outstanding Roman Cath-
" Restyled
to Suit
olic opponent; Fr. Max Joseph
Sometimes you just can't win.
Metzger — "Brother Paul"— who
Repairing.
Laurie Levine, who holds the Brit-
founded a peace movement, was
Refinilthing & .
ish middleweight weightlifting
arrested four times and executed
Upholstering of
crown, represented his country
Fine Furniture
in the Brandenburg jail in 1944;
against
Wales
and
was
first.
How-
Chair Cane
Heinrich Feuerstein, another Cath-
ever, he lost. His employers re-
Weaving
olic who was executed.
fused to allow him the time off
Pianos Refinished
"In view of the storm created
/
Of all gifts you can give your child early in life . .. None
to compete and now Laurie is
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by "The Deputy," this paragraph
looking for a job.
Serving Detroiters keilored
is more important than social confidence . . . Mature,
in Prittie's book is important:
Since 1917
attractive courtesy . .. And the ability to adjust well to
"One historian of the German
"The only security of all is in
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others . . . This invaluable social education can be theirs
a free press . . . No government
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ser-
where the press is free, no one
mons
had
two
results
—
Hitler
ever
will."
—
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