Albert Nenarokov's History of Soviets: Communist-Angled Tale of Bias
William Morrow and Co. (425
Park S., NY 16), has just issued
a Communist's history of his coun-
try. "Russia in the Twentieth Cen-
tury — The View of a Soviet
Historian," by Albert P. Nenaro-
kov, is just what one would expect
from "a Soviet historian" whose
only reference to Israel—whose re-
birth is the result primarily of the
efforts of eminent Russian Jews—
is in this sentence: "The war in
Vietnam, Israel's aggression
against Arab lands—all of this
leaves little cause for peace of
mind."
No wonder that Jewish apolo-
gists for the USSR, who are de-
fending the Russian position by
denying there is anti-Semitism
under Communism, also are fol-
lowing the anti-Zionist line, having
found a scapegoat. Meanwhile, the
role Russia played in helping in
Israel's establishment at the
United Nations in 1917 and 1918
and the dangers encountered by
Israel are totally ignored — by
Communist propagandists, includ-
ing Jews—and the pro-Arab Rus-
sian line serves as the great
menace to Israel.
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Council. It was entrusted with the
guidance of all organs of the Red
Army."
Even without knowing the his-
tory of the USSR, one would
imagine, upon reading this, that
the man and his post were signi-
ficant, yet the few words quoted
are all the Communist author saw
fit to grant the memory of Trotsky
who . died at the hands of an
assassin.
There are two references to
Jews in this history. First there
is- a brief mention of events in
Czarist times when "pogroms
swept the country and demonstra-
tors were shot down." Then, de-
scribing the period of hunger in
1916, and the insurrection prior to
Communist rule, the historian
writes:
"In the early days of January,
as the newspaper Rech reported,
an order was promulgated accord-
ing to which all persons of the
Jewish faith employed in the Union
of Cities and in the Union of the
Zemstvos, expecting doctors and
Austrian Jewry's
History Available
From Hartmore's
Nenarokov's history ignores the
role of Jews in Russia's upbuilding
in the last century. Litvinov is
not even mentioned. There is one
"The Jews of Austria — Essays
reference to Leon D. Trotsky,. in a
footnote about the Revolutionary on Their Life, History and De-
Military Council of the Republic, to struction" by Josef Fraenkel,
which is appended the explanation: special correspondent of The Jew-
"A supreme military operative ish News in London, England, is
body, established Sept. 2, 1918. L. now available in this country from
D. Trotsky was appointed chair- Hartmore House, Inc., 410 Asylum
man of the Revolutionary-Military St., Hartford, Conn., 06103, it was
announced by Arthur B. SilVerman
in behalf of liartmore.
Cypriot Visitors to Israel
Fraenkel's book originally was
Beg End to Tourist Boycott published by Vallentine Mitchell
in London. It was reviewed at
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
length in The Jewish News issue
TEL AVIV—A group of visiting of April 12.
Greek Cypriots pleaded with Is-
This volume is a thorough study
raelis Wednesday to end their tour- of the Jews in Austria covering
ist boycott of Cyprus because the the earliest periods to the present.
island's economy was suffering.
Noted scholars, authorities on Aus-
The Cypriots, all farmers who trian Jewish historical develop-
spent several weeks at an Israeli ments, are among the contributors
agricultural settlement as guests to the Fraenkel-edited work.
of the ministry of agriculture, ack-
nowledged that the boycott may Bonn Assures Restitution
have been justified by the pro- to AJCommittee Mission
Arab stand that President ltiakar
B 0 N N (JTA) — A delegation
ios of Cyprus took after the Six- representing the American Jewish
Day War. At the time, he branded Committee conferred with West
Israel an "agressor" and has never German officials here and were as-
reversed himself. But, the Cypriots sured that all pending restitution
argued, Israelis still take vaca- claims will be paid this year. Last
tions in France, notwithstanding year there had been a postpone-
President de Gaulle's unfriendly ment of payments, and new cases
policy, "so they don't have to boy- were not accepted.
cott us because of Makarios." Cy-
The delegation also discussed
prus was formerly the favorite re- possible electoral r e f o r in that
sort of middle-class Israelis going would have the effect of curbing
abroad. The island is only an hour the rise of the right-wing National
from Israel by air and an over- Democratic Party and was told that
night cruise by sea.
the question will probably be pre-
sented to the cabinet in the autumn
and that an electoral reform plan
UN Probe of Outrages
will be ready for presentation to
Against Jews in Arab
the government for possible im-
Lands Urged in Congress plementation in 1969, when federal
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
elections will be held.
to The Jewish News)
Heading the delegation was Phil-
WASHINGTON—A United Na-
tions investigation into the treat- ip E. Hoffman of South Orange,
ment of Jews residing in Arab N.J.
countries was urged Tuesday by
Rep. Leonard Farbstein, New York Family Histories Sought
Democrat, in a statement on the
by Jewish Group in West
House floor. The Congressman said
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — A
he had called upon Secretary of
State Dean Rusk to inform the Uni- Jewish family history project has
ted States delegation to the UN to been started by the Western Jew-
ish History Center to enlist the tal-
propose the investigation.
The Congressman said "The re- ents of nonprofessional historians
ports become more frequent of the to provide family histories. The
secret practice of genocide within center is a division of the Judah
the boundaries of the Arab states. I. Magnes Memorial Museum in
We can no longer doubt that the Berkeley.
Officials of the history center
Jewish population of Egypt and
other Arab conutries is currently said it welcomed family histories
being held hostage in the Arab con- from every element of western
Jewry and was ready to provide
flict with Israel."
He said "We know that large help to any Jew interested in writ-
numbers of Jews have been sent ing such a history, preparing a
to what we charitably call concen- genealogy or contributing a mein-
tration camps, where they are be- oir.
Prof. Moses Rischlin, director of
ing allowed to wither and die. It is
an outrage upon humanity that the history center, has prepared
this is happening. It is inexcusable a family history guide for amateur
if we, as Americans, know this is historians. The guide outlines pro-
happening and choose to do noth- cedures, lists key research tools
ing about it. In due course, I will and reference works and cities im-
ask the house to support a resolu- portant research libraries in the
tion calling for such an investiga- Bay area and their special re-
tion."
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their assistants. (it seems they
were needed!) were to be immedi-
ately replaced by persons 'of other
faiths.' And what brazen hypocrisy
was evinced in an accompanying
announcement of the ministry of
the interior which recommended
to the provincial and regional
chiefs that they not put any ob-
stacles in the way of Jewish dis-
abled veterans staying in local-
ities outside of the Jewish pale
Arthur Goldberg to Join
Scopus Ground Breaking
NEW YORK (JTA) — Arthur
J. Goldberg, former United States
ambassador to the United Nations,
visit Israel
Tuesday to at-
tend the 50th an-
niversary cele-
bration of the
Hebrew Univers-
ity's ground-
breaking cere-
mony on Mount
Scopus and also
receive an hon-
orary doctorate
from the univers-
ity.
Goldberg is also
Goldberg .
expected to meet with Prime Min-
ister Levi Eshkol and other Israeli
government leaders.
A Hebrew University spokesman
said the former ambassador will
attend the first meeting of the
board of directors of the univers-
ity's Harry S. Truman Peace Cen-
ter, to which he was recently
elected. (Detroiter Mrs. Emma
Schaver also will be present for
the meeting of the board, of which
she is a member.)
`for the purpose of securing arti-
ficial limbs, that is to say pros-
thetic appliances.' According to
these instructions they were also
permitted to settle 'in Siberian
health resorts.' However, there
were no 'health resorts' in Russia
either for Jews or for other nation-
alities of the 'one and indivisible'
empire, which was a prison of
nations, where Poles and Armeni-
ans, the Kirghiz people and
Kalmyks, the Finns and Ukraini-
ans. were equally victimized."
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Many Mines Still Buried
in Golan Heights: Allon
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Tourist Boom in Summer
STATE REP.
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TEL AVIV—Deputy Prime Min-
ister Yigal Allon was told by a
senior army officer that there are
between 200,000 and 500,000 mines
still buried in the Golan Heights of
Syria and that it would take years
to dismantle all of them.
Gen. Allon got the information
during a visit to new Israeli set-
tlements in the Golan region. He
also visited Druze villages there
and assured the inhabitants of Is-
raeli protection. The Druze are
non-Moslem Arabs whose villages
lie in Israeli and Arab territories.
Israeli Druze have always been
loyal to Israel and have served in
the army.
WEINSTOCK
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BONN—West Germany's radical
right-w i n g National Democratic
Party claimed a sharp increase in
membership this year, but analysts
of the interior ministry said the
number of new recruits was bal-
anced by losses through expulsions
and resignations of old members.
According to the NPD's newslet-
ter, however, the party now has
40,000 enrolled members, of whom
5,000 reportedly joined during • the
first half of 1968. The NPD's mem-
bership notwithstanding. Its in-
creasing political power has given
rise to concern. The party, which
has been described as neo-Nazi,
holds seats in seven of West Ger-
many's 11 state governments and
is given a good chance of winning
seats in the Bundestag (lower
house) in next year's national elec-
tions.
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
'YES!'
This is the consistent policy of
the Communist writers: to expose
all the ills of the Czarist regimes
while forgetting the necessity for
just rights for Jews under Com-
munist rule! The era of Jewish
creativity is totally overlooked.
The Babi-Yar Jewish tragedy is
completely ignored. There is no
mention of men like Lazar Kagano-
rich who is not a great Jewish
personality but who is a Jew who
played a great role in Communist
history.
There is only one • shortcoming
in Nenarokov's Russian history:
its total Communist bias.
NPD Gains Balanced
by Losses, Says Bonn
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 19, 1968-7
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50,000 tourists passed through
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number of tourists arriving last
December, which set the record
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of the summer, and hotels are
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