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NEW YORK (JTA) —
Emil L. Fackenheim, pro-
fessor of philosophy at the
University of Toronto, de-
clared Monday that unless
the world responds with
vigor to the enormity of the
Holocaust "we will all be de-
stroyed by it." He made his
remarks at a press confer-
ence at the "International
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Scholars Conference on the
Holocaust — A Generation
After" sponsored by the In-
stitute of Contemporary
Jewry of the Hebrew Uni-
versity of Jerusalem and the
United Jewish Appeal.
Fackenheim said the only
"total act of defiance" to the
Holocaust has been the
creation of the state of Is-
rael. He said for one small
moment the world had a
"twinge" of conscience when
the United Nations voted for
the establishment of Israel.
He said the same UN has
now become the world cen-
ter of anti-Semitism.
Nathan Rotenstreich,
professor of philosophy at
Hebrew University and
chairman of the conference,
said the purpose was to put
the Holocaust into perspec-
tive 30 years after the liber-
ation of the concentration
camps.
At the opening sessions
Yehuda Bauer, head of the
Institute of Contemporary
Jewry, said that the lead-
Religion, Violence
Topic of Conclave
NEW YORK — An inter-
faith conference on "Reli-
gion's Role in .a Violent
World," sponsored by the
Armenian Church of Amer-
ica and six other religious
bodies, will be held April
23-25 at the Diocese of the
Armenian Church of Amer-
ica in New York City.
The conference, to be held
in observance of the 60th an-
niversary of the Armenian
Massacres, will focus on
the responsibility of reli-
gious organizations for deal-
ing with genocide and mass
violence. About 200 states-
men, government officials,
educators and religious
leaders are expected.
Among the co-sponsors
are the interreligious affairs
department of the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee;
Archdiocese of the Greek
Orthodox Church of North
and South America; the
United States Catholic Con-
ference, department of so-
cial development and world
peace; the Islamic Center of
Washington D.C.; the Na-
tional Council of Churches
of Christ in the U.S.A.; and
the U.S. Conference of the
World Council of Churches.
For information, write;
Diocese of the Armenian
Church of America, 630 Sec-
ond Ave., New York, New
York 10016.
European Teams
Won't Play Israel
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — In
December a scheduled foot-
ball match between a visit-
ing Swiss team and an Is-
raeli group had to be
canceled because the Swiss
sportsmen said that it is too
dangerous to appear in Tel
Aviv. A German sports or-
ganization also canceled a
visit to Israel on grounds of
security. A few months ago
an English team canceled
its scheduled appearance in
Israel, claiming that the
wives of the players refused
to let their husbands per-
form in a dangerous locale.
ers of the ghetto, by seek-
ing to preserve normal life
in the ghetto, did not help
the Nazis but were build-
ing morale. He said there
was no possibility of real
opposition to the Nazis.
Several scholars noted
that the Jews had no weap-
ons and others questioned
why no intelligence system
was set up by the Jewish
councils. Much of the dis-
cussion was based on Dr. Is-
iah Trunk's book, "Ju-
denrat."
Hilberg said the interpre-
tation of the Jewish re-
sponse to the Nazis has im-
portant political implica-
tions for world Jewry, Israel
and the world. He said Jews
are seeking an image, and
the models they have are
Auschwitz and Israel. He
said Jews and others have to
come to terms with what
happened and explain it to
themselves.
But Fackenheim said that
Jews were murdered for no
other reason than they were
Jews and there was nothing
they could have done in the
ghettos to prevent it. He
said the real questions are:
Why did a civilized nation in
the center of 20th Century
Europe murder one-third of
the Jewish peoples and what
can be done to prevent it
from happening again.
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