_1■1■ 111111111 W. Germany Expects to Sign Pact For Final Compensation Payments THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS \1 1 1 1 11111111111111111111111 111111 ■ W . ■ Atiel awith # o use woftk .111P .■ .1140 .■ The new body which will handle the indemnification claims would eventually have 12 representatives on the Jewish side and eight representatives on the German side, not neces- sarily all Germans. The governments of Israel and West Germany would also be represented on this body, Dr. Goldmann said. He also stated that Israel had agreed to accept this agreement as a final mone- tary figure. The sum in- volved was DM 600 million. Meanwhile, efforts to ob- tain compensation for Jew- ish victims of Nazism from the East German Demo- cratic Republic were de- scribed last week at the opening of the annual meet- ing here of the board of di- rectors of the Conference on Jewish Material, Claims Against Germany. The delegates, represent- ing 22 Jewish organizations all over the world, also heard reports on the prog- ress of negotiations with Austria with respect to its obligations to Nazi victims and on West Germany's payments to date to various categories of Holocaust vic- tims. Dr. Benjamin Ferencz, of New York, reported that only about 1,000 Jews re- main within East Ger- many but so far these first victims of Nazism have been denied any compen- sation from the East Ger- man regime. that there was no likeli- hood of legislation by the Democratic Republic and that East Germany re- fused to accept liability for Nazi victims. He said that with the as- sistance of the United States, which extended dip- lomatic recognitiOn to East Germany last year, though on less than an ambassador- ial level, a representative of an anti-Fascist organization in East Berlin indicated readiness to examine the situation. But the organization in- sisted that it would meet only with Americans for the limited purpose of discuss- ing. American claims, mean- ing claims by Nazi victims who are now American citi- zens. Dr. Goldmann told the meeting that he had estab- lished contact at the govern- ment level in East Germany and might meet with the East German leader Erich Honecker late in Septem- ber. Dr. Goldmann also re- ported that negotiations were progressing with Aus- tria on the third and final payment by that country to Nazi victims. He said Aus- tria is expected to agree to pay about $35 million after its next elections but there was a possibility of advance payments to victims. He cautioned, however, Bein's 'Heal' Reprinted in German By JOSEF FRAENKEL Jewish News Special London Correspndent Once Vienna was the cen- ter of Zionist publications. It was in that city that "Der Judenstaat" and "Das Neue Ghetto" by Herzl as well as works by Mathias Acher, Max Nordau, Leon Kellner, Tula Nussenblatt, N.M. Gel- ber, Robert Stricker and others were published. What was, however, miss- ing, in spite of the books by A. Friedemann, L. Kellner and M. Georg, was a corn- prehensive Herzl biography. This gap was filled when Alex Bein's standard work on the creator of modern Zionism appeared. I remember one day, in 1934, Dr. Bauer of the Fiba Publishing House showed me the manuscript. It was written in a masterful style and brought to life the great personality of Theodor Herzl. At that time Hitler was already in power in Ger- many, and the danger of he Nazi regime in Austria ecame increasingly im- minent. Bein's book helped to gain more fol- lowers of Zionism, and many of them took their copies with them when they later went to Israel. The work was soon out of stock, and whenever it turned up in a bookshop, a high price was demanded. It was soon translated into Hebrew, English and other languages. The Austrian-Israel So- ciety in Vienna is to be .com- mended for having pub- lished a new German edition, at a time, when Arabs, Communists and Fascists together attack Zionism. In his preface, Bein writes: ". . . The new edi- pher. It contains essays by tion is a photographic re- 21 authors on the history of print of the original . . . Zionism. The only part I have Bein left Germany for changed is that last chap- Israel in 1933. He was ap- ter." pointed director of the Cen- Golda Meir contributed tral Zionist Archives in Je- an introduction, in which rusalem and later also became state archivist of she praises Bein for having Israel. impressively described The Bein bibliography, Herzl's personality and his quoted in the work political activities and the impact on his contemporar- "Zionism" comprises 683 items of articles, essays, ies. brochures and books, among To mark Bein's recent them a biography of Leon 70th birthday, an impres- Motzkin and a "History of sive Hebrew publication the Colonization of Pales- "Zionism," edited by Dan- tine." It testifies to Bein's 50 iel Carpi, published by Tel years' achievement as an ou- Aviv University, was dedi- standing scholar and histo- cated to Herzl's biogra- rian. Institute for Elderly Begun NEW YORK — Long- term funding has been as- sured for a Jerusalem-based research and demonstration institute designed to ulti- mately benefit the elderly in urban societies throughout the world. Philanthropist Henry L. Schwartz, head of the Brookdale Foundation-Ra- mapo Trust in New York, completed arrangements for a unique $15-million collab- oration among Brookdale- Ramapo, the American Jew- ish Joint Distribution Com- mittee, and the government of Israel. with construction to begin shortly. Also planned is a center to serve the senior adults of the surrounding community. The institute, already in operation in the former archeological building on the Hebrew University campus, seeks to identify problems in the fields of gerontology and human development and to find innovative solutions to enable the aged to live more productive lives. Dedicated to research, teaching, and the formula- tion of policy and pro- grams with the prime ob- jective of improving the quality of life for the eld- erly, the institute also aims to develop resources of work and social activity to prepare people for the advanced stages of life. The demonstration pro- grams will benefit those in Israel and will serve as a model to other countries of viable alternatives to in- stitutional care. The arrangements make funding available to the Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Adult Human Development in Israel for research pro- grams, the building in Je- rusalem of a 100-bed geria- tric facility adjacent to a new teaching hospital, Misgav Ladach, and a 50-unit apartment com- plex for the well aged, ) 1 . .1111. Site devexi tuute a. 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See if you don't agree. GENTLEMEN'S QUARTER 26820 SOUTHFIELD RD. AT 11 MILE LATHRUP VILLAGE 557-3060 MONDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY 10 TO 8:30 TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY 10 TO 6 MAJOR CREDIT CARDS HONORED 11 MILE '021 0131d HMOS GENEVA (JTA) — Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Presi- dent of the Memorial Foun- dation for Jewish Culture, told the organization's hoard of trustees holding its annual meeting here that he expected the West German government to sign an agreement for a final mone- r y settlement of claims .sing out of the Nazi era some time in October. He said the agreement, which had been negotiated and shaped over a number of months, would come into force in April 1976. Chancellor Helmuth Schmidt, and the govern- ment as a whole, including the two major political par- ties in West Germany, were in favor of the agreement, Dr. Goldmann reported. Friday, July 11, 1975 15 .. .