THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 16 November 21, 1975 Lippincott-Published `Csardas' Traces 50 Years of Hungarian History independent state between the two World Wars headed at first by Count Karolyi, the Hungarian Aleksandr Kerensky, then by the Com- munist Bela Kuhn, a disci- ple of Lenin, later liqui- dated by Stalin, finally by Horthy, the notorious anti- By ALLEN A. WARSEN Pearson's Diane "Csardas" (Lippincott) is a novel about Hungary during the first half of this cen- tury. It portrays the land of the Magyars as part of the Dual Monarchy and as an Al' s Foreign Car Service SPECIALIST IN VOLKSWAGEN AND PORSCHE CARS CALL 548-3926 548-4160 541.9704 1018 W. 9 Mile Rd. Alfons G. Rehme FERNDALE MICH. Between Livernois s Pinehurst ever, according to the ning the minds and hearts Semite and reactionary. The book also devotes a mores of his caste, Alfred of the Germans. Even then few final chapters to post- lowered his aristocratic there were people who did war Communist Hungary. standards by marrying not realize the grave dan- gers Hitler and his criminal The novel's characters are Gizelli. The Kaldy family, aristo- associates presented. the members of the Ferenc, The following excerpts Racs-Rassay and Kaldy cratic and landowning, pres- ided by widowed Luize from a letter addressed by families. Zsigmond, a totally as- Kaldy, was related to both Malie to her brother Leo at- similated Jew is the head the Ferencs and the Racs- test to that: ". . . Who is and patriarch of the Ferenc Rassay. The older son Adam this man Adolf Hitler? How clan. His wife Marta Bogozy was married to Eva Ferenc, is it he can make Germany is a beautiful woman of the younger Felix to Kati such a disturbed place to live in?" "noble birth and back- Racs-Rassay. "Csardas" (pronounced Although the Ferenc chil- ground." He married her be- cause he strove "to found a dren were unaware of the chardosh) is an exciting dynasty in the face of the Jewish origin, the changing story, charged with dra- difficult cast system of the times drastically altered matic tension, and evoking their conception of the fam- the feel of that period. It Hungarian aristocracy." traces vividly and lucidly Zsigmond's sister, Gi- ily background. zelli Ferenc, a convert to It was Leo, Zsigmond's the history of Hungary as Catholicism, was married younger son, who was the aforementioned and follows to Alfred Racs-Rassay of first of the family to become the development of Ger- "good pedigree and aristo- cognizant of his origin. many from Hitler's rise to cratic connections." How- While studying in Berlin, power until his total defeat. The book's description Leo fell in love with Hana Weiss, a salesgirl and the of Jewish suffering are daughter of a common la- moving and heart-break- ing. The following emo- borer. 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The Freemasons maintain that they are the oldest secret society in the world and know each other by special secret signs. The Freemason society, for the first time, decided to hold an open conference in the Jerusalem Theater with the participation of their wives (who are not members of the society according to its constitution) and some outside guests including Is- rael President Prof. Efraim Katzir and the Mayor of Je- rusalem Teddy Kollek. On the big stage of the theater sat the grand presi- dents of the societies from all over the country, among them Christians, Moslems and Druze. Grand President Zvi Levin opened the confer- ence and outlined the aims of the Freemasons society. "We are not a secret so- ciety, we have only secret ritual customs which re- turn us to the illustrious days of King Solomon," he said. "In June 1976 thou- sands of Freemasons will gather in Israel from all over the world to celebrate the second pilgrimage — conference of Freemasons in the Holy Land which is holy for all Freemasons throughout the world." The Freemasons society in Israel is comprised of 3,000 persons, mostly Jews. Since 1953 they have been `What sort of man are you? That is my son ! Have you no feelings? You do not have a mother?' I shout again and Jacob calls to me, 'Go on, you will be all right.' Ms. Pearson writes with warmth and compassion about the victims of oppres- sion and with sarcasm and bitterness about the perse- cutors and oppressors. She writes with imagination and perspicacity. She also is the author of "Sarah and the Marigold Field." Rabin-Peres Link Strained: Davar TEL AVIV (ZINS) — Da- var reports that there are strained relations between Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Defense Minister Shimon Peres. According to the newspa- per, Rabin is unhappy about several things that are being done by the Defense Minis- try which have provoked critical comment aimed at Defense 'Minister Peres. Referring to certain basic differences between the two, the newspaper stated the prime minister is a mili- tary man from his youth while the defense minister is strictly of civilian stock, Rabin believes that he has a better understanding of military matters than his defense minister. Peres, meanwhile, as a former Rafi adherent, is seen a little too close for comfort to his predecessor in office, namely Moshe Dayan. Dayan is an avowed affiliated with the World opponent of Rabin and Center of Freemasons in never misses an opportunity to direct his barbs at the Scotland. The Freemasons society premier. 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