54 June 4, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Boris Smolar's 'Between You and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.) - Uprising in Warsaw Ghetto Chronicled members of Batar, the Revisionist youth organi- "Uprising in the Warsaw zation. Its responsibility Ghetto," published by was the preservation of the Schocken Books and written Ghetto's internal security, by Ber Mark (translated Thus, it liquidated the from Yiddish by Gershon Jewish Liberation Militia, Freidlin), traces the history composed of spies, traitors of the Jewish revolt against and provocateurs. It also the Nazis from its inception fought the elements of the to its tragic end. Polish underworld who It describes vividly and ef- "would come into the fectively the events leading Ghetto for 'special enter- to the revolt, the partici : tainment' — robbery, as- pants, the armed forced, the sault and rape." weapons, strategy, battles, The Germans realizing and the enemy's strength. The Ghetto's two fighting that a revolt was inevitable imminent decided on groups were the Jewish and pre-emptive measures and Fighting Organization and the Jewish Military Alli- prepared for a "blitz-de- struction" of the Ghetto. ance. The Jewish Fighting Accordingly, they mobilized Organization, composed of thousands of soldiers and the Bund and the Zionist officers, Wehrmacht divi- organizations, represented sions, German and Polish the Jewish community in police battalions, and internal and external af- hundreds of Ukrainian and fairs, "a status acknowl- Latvian Fascists from SS edged by all sectors of the auxiliary troop detach- Polish underground. Au- ments. They, moreover, as- thoritative factions of the sembled the most sophisti- latterl recognized a coordi- cated weapons, such as nating commission of planes, tanks, armored member bodies of the trucks, and cannon. The opposing Jewish Fighting Organization." Its charter contained forces consisted of "600 members from the Jewish these six articles: Fighting Organization, 400 • To prepare the masses from the Farband (Alli- for the upcoming revolt ance), plus the porter • To recruit and train group." fighters Their arsenal included • To accumulate weap- Molotov cocktails, rifles, pis- - ons tols, mines, hand grenades, • To obtain money • To establish and main- and two machine guns. The Ghetto historian tain contact with the Polish _Emmanuel Ringelblum underground • To exterminate Nazi evaluated the strength of the two military camps: agents and informers. it . . . the battle was be- Consequently, the Ger- man spy, Dr. Alfred Nossig, tween a fly and an ele- was executed. Jacob Lejkin, phant,- but national pride the leader of the traitorous demanded Jews offer res- Ordnungdienst (Ghetto pol- istance and not allow ice) was assassinated. Israel themselves to be led wan- First, the Gestapo under- tonly to slaughter." As expected, the Germans cover man was shot. Also executed was Jacob Hirsh- led by Police Chief von Sam- feld, manager of Hall- mern invaded the Ghetto on April 19th. mann's shop. _ But, they did not get far, "After his execution, pos- _ters were distributed in the as the Jewish fighters Ghetto containing the fol- greeted "the Germans with lowing:Jacob Hirshfeld was a hail of grenades, bottles, sentenced to death for in- bombs, and rifle shots. The ducing the Jewish populace only machine gun did not to follow the occupation err. Nazi outlaws took off." As a result, von Sammern forces' urgings toward vol- untary deportation. Thus was replaced by SS Gen. did Hershfeld betray the Stroop (executed after the interests of the Jewish peo- war). - Furious at their defeat, ple. His sentence has been the Nazi monsters vented carried out; let it be a warn- their wrath on the patients ing to others." _ of the Ghetto hospital, lo- Other agents were simi- cated outside the battle larly executed. - zone. Revolts also took place The Jewish Military Alliance consisted of the in the ghettos of Chesto- By ALLEN A. WARSEN AJCOMMITTEE AT 70: The American Jewish Com- mittee is now observing its 70th anniversary. Founded in New York in 1906 after the pogrom on Jews in the czarist Russian city of Kishinev — to seek protection of Jews in Russia — the AJCommittee has grown during the years into a most effective organ of American Jewry fighting for Jews everywhere. Today, it is one of the leading organiza- tions in the world in the field of human relations. It corn- bats bigotry and protects civil and religious rights of Jews in this country and abroad. It is highly respected by Jews and non-Jews — and by governments. Originally formed by German-born Jewish philan- thropists in this country — Jacob Schiff, Louis Marshall, Felix Warburk, Julius Rosenwald — the AJCommittee was in its early years a "Closed corporation," very selective in its membership. With the march of time, the AJCommittee expanded its ranks and began to admit into membership selected Jew- ish personalities born in Eastern Europe. In 1943, when Dr. John Slawson assumed the post of executive vice chairman of the AJCommittee, he reorganized the organization on a democratic basis with a large membership. Today, the AJCommittee is conducted on democratic -principles, with branches in many cities throughout the country, with a mass-membership composed of all elements in American Jewry — irrespective of their birth but mostly American-born — with a leadership elected annually at four-day national meetings, with a wide program of activi- ties in this country, and with offices abroad keeping an eye on developments affecting Jews in various countries. A non-Zionist organization since its inception, the •AJCommittee added its weight to the movement for the es- tablishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine when it joined the Jewish Agency for Palestine before World War II as a non-Zionist partner. Today, the AJCommittee is sup- porting Israel actively. It stands on guard of Israel's inter- ests in this country and watches closely the anti-Israel moves in the United Nations. It maintains an office in Jeru- salem to study developments on the spot, and is highly re- garded by the Israel government. HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS: It would be impossi- ble to list in a short article even a part of the major achieve- ments of the AJCommittee during the years of its existence. They are many. However, a few of them — the most out- standing which made basic history — deserve to be singled out on this 70th anniversary of the organization. When the czarist government in Russia refused to rec: ognize United States passports held by naturalized Jews who emigrated from Russia to this country — denying them the rights given the American non-Jewish citizens when they wanted to visit Russia — it was the AJCommit- tee that brought about the historic decision of President Taft, in 1911, to abrogate the American-Russian trade agreement, which had been in existence for decades. Both Houses of Congress later ratified the President's decision which was conveyed to the czarist government through the U.S. Ambassador in Russia. When Henry Ford, the automobile magnate, started — in the early '20s — a violent anti-Jewish campaign with wild anti-Semitic articles in his "Dearborn Independent" and by widely disseminating the notorious forgery "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" for the first time in the United States, it was the AJCommittee that forced him, in a dignified way, to abandon his anti-Semitic propaganda, retract his anti- Jewish allegations, and apologize publicly to the Jewish people. The letter of apology was addressed by Ford to Louis Marshall and was made public with Ford's consent. It was an achievement which made a tremendous impression on Jews and non-Jews the world over. Jews throughout the world were elated with the state- ment adopted several years ago by the Ecumenical Council Morris Feldman, Ex-Owner at the Vatican absolving the Jewish people from the guilt of the crucifixion of Jesus — an allegation which for many of Renowned Arethusa Hotel centuries generated hatred against Jews among Christians and led to bloody pogroms on Jews in various countries. Morris Feldman, a former waters. For New Yorkers, Few in the world know, however, of the vital role which the resident of Mt. Clemens and the hotel became an annual AJCommittee played quietly to have this statement — retired owner of the Are- resting place. which originated with the "Good Pope" John XXIII — thusa Hotel there, died in adopted despite strong opposition on the part of many con- Mr. Feldman, who retired Miami Beach, Fla., May 25, servative participants in the Ecumenical Council. the night the hotel was de- six years ago and owned the CONCERN FOR ISRAEL: While alert to domestic hotel at the time of his re- stroyed by fire. He was 93. problems facing American Jewry, the AJCommittee is now Mr. Feldman built the tirement, is survived by his also deeply concerned over the general climate in the Amer- hotel at the turn of the cen- wife, Sadie; two sons, Jer- ican community with regard to Israel. tury, and during his owner- ome and Arthur, both of Mt. Clemens; two daughte'rs, Leaders of the AJCommittee are of the opinion that ship he watched it become a Marjorie Borak of Mt. Cle- irrespective of who wins the Presidential election in Novem- nationally famous spa for persons suffering from joint mens and Mrs. Eleanor ber, the U.S. government will continue efforts to increase Keys; and six grandchil- American influence in the Arab world through economic ailments to get relief from the city's abundant mineral dren. Interment Miami. and political inducements, including some arms sales. / ". chowa, Bedzin, Lwow, and than the Polish campaign in Bialystok, and in the death- 1939 and the French cam- camps of Treblinka, Sobi- paign of 1940. Ber Mark's "Uprising in bor and Poniatow. The War- saw Ghetto Uprising was the Warsaw Ghetto" with the first anti-Nazi revolt in -its 84 documents is an in- Europe, and lasted longer tense, moving chronicle. Monument Unveilings The family of _the late Josephine Groszman an- nounces the unveiling of a monument in her memory 2 p.m. Sunday, June 13, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.. Rabbi Wagner will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late LOUIS BARISH Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 6, at Turover Aid Society Cemetery. Rabbi Lehrman will offi- ciate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late FANNIE DORF Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 11 a.m. Sunday, June 13, at Beth Abraham Ceme- tery. Rabbi Rosen- bloom will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late SOL KESSLER Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 1 p.m. Sunday, June 13, at Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery. Rabbi Goldschlag will offi- ciate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late PEARL D. SCHLESINGER Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 12:15 p.m. Sunday, June 6, at Machpelah Ceme- tery. Rabbi Schnipper will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. The Schreiber and Treisman Families Announce the unveiling of a monument in memory of the late DEBORAH SCHREIBER 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 6, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Arm will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. The family of the late Sarell Karbal announces the unveiling of a monu- ment in her memory 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 13, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi Arm will officiate. * * * The family of the lat David Lichtenstein an- nounces the unveiling of a monument in his memory 1 p.m. Sunday, June 13, at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Rabbi Rosenbaum will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * * * The family of the late Dora Schneyer announces the unveiling of a monu- ment in her memory 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 13, at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Rabbi Arm will offi- • ciate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late ALLEN A. CHARLIP Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 2 p.m. Sunday, June 6, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Groner will of- ficiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late BERTHA GRUNDY Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 10 a.m. Sunday, June 13, at Adat Shalom Memo- rial Park. Rabbi Nel- son will officiate. Rel- atives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late SAM LEVINE Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 12 noon Sunday, June 13, at Turover Aid Society Cemetery. Rabbi Schnipper will offi- ciate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late JACK TURKIN Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 11 a.m. Sunday, June 6, at Hebrew Memorial Park. Rabbi Schnip- per will officiate. Rel- atives and friends are asked to attend.