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The Detroit Jewish News, 1977-10-07

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, October 7, 1977 15

Widdush Hashem:' A Chronicle of Suffering in the Holocaust

By ALLEN A. WARSEN

Rachmil Bryks' "Kiddush
Hashem" is a chronicle of
suffering, heroism and mar-
tyrdom. Published by Beh-
rman House, Inc., it con-
sists of two narratives and
an introduction by S.‘Morris
Engel, the translator. The
narratives are entitled "A
Cat in the Ghetto" and
"Kiddush Hashem."
In the introduction Engel
records that Bryks was born
in Poland in 1912 and died in
New York in 1974. In 1939,
he published his first book
of poems, "Young Green
May." The - same year, the
Nazis invaded Poland.
Soon thereafter the poet
was confined "behind the
barbed wire of the ghetto of
Lodz" where he composed
the satirical epic poem
"Ghetto Factory 76." (After
the war the manuscript was
recovered at the site of the
destroyed ghetto. )
In August, 1944, Bryks
was deported to Auschwitz
and from there to a slave

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labor camp hi Germany. In
May, 1945 he was liberated
by the American Army and
sent by the Red Cross to a
sanatorium in Sweden.
It was in Sweden that he
"began to set down the tor-
menting details of what had
happened, for he believed
that that was the reason his
life had been spared."
The result was the
"sefer" (holy book), as the
author referred to it, "Kid-
dush Hashem." Its Yiddish
title is "Oyf- Kiddush
Hashem" — "For the Sanc-
tification of God's Name."
In the narrative "A Cat in
the Ghetto," the cat sym-
bolizes the Jews' struggle
for survival.
It is well to remember
that in the ghetto the Jews
were not allowed to have or
read newspapers. Con-
sequently, hearsay replaced
news, and people believed
the most fantastic rumors.
It wasn't surprizing,
therefore, that the people
did not doubt the "report"
that the ghetto authorities
promised two loaves of
bread (the price of one loaf
was 1,8 0 0 marks) in
exchange for a cat.
But there were no cats in
the ghetto to be gotten, as
the Germans forbade the
Jews "on pain of death" to
own domestic animals.
Nevertheless, a cat was
found, and the cat and its
owner, Shloime Zablu-
dovitch, became central fig-
ures by certain ghetto
inhabitants. The other half-
owner was a silent partner.
There were others, too,
who claimed partnership in
the cat. All these claimants,
according to the narrative,
were symbolic of the ghetto
people and mirrored their
life: thinking, working,

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ture houses) who believed in
Hitler's imminent defeat,
planned to produce a film
"about the Ghetto of Lodz"
right after the war.
Kraus, the grandson of a
baptized Jew, complained:
"You people, you're suffer-
i ng because you're
Jews...Why am I suffering?
I'm pure German — a
Reichsdeutche — and the
stupid Nazis stuck me away
here in the ghetto ... Don-
nerwether! Ich bin kein
Jude! Ich bin Reichs-
deutche."
Pinyele Mazik,
developed a few holes in his

Disadvantaged Israeli Mothers
,Get a Holiday With a Purpose

By JUDY CARR

%arid Zionist OrgaukatIou

JERUSALEM—The wife
of the Tel Aviv businessman
checks into a hotel in the
resort of Safed or Nahariya.
Most working women from
less well-off families go'
camping or on one-day
trips. But what about the
hard-pressed mothers of
large families, without
means, who have no
opportunity to take a break
from the beginning of the
year till its end?
The Demographic Center
of the Prime Minister's
Office, in conjunction with
various women's organiza-
tions, including Naamat,
WIZO, and religious and
political women's move-
ments, organize summer
camps for mothers of large
families, where they have a
complete rest for a full
week, in conditions that
must seem to them near-
paradise.
They have abundant
meals prepared and served
to them (any housewife will
appreciate the relief of this
alone). They enjoy activi-
ties such as music, arts and
crafts, and talks on the part
women play in society.
They can go for a swim—
and have time for a nap
without disturbance, (surely
the greatest blessing of all
to the mother of small
children).
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children? The mother can
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to the age of six. They are
cared for in the same build-
Mg, or in adjacent prem-
ises, by trained nurses and
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what they ate, their cloth-
ing, and hopes.
For instance, a woman
sighed: "If the Germans
would just send us some
potato peel we could make
pancakes, baked. beans,
cholent."
Jablonka, the ghetto's
only saccharin dealer,
joined in: "Saccharin must
be added to all these recipes
— then it'll taste like
ambrosia." Other claimants
discussed politics while
thinking of bread.
Hubert, a Jew from
Czechoslovakia, (before the
war he owned motion pic-

AVIV (JTA)—More
than 40,000 Israelis have
died of cancer during the
last .10 years. Housing Min-
ister Gideon Patt disclosed
on the eve of the opening of
the Israel Cancer Society's
"March of Dimes"
campaign.
Patt. chairman of the
society's fund-raising com-
mittee, said it hoped to col-
lect IL hoped to collect IL
6.5 million ($650.000). The
society operates early
detection centers through-
out the country.

women's organizations see
to it that the older children
are looked after by neigh-
bors or volunteers.
The idea of holidays for
mothers of large families
was the brainchild of
Rachel Kagan-Cohen, a
pediatrician, veteran WIZO
worker and one of the first
women Knesset members.
Now, in 1977, there are 150
camps all over Israel. This
year, kibutzim have opened
their doors to the program
and have offered their
guest-houses at ,much
reduced rates.
The $100 question—who
covers the cost? The budget
is. shared by the Demogra-
phic Center, the women's
organizations, the Ministry
of Education, local author-
ities, the Jewish Agency and
a housing company, Ami-
gur. Some of the mothers
contribute a maximum of IL
75 for full board and activi-
ties, plus the care of the
children.
Who selects the lucky
mothers? They are spe-
cially recommended by a
social worker or nurse at
the mother and child clinic.
Only mothers of four chil-
dren or more are accepted.,
Most of them come from
poor neighborhoods, but
there are also some from
more advantaged surround-
ings who are considered in
need of a good holiday. Nat-
urally, there is only room
for a few . . . the tip of the
huge iceberg of mothers
who are badly in need of
this service.

lungs," hoped he'd soon be
liberated by the Red Army. •
They all perished in
Auschwitz.
The narrative "Kiddush
.Hashem" is a document of
brutality, bestiality and
inhumanity. Even to quote
small fragments from it is
heartbreaking!
"Rivkale always asked to
be told stories. While Sim-
chale lay dreaming in her
arms. Dvora Leah told her
stories of great bowls of
soup, large loaves of bread,
huge plates of potatoes,
warm clothes, and a warm
bed to sleep in. -
"Rivkale was enraptured
by these descriptions.
`Every mealtime will be a

celebration,' Dvora Leah
declared. 'Daddy will sit at
the head of the table, near
him Rivkale and
Simchale '..."
They were all gassed.

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