THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS The Impact of NBC's 'Holocaust By GABRIELLE BAMBERGER (Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.) The media has been re- porting an awakening of "Holocaust consciousness," spurred by the recent NBC-TV series "Holocaust." But like other survivors of Nazi persecu- tion, the 1,400 elderly re- fugee clients of New York's Selfhelp Community Ser- vices need no further educa- tion. Selfhelp, a voluntary agency, was formed in 1936 by a small group of refugees from Nazi Germany — among them theologian Paul Tillich — to help other arrivals adapt to their new homeland. Over the years Selfhelp's base has broadened; today it serves some 25,000 elderly throughout New York. But it continues to care for its refugee clients. For some families, the FIRESTONE JEWELRY Myrrh. A A Jr..•Is, A Herm••.., SUITE 318 ADVANCE BLDG. 23077 Greenfield at 9 Mile (313) 557-1860 television account of Hi- tler's atrocities has a cathartic effect, enabling parents-to discuss the past with their children — often for the first time. While the subject had previously been taboo, now parents were forced to answer their chil- dren's questions. Others suffer from what has been termed the "guilt of the survivors." Viewing the program was unnecessary punishment. Yet numer- ous survivors felt com- pelled to watch, as if the ordeal would serve as atonement for their guilt at having survived while so many others — some- times their entire family — had perished. The staff at Selfhelp also found that those less sophis- ticated among their clients — those who have not been able to work out their prob- lems verbally— also felt ob- ligated to watch. Some clients were irate, feeling strongly that the broadcast was an exploita- tion of the survivors. 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WHOUDINI & ESCAPE ARTIST, MARK TRIPP PERFORM AT 7 P.M. red in Germany, Poland and the Soviet Union. Numerous clients expres- sed regret at what was not shown . . . perhaps could not be shown: the all-pervasive fear that prevailed 24 hours a day, the extraordinary will to survive, their total deprivation as human be- ings, the grimness, the sense of pure animal survi- val that predominated the camps. Yet one 90-year-old woman who watched for three hours was sorry that the program downplayed the role played by the few indi- viduals who were good — who did show human kindness. Without them, she said, she would not have survived. One social worker said, "The program preceded the Passover holiday, a difficult time for our clients who live alone and isolated. There are some we thought had made the adjustment to their day-to-day lives — we thought their wounds had healed. But the program reactivated their sense of loss and aloneness. Now we must help them to resume their previous level of func- tioning." BONN (JTA) — A dispute has broken out concerning the ruins of a synagogue in Gross-Umstadt, near Darmstadt, south of Frankfurt A plan to transfer the ruins of the building which was constructed in 1876 and destroyed during the "Kris- tallnacht," along with other historical buildings still in- tact, to an outdoor museum in a park, has aroused strong public opposition. Although the Association of Jewish Communities in the State of Hessen (in which Gross-Umstadt is lo- cated) previously agreed to the move, its chairman, Prof. Herbert Lewin, said the Association had changed its mind. In a letter to the Hessen Culture Minister and various other authorities he appealed for the ruin to be left where it is. A resolution by the So- cial Democratic Party caucus in the Town Council, calling for the synagogue to be retained and restored, was de- feated. Several citizens have signed a petition and announced their in- tention of setting up an association for the reten- tion of the synagogue. One of the signatories, Protestant priest Alexander Claar, said in an interview that there were no longer any Jewish residents in the town. They had either died in concentration camps or •emigrated. It was "not fit- ting" for a "testimonial to the persecution and de- struction of innumerable people" to be presented in the context of an open air museum, he said. Friday, Aegost 4, 1918 54 DSG Stag Day Committees Named Chairmen and committee committee members for members for the Detroit the 29th annual Stag Day Service Group's Stag Day are David Colton, Sidney have been announced by I. Feldman, Marvin H. 1978 Chairman Myron L. Fleischman, Sidney Milgrom. Forbes, Sheldon A. Dr. Paul C. Feinberg Goldman, Dr. Milton H. chairs the hospitality com- Goldrath, Stephan Lanyi, mittee, Robert A. Steinberg Milford Nemer, Albert is golf chairman, and Irving Newman, Graham Orley Laker heads the prizes and and Marvin Talan. awards committee. Golf committee members Stag Day is an annual are Dr. Marvin A. gathering for golf, tennis Aronovitz, Irving Burke, and relaxation to honor Al- Bruce L. Colton, Mac R. lied Jewish Campaign- Fisher, Martin R. Goldman, Israel Emergency Fund Seymour Levine, Harold M. volunteers. This year's Provizer, Alvin Steinman event will be held Sept. 7 at and Ronald Stone. Knollwood Country Club. Serving on the prizes and Serving as htispitality awards committee are David B. Hermelin, Jack Milen, Max M. Lebowitz U.S. Pledges Aid to UNRWA Unit, Approval Pending GENEVA (JTA) — A ten- tative pledge by the United States of an additional $8.5 million for the United Na- tions Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Arabs (UNRWA) may save that agency's preparatory school program for another year. The schools, which serve 90,000 Palestinian youngsters throughout the Middle East, faced suspen- sion at the end of August be- cause of UNRWA's multi- million dollar deficit in 1978. Thomas W. But McElhiney, commissioner general of UNRWA, an- nounced the program will be extended at least through October on the basis of a statement of in- tent by the U.S. government to provide the additional funds. The extra contribu- tion is subject to approval by Congress. - The UNRWA schools op- erate in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. and Robert L. Siegel. The Detroit Service Group, sponsor of Stag Dapp- is the year-round organiza- tion for workers of the Cam- paign. For information, con- tact Harold Berke at the DSG office, 965-3939. 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