THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 14 Friday, September 1, 1978 ( LAWN SPRINKLER REPAIRS RON BLOCK 559-5980 (office) 642-3375 (home) TO THE BEST PARENTS IN THE WHOLE WORLD NOEL and HILDA GAGE LOVE, Your Happy Daughters JULIE and JACKIE i SS History Record of Horrors By ALLEN A. WARSEN "If the SS existed today it would be at the forefront of the anti-pollution drive" states G.S. Graber, author of "The History of the SS" (David McKay Co.), whose origin he traces to the paramilitary Freikorps or- ganized for the purpose of fighting Germany's enemies. The SS or Schutzstaffel (Protective Squad) adopted both the Freikorps' political program and some of its symbols, such as the "hakenkreuz" (swastika) and the German salute "Heil!" (changed to heil Hit- ler). Originally, when founded in 1925, the main function of the SS was to protect Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) that evolved from the Deutsche Ar- beiterpartei (DAP). On Nov. 8, 1923, Hitler and his Nazi Party staged the notorious ill-timed and ill-fated Beer-Hall Putsch. Hitler's closest associate in that ill- conceived adventure was Capt. Ernest Rohm, whose standard-bearer was Heinrich Himmler. Significantly, Germany, in the early years of the Weimar Republic was plagued by putsches, like the rightist Kapp Putsch and the leftist Bavarian led ENCORE CLOTHIERS LTD. REPEAT BY POPULAR DEMAND HALLWAY SALE!!! Fri. & Sat. Only Sept. 1 & 2 Sat. 10-6 Fri. 10-9 NOW 2250°° $59 00 SUITS SPORT COATS 1750° 39°° 12°° 60°° SLACKS 45°° 600 SHIRTS Values To AND MANY OTHER ITEMS Cash & Major Credit Cards Honored Encore Clotheirs Ltd. 26400 Twelve Mile Road (at Northwestern Highway inside Racquetime Center) ("DON'T CALL, WE'RE IN THE HALL") No Alterations by Kurt Eisner, Levine, Toi- ler and others. Unjustly, but not surpris- ingly, Kapp and Hitler re- ceived mild sentences for their treasonable actions, whereas Levine was sen- tenced to die, and Eisner was assassinated by the ultra-nationalist Count Arco auf Valley. Years la- ter, the count was shot by Himmler's SS on the pretext that he planned to assassi- nate the Fuehrer. Curiously, this period in Bavarian history rightist historians dubbed "When Israel Ruled Bavaria." Following his release from prison, Hitler reor- ganized the Nazi Party and appointed John Schreck to organize the Schutzstaffal (SS) to serve as his bodyguards. In 1927, he appointed Himmler as deputy reichsfuehrer SS and in 1929 as reichsfuehrer SS. Again in 1933, after his accession to power, Hitler appointed Himmler politi- cal police commander. Himmler was awarded these high positions be- cause his "loyalty to his Fuehrer was beyond ques- tion. He would stand at at- tention and click his heels when answering the tele- phone from Hitler's Alpine residence at Berchterga- den." As soon as Himmler be- came political police chief, he instructed his men to treat the Jews as vermin. Interestingly, at the end of World War II, the British sergeant who placed Him- mler's poisoned corpse (he committed suicide by swal- lowing a cyanide capsule) in an unmarked grave, into- ned, "Let this worm go to the worms." It was Himmler who con- structed Germany's first concentration camp at Dachau. In 1934, with Hit- ler's approval and Goering's and Heydrich's connivance, he ordered the SS to kill the leaders of the SA (Sturmab- teilung), including Capt. Rohm, on the false charge that they plotted the over- throw of the Hitler regime. It is believed that 600 men then lost their lives. This savage .SS operation is known as the "Night of the Long Knives." Schools Seek Yeshiva Grads NEW YORK — Yeshiva University undergraduates applying to professional schools in the fields of law, medicine, dentistry, op- tometry and podiatry were accepted this year in far greater numbers than the national average. Nation- ally, the average acceptance rate of undergraduate col- leges for pre-law applicants is 30 percent and about 35 percent for medical schools. Of 43 students applying to law school, 42 were ac- cepted. Thirty-two of 39 students applying to medical schools have been accepted, and 15 of 17 pre-dental students. According to the the 12 tribes of Israel par- author, people often ask, ticipate and discuss 'ways "Who were the SS? What and means of obtaining qualifications were power and wealth. needed to be admitted to This chapter was that bloody fraternity? plagiarized and pub- First, the candidate had lished in the form of a to prove that his blood brochure in St. had been pure since Petersburg. In 1871, the 1800. His racial appear- brochure appeared in ance had to be correct; France as an authentic and that there was "no "historic document." disproportion between Since that time, it has the lower leg and the been the catechism of the thigh, or between the leg anti-Semites the world and the body." over. The other requirements were just as "profound." The candidate, moreover, had to memorize the SS catechism that consisted of questions and answers. For instance, "Why do we believe in Ger- many and the Fuehrer? Be- . cause we believe in God, we believe in Germany and the Fuehrer? Adolf Hitler, whom He has sent us." Hitler and Himmler be- lieved implicitly in the au- thenticity of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." They, therefore, decided to rescue the world from the Jewish conspiracy described in that fabricated document. Illuminating is the author's evaluation of the "Protocols" whose genesis he traces to the German journalist Hermann Goedsche, who under the pseudonym "Sir John Re- tcliffe" wrote a novel titled "Biaritz" that contained a chapter depicting a secret meeting "in the Jewish cemetery in Prague" in which representatives of Impressive is the author's account of the Kristallnacht of Nov. 9-10, 1938, that re- sulted in 37 dead, 101 burned synagogues, 76 de- molished synagogues and 7,500 destroyed businesses. Incredibly, this murder- ous Hitler regime was endorsed by the world famous surgeon Sauerbruch and the existentialist philosopher Heidegger who publicly pleaded for an "understanding attitude." The author devotes the final chapter of "The His- tory of the SS' to his con- cluding remarks. This is one of them: "There is no doubt that many SS men escaped. Many were brought to trial and sentenced, and many were subsequently released in a short time owing to their 'good behavior.' . . . However, there is equally no doubt that with the pas- sage of time many members of the SS found their way into prominent positions in public life, a fact greeted with occasional outbursts in the German press itself." Shah's Foes Distributing Anti-Semitism in Iran PARIS (JTA) — Anti- Jewish slogans have ap- peared on the walls of Aba- dan and other Iranian pro- vincial cities according to travelers who recently vis- ited the country. The slo- gans, sometimes virulent in tone, are believed to have been painted in the wake of the recent riots by suppor- ters of the right-wing Mos- lem faction. Some of the slogans say "Jews out of Iran." Others blame the Shah for being a "Zionist stooge" and not supporting the Arab Mos- lem cause. The travelers say that many members of the Mos- lem opposition blame the Shah for "supporting the Is- raeli cause against our Mos- lem brethren." The Moslem opposition is also distributing illegal leaflets calling on Iranian oil workers to stop produc- ing for Israel. Iran is Israel's main oil supplier. Jewish travelers say there have been as yet no anti-Jewish demonstra- tions or acts of violence di- rected against Iran's 80,000 remaining Jews and that police units constantly patrol Jewish inhabited areas in Teheran and most of the other main cities. Iranian Jews are quoted as saying that they "have nothing to fear while the Shah is still in power" but that their situation might dramati- cally change should the current regime be over- thrown and replaced by a strict Moslem junta. Iran's current ruler, Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlevi, has always been friendly to the local Jewish community and has encouraged it to de- velop its religious and cul- tural activities. The Shah and his advisors believe the Jews form an important economic catalyst pushing the country on the way towards economic develop- ment and progress. Though Iran and Israel have no official diplomatic relations, Israel operates a large and important dip- lomatic mission in Teheran and Israeli experts have helped Iran in a large number of fields. The two countries also maintain close economic relations. Exact figures have never been published to avoid em- barrassing the Shah. Iranian Jews recall, how- ever, with unconcealed anx- iety, that the situation changed dramatically over- night when the Shah fled the country and was briefly replaced by a leftwing gov- ernment headed by Mohammed Mossadegh 25 years ago.