40 Friday, May 25, 1919

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Volume on Hitler's Secretary Bormann
Exposes the Nazi Anti-Christian Stand

Martin Bormann was one
of the most powerful men in
Nazi Germany. For some
years after the collapse of
the Hitler terror organiza-

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tion it was still believed
that he might have escaped.
His death was established
in the search that was con-
ducted by Jochen von Lang,
who, then 19 and a war
correspondent, conducted
his search and established
that the Nazi terrorist actu-
ally committed suicide on
May 2, 1945. In 1972, with
his help, _the police estab-
lished where he was buried
and that he had actually
ended his life.
These facts are estab-
lished in "The Secretary:
The Man Who Manipulated
Hitler" (Random House).
This volume, by von
Lang, editor of one of
Germany's leading mag-
azines, the Stern, author
of several other impor-
tant works on Nazism
and the men under Hitler
as well as Hitler himself,
provides a horrifying ac-
count of the Nazi terror
and of Bormann, who is
depicted as one of the
most ruthless in the Nazi
ranks. Unimaginative, he
nevertheless is pictured
as the ambitious and
crafty bureaucrat.

Few knew him, yet he was
hated, despised by his chil-
dren as well.
He became indispensable
to Hitler, and nothing was
unpleasant to him.

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Jochen von Lang, left, author of "The Secretary: Mar-
tin Bormann — The Man Who Manipulated Hitler," is
pictured with the dental technician who verified that
the skull in the foreground was Bormann's.

It was as Hitler's secre-
tary that he became one of
the most powerful in the
Nazi ranks, and the von
Lang story, unpleasant in
the extreme, reveals the ex-
tent of hatred that stemmed
from him and his labors.
References to the Bor-
mann acts against the
Jews become especially
significant in this
explanatory note by von
Lang:
"As a party officer who
had risen from the ranks, he
of course knew by heart the
whole catalogue of allega-
tions against the Jews:
Lice ridden peddlers
from the East and
`exploitationist' Wall Street
Jews, Zionists and assimi-
lated Jews of the National
Liberal Party, the Talmud
and the teachings of Karl
Marx, were all lumped to-
gether in an absurd synth-
esis designed to prove a
secret plan for world domi-
nation."
It was from Julius
Streicher's Der Stuermer
and from the Voelkischer
Beobachter that Bormann
derived his knowledge
about Jews and was imbued
with their most virulent
anti-Semitic propaganda,
while associating in the
anti-Jewish terror with
Himmler and Goering.

Cereal Weapon?

—

The Farmington Com-
munity Center will hold its
fifth annual international
ethnic festival June 1-3 on
the Center grounds, 24705
Farmington Rd., Far-
mington Hills. Hours are
5-10 p.m. June 1, and
noon-10 p.m. June 2 and 3.
There will be foods from
many nations, arts and
crafts, demonstrations and
imported- gifts for sale.
There will be continu
entertainment, includ
dances performed by t e
children's dance group from
the Jewish Community
Center and Israeli and
Yemenite dances. Music
will be provided by a variety
of bands, ensembles and
trios, including the Norman
Zamczyk Trio, who will per-
form jpzz improvisations.
There is a charge, and
the public is invited.
Shuttle buses from Oak-
land Community College
will be available.
For information, call the
community center, 477-
8404.

Phillips-Kasoff
Vows Spoken

Von Lang writes: "Al-
ways the pragmatist, Bor-
mann had the bright idea
that the Jews should be
labeled in their identifica-
tion papers by a legally as-
signed supplementary first
name (this actually hap-
pened some years later). He
suggested 'Yid.' "

Von Lang points out
that "in 1941 Israel and
Sarah became obligatory
first names assigned to
male and female Jews,
respectively."
While, in its totality,
"The Secretary" is the reve-
aling story of Bormann, as
well as giving the facts es-
tablishing that he had
committed suicide, it is the
record of Bormann's anti-
Christian policies that are
especially significant in the
volume. It is perhaps the
most revealing account of
an anti-religious campaign,
aimed against Christians,
that makes the von Lang
story especially significant.
On this score the follow-
ing is especially worth quot-
ing from the lengthy chap-
ter on both the anti-
Christian and anti-Jewish
Bormann acts: "At Christ-
mas time the Bormanns al-
ways took particular care
not to have their children
contaminated by what Mar-
tin, in a letter to Gerda (his
wife) called 'A poison that is
almost impossible to get rid
BEIRUT The Lebanese of.' By this he meant the
head of the UN Food- and Christian religion."
Agriculture Organization
Many photographs
says the Arab nations are illustrate "The Secre-
becoming increasingly de- tary," including totally
pendent on the U.S. for new ones that have never
grain supplies.
been published before.
FAO Director General
"The Secretary" thus
Edouard Saouma said the emerges as one of the very
U.S. was in no position to important books exposing
exert leverage on the oil
the Nazi crimes and point-
producing states, but that ing to the line of Hitler asso-
Arab cereal imports had ciates who caused one of the
climbed from six million most atrocious crimes in
tons in 1970 to 14 million world history.,
tons in 1977.
— P.S.

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Ethnic Festival
in Farmington

MRS. PHILLIPS

Peggy Ilene Kasoff be-
came the bride of Glenn
Michael Phillips in a recent
ceremony at Cong. Shaarey
Zedek. Rabbi Alan Lucas of-
ficiated.
The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Herman V.
Kasoff of Southfield.
Judy Kasoff was his sis-
ter's maid of honor. Brides-
maids were Denise Kahn
and Linda Siegler.
Marc Siegler was best
man. Ushers were Marc
Nemzin, Larry Nemzin and
Barry Ellerholtz.
The bride's grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Barney
Kasoff, and Mr. and
Sam Nemzin, grandpare
of the bridegroom, also par-
ticipated in the ceremony.
Following a honeymoon
in Montego Bay, the couple
is residing in Southfield.

Missile to Saudis

PARIS — The French are
completing testing of a new
surface-to-air anti-aircraft
missle system which will be
delivered to Saudi Arabia in
1980.
The missles have a range
of 6.2 miles and can be used
against aircraft flying at
Mach 1.2 (approximately
900 miles per hour) accord-
ing to Aviation Week and
Space Technology maga-
zine.