20 Friday, November 16, 1919 •• • • • • • • • • • • I8 Auto and Homeowners Insurance THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ZOA Division Head Chosen Holocaust Meeting Splits Into Two Camps NEW YORK (JTA) — A NEW YORK — Dorothy Serels-Soloff, of Westches- network for children of sur- ter, has been elected vivors of the Holocaust will MARK S. LIPSITZ president of the national be created as a result of the women's division of the "First International Con- 573-0774 Zionist Organization of ference on Children of America. Mrs. Soloff had Holocaust Survivors," served as president of ZOA's which took place in New New York women's division York last week and was Property and Liability Ins. Co., Warwick.. R.I. prior to her new appoint- attended by some 500 sur- A Subsidiary of Metropolitan Lite vivors, survivors' children ment. and mental health profes- sionals. Since 1952 rEIE SOURCE FOR ALL WINDOW COVERINGS Among the speakers and panelists were some dozen Off VERTICALS—SLIM BLINDS—SHADES psychiatrists and therapists 0 CUSTOM DRAPES WOVEN WOODS who have worked exten- sively with children of sur- vivors in Israel, America and Canada. 17350 W. 10 Mile, Suite No. 559-8209 `559-8209 Dr. Irving Greenberg, di- SOUTHFIELD 0Metropolitan •• • • • • • • • • • • • 411° / HURTIG WINDOW INTERIORS rector of Zachor, the Holocaust Resource Center, sponsor of the conference, said that it has taken 30 years to reach the stage of survivors' children becom- ing a definable group. These children have grown up and are leaving home now, and many of their parents are dying prematurely as a re- sult of their concentration camp experiences, he said. The children want to carry on their parents' heritage. Participants at the con- ference chosen at ran- dom and interviewed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency said that they felt that the emphasis was • Express yourself by dressing in timeless elegance. Couture is offering you the latest in designer name brand shoes, bags and accessories at 20% off. Also available is a special selection of shoes at 40-50% off. COUTURE GOES Hours: 11-9. Mon., Thurs. & Fri. 11-6 Tues. & Wed. 10-6 Saturday All major credit cards Racquetime Center 26400 Twelve Mile Rd. Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone (313) 353-0018 overwhelmingly psy- chological, rather than equally divided be- tween mental health as- pects and creative, active responses. Michael Levien, 37, a New York City school ad- ministrator and survivors' child, said that he didn't think of himself as "abnor- mal" and that he felt that the conference labeled him as "diseased." "I feel that a parameter of who I am is being placed on me," he said. "I never felt the need for a support net- work. My father went through severe reactions, but we grew up healthy." He expresied the fear that the group at the confer- * * Mengele Victims at Conference NEW YORK (JTA) — Two survivors of Dr. Josef Mengele's experiments at Auschwitz, Marc Berkowitz and Alex Dekel, were among the delegates at the First International Confer- ence on Children of Holocaust Survivors. Mengele, the "Angel of Death" who is still believed to-be residing in Paraguay, selected some 400 children, especially twins, for exper- iments. Six pair of these twins were liberated from Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Berkowitz, who has a twin sister, believes that only two pair are now living. Now 47 years old but looking much older, he lives here with his wife and two children. His sister, also liv- ing in the area, has three children. Baring his arm to re- veal a tatooed number A7739, he had a copy of a certificate with his name and number signed by Mengele, stating that he was used for experi- ments. Berkowitz wears a neck brace which is necessary because of these experiments, in- volving injections into his spine. His sister also has related medical prob- lems. Arriving in Auschwitz in the beginning of 1944 at the age of 11, Berkowitz and his sister were liberated by Soviet forces in December of that year, during a death march to Buchenwald. "If Mengele is still free, that makes the world a prison for humanity," he said. Dekel, 48, is a caseworker for HIAS and a free-lance journalist. Although one of the 400 children selected for experiments, Auschwitz was liberated before Mengele got to him. He was part of the death march to Mauthausen. ence was "creating its own pathology." Paula Ruth Kass, 25, a survivor's child who is now affiliated with the West Palm Beach, Fla. Jewish Federation, said that she felt many people at the conference had never confronted the issue before, and they were "walking around in II shock." Six months in a support group of survivors' chil- dren in Boston had helped her to understand her iden- tity as the child of a Holocaust survivor, she said. "Now, I'm ready for ac- tion," she concluded. Throughout the confer- ence, a tension was appar- ent between those who wanted to emphasize the psychological and those who were activists, Greenberg admitted. The groups had wanted two separate con- ferences, he explained, but he felt it was important for them to interact. New BBYO Camp Director CHICAGO — Bnai Brith Youth Organization has appointed Leonard H. Keilin as full-time director of the Bnai Brith Beber Camp, Mukwonago, Wis. The camp is named in honor of Sam Beber, founder of AZA. Sheldon Ranz, a leader of The Generation After, a New York City-based group of survivors' children, said that his group was boycot- ting the conference. "We are activists," he said. "Zachor and most other survivors' children's groups are not. 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