20 Friday, March 1, 1980 etivk f. 1 ! \N„. \N\\-- ) v ,_ 0 00-( 000 57_6 644 THE DETROIT JEWISH' NEWS Wiese! Reports on Journey to Aid Cambodian Refugees NEW YORK (JTA) — Elie Wiesel, the chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust, recently returned from a visit to Cambodian refugee camps as part of a delegation or- ganized by the Interna- tional Rescue Committee. The author and lecturer described the scenes which he, together with more than Happy Birthday "CARL MONTALBAUM" (LEON) LOVE From "THE GROUP" Gage Oldsmobile lfJ inc. 21710 Woodward, .6 Blks N. of 8 Mile Ferndale, Mich. 399-3200 - is proud to announce 100 leading personalities, including civil rights ac- tivist Bayard Rustin, folksinger Joan Baez, ac- tress Liv Ullman, and Rabbi Mark Tanenbaum who is the head of the interreli- gious affairs department of the American Jewish Committee, saw as they journeyed to the Thailand border to see first-hand the condition and plight of the Cambodian refugees. Characterizing the three refugee camps as "specta- cles of horror," Wiesel de- picted them as resembling "pictures taken of DP camps after World War II" with scenes of "hunger, illness, misery, death and of chil- dren with emaciated bodies and wounded men and women." Noting that the foreign visitors were "deeply shaken" by the situation, Wiesel recalled that "the Cambodian children sensed our compassion and viewed us as repre- senting salvation and so they jumped into our arms." Nevertheless, the adult refugees responded to the International Committee very differently. "Some were very dignified in their misery, yet others resented our presence," Wiesel said. With estimates running as high as 1-3 million Cam- bodians murdered, Wiesel pointed out that what was particularly heartbreaking to him was that "the refu- gees had resigned them- selves to the idea that the Cambodian people had come to an end." While the entire visit was an exhaustive and possibly dangerous experience, a touching personal moment for Wiesel occurred when he had to say Kadish for his father, whose yahrzeit fell during the journey. Wiesel, whose father died in Auschwitz, set out "to find 10 Jews at the border of Cambodia. I went from one group to another looking for a Jew here and a Jew there. Fi- nally I got a minyan to- gether to say Radish." It was, he recalled, "a sym- bolic and very moving moment." When asked why he had decided to make this trip, IRV (BEAR) BERMAN • . NACO ogeweter3 .4.11K2h. • • •11// \S/ DIAMONDS OUR SPECIALTY BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY TO REMEMBER... • ANNIVERSARIES • BIRTHDAYS • SPECIAL OCCASIONS • OR JUST A SPECIAL PERSON... WELL PAY IMMEDIATE CASH FOR YOUR UNWANTED PRECIOUS GEMS AND JEWELRY Hours: Daily til 5:30 Sat. 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