18 Friday, March 21, 1980
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Rescue Worker Ruth Kluger, Smuggled Jews from Europe
Charles Hamburger Dies,
Psychiatrist, Neurologist
He was a diplomate of the
American Board of Psychia-
try and Neurology. He was
awarded a fellowship in
forensics and taught
neurology at UCLA Medical
School.
He was associated with
numerous clinics and
hospitals, including
Cedars-Sinai Hospital in
Beverly Hills, Calif. He
wrote two books, yet to
be published, one on
juvenile delinquency and
the other entitled, "The
Analysis of Freud, Jung
and Adler."
He leaves his wife,
Kerstin; a son, Fredrik; a
daughter, Helene; his par-
ents, Dr. and Mrs. A.C.
(Ruth) Hamburger of
Bloomfield Hills; two
brothers, Robert of Far-
MAurice Fried
mington Hills and Dr.
Maurice J. Fried, founder Lawrence of Birmingham.
and former owner of Mid- Services in Detroit, inter-
west Cabinets, manufac- ment Sweden.
turer and distributor of cus-
tom kitchen cabinets, died Leo Schwartz
March 14 at age 59.
Leo Schwartz, a retired
A native Detroiter, Mr.
Fried owned his business in tax accountant for Wayne
Walled Lake for 23 years. County, died March 15 at
He was a member of Cong. age 81.
Born in McKeesport, Pa.,
Bnai Moshe and the Tam-
O-Shanter Country Club. Mr. Schwartz was a member
He resided at 30665 Hun- of Cong. Bnai David, Pisgah
ters Dr., Farmington Hills. Lodge of Bnai Brith, Prefec-
He leaves his wife, tion Lodge of the Masons
Elaine; two sons, Gary and and the Hannah Schloss Old
Marvin; a daughter, Mrs. Timers.
He leaves his wife, Betty;
Wayne (Caryn) Reynolds of
Oakland, Calif.; a sister, a son, Sheldon; a brother,
Mrs. Sam (Linky) Schwartz; Morris; and two
grandchildren.
and two grandchildren.
Dr. Charles A. Ham-
burger, a psychiatrist and
neurologist, died March 16
in Los Angeles, Calif. He
was 34.
Born in Detroit, Dr.
Hamburger studied at Har-
vard and Stanford Univer-
sities and received a
bachelor's degree in 1966
from the University of ,
Michigan after only 2 1/2
years of study. He was
graduated from the U-M
Medical School in 1968. He
received the National
Foundation Award in de-
velopmental disabilities.
In 1969, Dr. Hamburger
studied neurology at the
Mayo Clinic and completed
three separate residencies
in adult psychiatry, child
psychiatry and neurology.
Psychoanalyst Fromm Dies
GENEVA
Psychoanalyst Dr. Erich
Fromm, a follower of Sig-
mund Freud, who later led a
movement away from or-
thodox Freudian thought,
died March 18 at age 79.
Dr. Fromm spent more
than 30 years teaching at
American universities after
fleeing his native Germany
during the rise of Adolf Hit-
ler.
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THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY THE PUBLISHER
A chapter in the book,
"The Last Escape,"
which Miss Kluger co-
authored with Peggy
Mann, published in 1973,
dealing with her aliya bet
arms which she helped to
Palestine. She was the first
smuggle into the country.
Mossad agent to reach Paris
after the liberation in 1944 She continued her post-
and immediately applied graduate studies at the
Hebrew University in
herself to the task of rescu-
Jerusalem, and later in
ing Jewish refugee chil-
the United States.
dren.
She was the recipient of
In 1947 Gen. Charles de
many international awards.
Gaulle awarded her the
Among them was the Mas-
Cross of Lorraine for her
sada Prize in 1973 and the
work in the French under-
Yitzhak Sadeh Prize in
ground during the war, a
1977 for her book. Miss
decoration rarely given to a
Kluger adopted and raised
woman. In the same year
two children, survivors of
the government of France
the Holocaust.
presented her with the
RUTH KLUGER
Legion of Honor Medal.
Rep. Lowenstei ►
activities, contains a por-
During Israel's War of
tion which describes how Independence, Miss
NEW YORK — Form
she persuaded King Kluger raised funds for New York Congressman Al-
Carol of Romania to let
lard Lowenstein was shot
one of the illegal boats
Simon Wishniack and killed in his New York
sail. But in 1941 the
MEXICO CITY (JTA) — office last week by a
Romanian authorities
Simon
Wishniack, a pioneer mentally-deranged former
expelled her.
of
the
Jewish
community in associate.
Miss Kluger continued
Lowenstein was active in
similar work in Egypt and Mexico, died recently at age the civil rights movement
87.
Turkey where she or-
Mr. Wishniuk, a busi- and a political associate of
ganized the immigration of
John, Robert and Edward
Jews from Arab countries to nessman arff philan- Kennedy.
thropist, was born in
Siberia and came to Mexico
CARDS OF THANKS
from the United States after
The family of the late
World War I.
Dora Norber acknowl-
Mrs. Straus is the sister
He wv a founder and
of the late Harry F. president of several local edges with grateful appre-
ciation the many kind ex-
Guggenheim, who was
Jewish institutions, among pressions of sympathy ex-
president and editor in
them a Jewish day school,
chief of Newsday, and the Jewish Banco Mercantil tended by relatives and
friends during the family's
Robert Guggenheim, a
and the first Jewish cul- recent bereavement.
U.S. Ambassador to Por-
tural center in Mexico. He
tugal. Her father-in-law,
was also active in the local
Oscar S. Straus, was a
The Family
motion picture industry.
merchandising heir who
of the Late
became a U.S. Ambas-
Author
Jay
Anson
MORRIE
sador to Turkey and later
was Secretary of Com-
NEW YORK — Jay An-
SURATH
merce and Secretary of
son, author of the best seller
Acknowledges with
"The Amityville Horror,"
Labor.
grateful appreciation
Her husband was co-
died March 12 at age 58. He
the many kind ex-
chairman of the National had been working in
pressions of sympathy
Conference of Christians California completing the
extended by relatives
screenplay of his second
and friends during the
and Jews.
family's recent be-
She is survived by two book, "666," another ac-
reavement.
sons, Oscar S. II, and Roger count of psychic
W. Jr., president and chief phenomena.
executive of Farrar, Straus
and Giroux, publishers; and
a daughter, Florence Hart
The Family of the Late
of Chicago, whose husband,
Max, is a vice president of
Hart, Schaffner and Marx.
Gladys Guggenheim Straus
NEW YORK — Gladys
Guggenheim Straus, an ex-
pert on food and nutrition
an co-founder, vice
president and assistant
editor of Gourmet maga-
zine, died March 13 at age
84.
Widow of Roger W.
Straus, president and
chairman of the American
Smelting and Refining Co.,
and granddaughter of min-
ing magnate Meyer
Guggenheim, Mrs. Straus
was the nutrition commis-
sioner for New York and
vice president of the board
of Mount Sinai Medical
Center.
She was the author of two
cookbooks. For many years
she was the president of the
Daniel, and Florence
Guggenheim Foundation,
named for her parents. Her
father was president and
chairman of American
Smelting.
I. MEYER LULLOVE
Iranian Jewish Leader Dies,
N. Soleymani, Detroiter's Kin
Nissim Soleymani, a
leader of the Jewish com-
munity in Shiraz, Iran, died
A native of Frankfurt, Feb. 20.
Germany, Dr. Fromm was a
Mr. Soleymani, a busi-
"descendant of a long line of nessman engaged in the
rabbis.
import-export trade, was a
member of the boards of the
Organization for Rehabili-
Head of State
tation through Training
The president of Israel is (ORT) and Otzar Hatorah in
elected by the Knesset for a Iran and honorary vice
period of five years, and president of the Shokr
may .be re-elected for one Synagogue in Shiraz.
further term. He has the
He was a graduate of the
prerogative of pardon and of Alliance Israelite de France
commuting sentences.
in Iran and hosted Jewish
educators from abroad who
He accepts the accredita- visited Shiraz.
tion of foreign ambassadors
Mr. Soleymani is sur-
and ministers, appoints Is- vived by five sons, Dr. Sion
rael's ambassadors and of Southfield, Mansour, Dr.
ministers,' judges and the Saghi, Shapour of Teheran
state comptroller, and signs
all laws except those con- N. Rosenstein,
cerning presidential pow-
Dress Designer
ers.
NEW YORK — Nettie
When a new government
is to be formed, the Rosenstein, a top New York
designer, who popularized
president consults with "the little black dress" style
representatives of the par- of fashionable but under-
ties and then calls on a stated dressing, died March
member of the Knesset to 13 at age 90.
undertake the task.
DR. ERICH FROMM
G ot
.
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Ruth Kluger (Aliav), who
worked with the Mossad to
smuggle Jews out of Nazi-
occupied Europe on secret
and illegal boats to Pales-
tine, died last month at age
74.
Miss Kluger took the He-
brew name -Aliav after the
state of Israel was estab-
lished at the suggestion of
David Ben-Gurion because
of her work involving "aliya
bet" (illegal immigration).
She was born in Kiev,
immigrated to Palestine in
1930 at age 24 and joined
the Mossad in 1939 on an
aliya bet mission to
Romania, where she oper-
dated between 1939 and
1941.
and Sharoj; six daughters,
Mrs. Jalil (Saltenat)
Sharhavan, Mrs. Ozra (Za-
rin) Tach Soleymani of
France, Behjat, Mrs. Sol-
eyman (Mehry) Shahmsian
of Los Angeles, Turan and
Mrs. Sahid (Iran) Pashai of
Teheran; one brother; 29
grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren.
Interment Iran.
Sadie Pershin
Sadie Pershin, a member
of Jewish women's and
communal organizations,
died March 13 at age 82.
Born in Russia, Mrs. Per-
shin lived 62 years in De-
troit. She was a member of
Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Hadassah, Bnai Brith
Women and Pioneer
Women.
She leaves two sons,
Jerome and Bernard; a
daughter, Mrs. Herbert
(Eleanor) Hertzberg; a sis-
ter, Mrs. Harry (Rose)
Siegel of Chicago, Ill.; 14
grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
Acknowledges with grateful appreciation
the many kind expressions of sympathy ex-
tended by relatives and friends during the
family's recent bereavement.
The Family of the Late
SYDNEY L. MAX
Acknowledges with grateful apprecia-
tion the many kind expressions of sym-
pathy extended by relatives and friends
during the family's recent bereavement.
The Family of the Late
ARLINE G. SCHAFER
Acknowledges with grateful apprecia-
tion the many kind expressions of sym-
pathy extended by relatives and friends
during the family's recent bereavement.