THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
62 Friday, June 13, 1980
DeVito Honored
With ADL Prize
Former Nazis Stand Trial
After Four-Year Delay
Volume Depicts
Jewish History
of Oklahoma
NEW YORK — The
Anti-Defamation League of
Bnai Brith honored An-
thony DeVito, a onetime of-
ficial of the U.S. Immigra-
tion and Naturalization
Service, who helped prepare
the deportation case against
an ex-Nazi concentration
camp guard, who was living
a quiet life as a Long Island
housewife.
DeVito, who assisted in
compiling the evidence used
to deport Hermine
Braunsteiner Ryan, who is
now on trial in West Ger-
many for her wartime ac-
tivity as a guard at the Maj-
danek concentration camp
in Poland.
BONN *(JTA) — Two
former SS officers accused of
the wanton murders of con-
centration camp inmates
went on trial in Hannover,
Germany, last week after a
four-year delay. The in-
dictments against Alfred
Grams, 74 and Friedrich-
Wilhelm Rex, 67, were orig-
inally presented by the
State Prosecutor in 1976.
They are charged with
crimes committed in April
.1945, shortly before British
troops occupied northern
Germany. According to the
indictments, Grams and
Rex were in charge of the
evacuation of the
Hamburg-Neuengamme
concentration camp whose
5,000 inmates were ordered
on April 7-8, 1945, to march
Some 60 kilometers to the
Bergen-Belsen concentra-
tion camp.
Rex is accused specifi-
cally of shooting one in
mate, Moses Soedermann,
The University of Ok-
lahoma Press recently pub-
lished "The Jews of Ok-
lahoma," by Henry J. To-
bias. The book is part of the
"Newcomers in a New
Land" series, published by
the university.
The Jewish community of
Oklahoma, though not as
large in number as that of
many states, left a marked
impact on Oklahoma's his-
tory, according to Tobias.
Since there are no state
Jewish archives or even a
collection of material on a
community-wide basis con-
cerning the Jews of Ok-
lahoma, Tobias relied heav-
on materials collected by
Seminary Provost ily
individuals and "oral his-
NEW YORK — Dr. Ismar tory" to obtain information
Schorsch has been named for the book. .
The 78-page book has
--provost of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of seven chapters including a
America. Dr. Schorsch was complete bibliographical
previously a professor of essay for those who wish to
Jewish History at the semi- make a more thorough
study of the subject.
nary.
because he allegedly stole a
piece of bread from an SS
guard. He is also accused of
shooting five other inmates
in a fit of anger because he
could not find his knapsack.
Similar charges were
brought against Grams. He
is accused in one case of
shooting an inmate who
covered the body of a dead
companion with a coat.
Grams claimed in court that
none of the charges were
true. Rex refused to make a
statement.
Samuel Brickner
Samuel Brickner, a union
organizer and former De-
troiter, died May 31 at age
93.
A resident of Laguna
Hills, Calif., Mr. Brickner
was born in Austria-
Hungary and came to the
U.S. in 1900.
He was active in organiz-
ing the fur workers union
and the International
Ladies Garment Workers
Union.
Mr. Brickner lived 10
years in Europe and re-
turned to the U.S. in 1936.
In Detroit, he was in the up-
holstery business until his
80s, whdri he and his wife
moved to California. He was
active in senior citizens cir-
cles.
Mr. Brickner is survived
by his wife, Sarah; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles (Marcia)
Mohr of Orange County,
Calif.; two sisters, Mrs.
Fannie Snapp and Mrs.
Lena Laster, both of Brook-
lyn, N.Y.; and three
grandsons.
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Arthur Robinson, chair-
man of the board of Ark
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owner of 16 movie theaters,
died June 8 at age 83.
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Wiesenthal Center Plans
Multi-Media Presentation
LOS ANGELES — The
Simon Wiesenthal Center
for Holocaust Studies will
introduce a multi-media
presentation on the
Holocaust this fall.
Titled "Genocide," and
with a $3 million budget,
this multi-media story of
man's inhumanity to man
will premiere on the East
and West Coasts.
Arnold Schwartzman,
one of Britain's top graphic
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JULIUS
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RUBINFIRE
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Sunday, June 22, at
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ROBERT
JERRIS
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