4 ' i•* r I ) THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 12 Friday, November 1, 1980 'History of SS' Gives Record of Kristallnacht BURGLAR ALARMS By ALLEN A. WARSEN G. S. Graber's The His- tory of the SS" (David McKay Co.) contains a vivid and complete record of Kris- tallnacht. This tragic historic event had its beginning in Oc- tober 1938. Then the citi- zenship of 17,000 Polish Jews, residing in Germany, was revoked without reason and only out of malice by the Polish anti-Semitic gov- ernment. Following this barbaric act, the SS (Schutzstaffel- protective rank) under the direction of Reinhard Heyd- rich, "one of the most ruth- less perpetrators of terror produced by the Third Re- ich," rounded up the Polish NEW COMPUTERIZED SECURITY EQUIPMENT ALLSTATE ALARM SYSTEMS NC Central Station Monitoring Thousands of satisfied customers ROTT EROS 2 55- 1 54 0 MARTY CY SHEL 17534 W. 7 MILE, DETROIT LICENSED BY MICH. DEPT. OF STATE POLICE CALL THE IT IS INTOLERABLE .. . This is the ACTUAL boundaries of Palestine This map is a LIE!! '' • Damascus Sid ci r . 7 SYRIA _ Aviv • • ) SYRIA Damascus ♦ FRENCH MANDATE Haita• ,.'1 ■ 4141%,..1 lir• .00 • rn a. .Amman Jerusalem Gaza• S 1_ r' .. .0" ° 1:\ JORDAN • BRITISH MANDATE EGYPTC • The British Mandate, 1920. This is the Palestine that the State Department and our journalists see and that is being taught in the schools. This is the Palestine recognized by the Balfour Declara- tion, League of Nations, United Nations Charter and the U.S. Congress. It includes Jordan, the Arab Palestine, as well as Israel, the Jewish Palestine. That falsehood about the boundaries of Palestine is being used to justify terrorism and the murder of Jews. Those calling themselves "Palestinians" claim to be a homeless, stateless people driven from their land. But there already is an independent Arab country of Palestine. It is Jordan — their homeland. ZOA Action Guideline Speak up! Write! Do not let Israel be called "Palestine" without mention that Jordan is also Palestine. STOP THAT LIE THAT ONLY ISRAEL IS Palestine. Send ZOA copies. DO NOT BE SILENT SIDNEY SILVERMAN, PRESIDENT FIGHT BACK JOIN THE ZOA IRVING LAKER, vice president, membership Zionist Organization of America Detroit District 18451 West 10 Mile Road Southfield, Michigan 48075 Phone (313) 569-1515 Jews and transported them to the Polish frontier at Benschen. There in a most inhuman manner the mur- derous SS forced the un- happy people to cross the border. As a result of the beatings and kickings, many of the deportees died and many suffered serious injuries. Sendel Grynszpan, one of the victims, in a letter to his 17-year-old son, Herschel, then residing in' Paris, described graphically what had happened to them, and informed him that "the family found themselves penniless, back in the country they had left to escape anti-Semitism." Herschel, an impression- able youth, decided to take revenge for the suffering of his parents and the other Jews. He went on Nov. 7, 1938 to the German embassy with the intent to kill the German ambassador to France, Count Johannes von Weiszek. Instead, Herschel killed the embas- sy's junior counselor, Ernst von Rath, whom he mistook for the ambassador. Herschel, who was im- mediately arrested, ex- plained to the French police that as soon as he learned of the cruelties inflicted on the Jews by the SS, "I decided to kill a member of the Ger- man embassy as a protest. I wanted to kill a member of the German embassy as a protest. I wanted to draw the attention of the world to the events which had taken place in Germany, and to perform an act of revenge for the Jews." As soon as the news of von Rath's assassination reached the Nazi hierar- chy, on Hitler's orders, Heydrich (murdered on May 27, 1942 in Czechos- lovakia by Czech pat- riots) sent to all police chiefs a circular contain- ing these cruel in- structions: "Throughout the Reich during the night of Nov. 9-10 demon- strations are to be ex- pected against the Jews because of the murder of Legation-Secretary von Rath. These events are to be handed in the follow- ing way: "Immediately on receipt of this telex the leaders of political state police units or their representatives must telephone local political or- ganizers (Gauleiters or Kreisleiters) to make known to them the method to be employed in carrying out these demonstrations. They must be informed that the Reichsfuhrer-SS has is- sued the following guidelines: "1. Only those measures are permitted which in no way endanger the security German Visit JERUSALEM — Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir is scheduled to visit West Germany Nov. 17-18. of German life or property. panies would pay for the For example, synagogues damages to the Jews, who may only be set on fire if would then be compelled to there is no danger of fire turn the money over to the spreading to adjoining Ministry of Finance. In properties. addition, they decided, inter "2. Businesses, apart- alia, to forbid "Jews to share ments, and houses of Jews a sleeping compartment may only be destroyed, not with a German" and to pro- plundered. The police are hibit "Jews to use swim- responsibile for supervising ming pools or spas." the execution of these or- It is well to remember ders and for apprehending that Herschel anyone guilty of plunder- Grynszpan's act only ing." served Hitler and his However, Heydrich's beastly cohorts as a pre explicit orders were dis- text for the Kristallnaci regarded, and on the occurence. The term "Kristallnacht" designated night the SS, the police and uniformed designates the night of Nov. Nazis plundered, looted, 9-10, 1938 when a huge murdered Jews, de- amount of glass of shattered stroyed property, and windows was scattered over damaged thousands of large areas. Kristallnacht, an impor- business establishments. Shortly afterwards, Goer- tant date in Jewish history, ing hastily convened a will be remembered as the meeting in which the fol- beginning of Hitler's diabol- lowing "dignitaries" par- ical master plan, the "Final ticipated: Goebbels, Heyd- Solution." rich, Daluege, Frick, Funk and Hilgard, representing the German insurance in- surance companies. Goeb- Telephone Answering Systems bels reported on the success IP=101 -- of the pogroms. He said: "In almost every German city synagogues have been burned down. The spaces left as a result n a Ian I could be used for a variety of purposes. Some towns want EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZED DEALER car parks. Some want to put Sales & Service up new buildings. In total, A complete line of 101 synagogues were America's top quality burned down, 76 telephone answering synagogues were de- systems. molished, and there are 7,500 businesses destroyed in the Reich." 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