THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Survivors Group to Develop an Oral History Library Here Formation of a special Committee on Holocaust Oral History was an- nounced by Leon Halpern, president of Shaarit Hap- laytah — survivors of Nazi genocide. Dr. John J. Mames, past president of the organiza- tion, was appointed chair- man and will coordinate the activities of this committee. According to Dr. Mames, this project is of vital sig- nificance and urgency. The survivors of the Nazi Holocaust remain the living testimonials to the greatest tragedy and unprecedented wholesale massacre of innocent people. Each survivor has a special story, each story has a different message and a different lesson to teach. "As these individual stories will begin to unfold, new light will be shed on this unspeakable bestial period, new complex facts and new agonizing truths about the Hitler's 'final solution' will emerge. "These voices are impor- tant, they belong to eye wit- nesses, they are authentic and must be recorded before too late. They will speak of the beautiful pulsating world with a rich tradition which is no more, of the life in ghettoes, concentration and death camps of terror, barbarism, torture, of Au- schwitz, Treblinka, Maj- danek, Bergen Belsen, Sobibor, of gas chambers, crematoria, of desperate struggle, of faith, hope, of courage, resistance. They will talk about re- birth, miracle of surviving and of reaffirmation of life after liberation," Mames stated. The Oral History Li- brary will provide addi- tional valuable historic and resource material to educators, researchers, teachers and historians of the Holocaust. "It will help to dismiss the vicious, outrageous anti- Semitic propaganda fabri- cated by the growing neo- Nazism attempting to con- vince the world that 'Au- schwitz is a lie and a myth' and The Six Million is a hoax.' It will also help to sensitize and heighten the awareness of Holocaust with all the implications," Dr. Mames said. Sidney Bolkowsky, asso- ciate professor of history at the University of Michigan — Dearborn, who in 1975 published a book "The Dis- torted Image'ranalyzing the postwar attitude of German Jews towards Germans and gave special courses on Holocaust, and Hank Grynspan former fellow in psychology and history, currently conducting inter- views with survivors and their children, have joined the project and enlisted vol- unteer interviewers. The aim of the project is to acquire a broad representa- tion by survivors from di- versified backgrounds, different countries, various cultural, economical environments, with indi- vidual personal recollec- tions and experiences. The committee also is planning to include in- terviews of "righteous gentiles" and American servicemen (gentiles and Jews) who helped liber- ate concentration and death camps. In addition, special interviews with second generation (chil- dren of survivors) and selected educators in- volved in teaching about the Holocaust are under consideration. Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig, director of the Holocaust Memorial Cen- ter, who attended the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Jerusalem and who is a member of the conference's national executive commit- tee, will examine the Oral History Department at Yad Vashem and evaluate the various approaches to this project. -- Sonia Popowski, pro- gramming and cultural chairman of Shaarit Hap- laytah, Martin S. Water, first vice president and Abe Pasternak, of the Holocaust Memorial Center said that the oral history tapes will be deposited in the Holocaust Memorial Center, founded by the Shaarit Haplaytah and copies will be forwarded to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and possibly to other Holocaust repos- itories. British MPs Attack Begin "The oral history project will provide a vivid remin- der what had happened and will stand as a witness and warning for future genera- tions," Halpern and Dr. Mames said. All survivors (member and non- members) are urged to con- tact Shaarit Haplaytah through Rabbi Rosenzveig, 559-3649, for interview ap- pointments. Speaking on behalf of Shaarit Haplaytah, Hal- pern and Mames expressed appreciation to Charles C. Benham, director of Detroit Round Table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews; the Interfaith Coordination Committee on the Holocaust; Archdiocese of Detroit; Dr. Carol Rittner of Mercy College; Lillian Genser of Wayne State University; Norman Naimark, chairman of the Jewish Community Council Holocaust Subcommittee; Dr. Irving Panush; Zelda Robinson; Beverly Geltner; and all members of the sub- committee; Charles Silow president of Children of Holocaust Survivors Asso- ciation in Michigan (CHAIM); superintendents; educators; teachers of pub- lic and private schools, and all participants "for their active dedicated involve- ment to the process of effec- tive programming, expos- ing and teaching the grave lesson of Nazi Holocaust and for recognizing the great need and importance of oral history project." 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