▪ THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Barbie Evokes Memories of Past By ARNO HERZBERG destroy thousands of people — resistance fighters and Jews — for which Barbie now faces trial. His reign as gestapo chief in Lyon was during a con- troversial period in France's history, not exactly glorious days for the French. Barbie conducted his butchery with the help of the Vichy government which collaborated with the Nazis after the fall of France. That government sent 110,000 Jews to death camps; only 3,000 adults returned; not one child came back. In all the years of the Nazi occupation of France, Bar- bie reserved his special "treatment" for Jews. One survivor has testified that he hung them by their feet and sent them to agonizing deaths. But he was just as relentless and remorseless about his treatment of resis- tance fighters, which in- cluded many Jews. The rank and file of French Jews joined the gen- eral resistance movement but in addition they had their own underground unit 345-7139 541-7651 which fought the Germans in a shadow war. There were more than IMO IN IMP In NE UM MN 111111 IIM EOM 6,000 persons in this unit, with this ad thru Apr. 22 recruited from all walks of I life. They were sworn in on a New Students only bmall Bible and a small blue and white flag with a gold cord in the form of a I Star of David stitched across it. More than 200 men and women died fight- I 1 ing under this flag. WE HAVE France never forgot the AEROBICS heroes of the resistance movement. Their deeds & MORE! and accomplishments have been immortalized on postage stamps that were issued from 1947 until 1961. Jews who served in the Republic Exercise Co. 29163 northwestern nr. 12 Mile I 1 and refused to submit to the Nazi occupation have 353-2882 Southfield also been honored. gm um maw O 111111111111111•1111•111111•MMIIIII A stamp issued in March 1960 paid homage to Pierre Masse, a member of the Se- nate. He served in World War I, attained_the rank of Discounts to captain and became an of- Free Measuring ficial in the government where he dealt with pen- sions and military justice. In 1940, Marshal Petain, head of the Vichy- govern- ment, issued an order bar- ring Jews from serving in the French army. An aroused Masse wrote a letter to Petain asking him whether he should remove his brother's officer's insig- nia, a lieutenant killed in 1916, or the officer's insig- nia of his son-in-law, a lieutenant killed in 1940, or Free Installation With Act that of his nephew killed in • Horizontal 1 - Blinds the same year. Masse also • Horizontal 1 & 2" Wood Blinds asked whether his son, • Levolor • Vertical Blinds wounded in June 1940, • Delmar • Verosol Blinds • Sun Pro By could keep his rank as a • Window Shades • Graber lieutenant. • Woven Woods • Galaxy Mills Petain did not answer • Carpet Anso IV the letter, but Masse was arrested and finally de- ported in September 1942. He could have con- Showroom in Congress Bldg. (by appointment) tinued as a free man as a 30555 Southfield Rd. member of the Senate. Southfield, Mich But he refused. He did not want any special 540-2244 treatment when other still in the closet, some NEW YORK (JTA) — people feel, and it would Memories and feelings were be better if these skele- jarred anew with the return tons were not exposed to to France of Klaus Barbie, the glare of publicity. For other people, the past alia's Klaus Altmann, the infamous "butcher of Lyon." holds too many horrible, His return, after being traumatic memories of bit- expelled from Bolivia, has ter days and nights, of de- given rise to mixed reac- spair and defenselessness. tions. Some people are not These memories, these exactly enthused that he nightmares return to the was brought back to France fore, the psychic wounds are to stand trial for "crimes reopened and an outcry emerges that justice be against humanity." As far as they are con- done. Still others who went cerned, he might as well have remained in Bolivia through the same days of where rightwing govern- torment and torture want to ments protected him since forget. Too many years have his arrival there some 30 gone by. There is no use in reliving a period in which a years ago. Too many skeletons are "butcher" had free reign to the GI ORCHESTRA !FREE C II I - a S S Regency * Jews had to suffer. Another prominent Jew urged France to fight on against the Nazis. He was George Mandel, minister of the interior in the Cabinet of Paul Reynaud, the last government of the Republic before the fall of France. He wanted to organize resis- tance against the Nazis from North Africa. The Vichy police trailed Mandel and he was arrested in Rabat, Morocco. He was put on trial and found guilty of desertion. He was impris- oned and finally deported to Germany. He was an inmate at Buchenwald and Oranien- burg and was returned by the Germans to the Vichy secret police who shot him in the forest in Foun- tainbleau. There were many others like Masse and Mandel. The full measure of sacrifice, heroism and endurance they dis- played will be told when Barbie goes to trial. Undoubtedly, people will compare the upcoming trial of Barbie with the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem some 20 years ago. 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