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Friday, April 8, 1983

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Translator of the Israel Report of Inquiry
Lauds Its Acclaim, Deplores Politicization

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Bezalel Gordon, former said there is a great meas-
Detroiter who gained world ure of satisfaction in the
attention as the translator reactions to the report
into English of the report of which gave emphasis to Is-
the Israel commission of in- rael's moral role and to the
quiry into occurrences in People Israel being "a light
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Beirut, on his Passover visit unto the nations."
here with his parents, Rabbi
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He conceded that the
and Mrs. James Gordon, political interpretations,
the speculations over the
report's after-effects and the
influence it may have on the
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present Israel government,
have added a slightly nega-
tive aspect to the develop-
ments.
He expressed the view
that "politicization was to
be regretted, and he ex-
pressed certainty that the
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government of Menahem
Begin will survive many
crisis. He pointed to the
election of an opponent of
Begin's preference for the
Israel presidency, Chaim
Herzog, in no way affected
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or may affect the future of
the Begin government. "He
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retains his popularity and
that includes the strength of
Featuring
his Likud party," Gordon
said.
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Office. He commenced
overseas activities in
1978 as an activist offi-
cially with the WUJS —
World Union of Jewish
Students. Then he had a
year's assignment as a
Hebrew teacher in Au-
stralia. He settled in Is-
rael in December 1979
and in June 1980 he was
assigned to duties in the
Israel Government Press
Office.
Assisted by five members
of the staff, Gordon devoted
55 uninterrupted hours to
BEZALEL GORDON
the task of translating the
Beirut report. -
light of hope in man-
On his brief visit in this kind's decent future does
country, Gordon addressed not go out, as it nearly did
meetings on behalf of the 40 years ago. But it is so.
United Jewish Appeal in It has to be so.
Georgia, Alabama and
"History has made them
North Carolina. Locally, he
spoke the first day of exemplars of what can be
endured by .a nearly-
Passover in his father's
synagogue, Young Israel of destroyed people and what
Oak-Woods, and the second goodness can yet survive
day at Young Israel of among the survivors.
"Israel is still one of those
Greenfield.
On Wednesday, he spoke few just nations whose
at the Hillel foundations of existence is not only a
Wayne State University in necessity but an inspira-
the morning and the Uni- tion."
Politicizing generally
versity of Michigan in the
was deplored by Gordon.
evening.
In his addresses, Gor- Commenting on the experi-
don emphasized that ences in the WUJS move-
moral leadership of Is- ment, he said that in the
rael emerged supreme in ranks of youth activities the
the inquiry commission's freedom of political influ-
ences has been a handicap
report.
He expressed regret that in strengthening youth ac-
the fullest elements of such tivities in Zionism and in
a message to the world was behalf of Israel and Jewish
partly clouded by the identifications.
With regard to the
politicizing.
Nevertheless, he said, in exodus of some Israelis,
many areas the moral many of them having set-
strength legacy of the na- tled in the United States,
tion was recognized, and Gordon said that the
that, he said, was evident in latest trends are in the
many areas and in the Third reverse, that economic
conditions in the U.S.
World.
He quoted the following have had an effect on the
statement made in Jamaica return of many Israelis to
by a prominent commen- their homeland.
He -said that as a deputy
tator:
minister of the Menahem
"It may be a harsh Begin government Dov
irony that the remnants Shilansky is proving effec-
of the Holocaust and tive in encouraging the re-
their children should verse trend of stemming
now be expected to Yerida, the departure of
demonstrate that the Jews from Israel.

Author of Nazi Propaganda
to Be Stripped of Doctorate

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BONN (JTA) — The Uni-
versity of Goettingen will
strip the author of a Nazi
propaganda book of the doc-
toral degree he earned there
in 1951.
A university spokesman
said the decision, by the
Council of Deans, would be
announced as soon as the
author, Dr. Wilhelm Staeg-
lich and his attorneys are of-
ficially informed of the ac-
tion.
Staeglich, who lives in
Hamburg and once served
as a judge, is the author of
"The Auschwitz Myth"
which claims that the gas
chambers and the murder of
six million Jews during
World War II was "Zionist
atrocity propaganda" with
no basis in fact.
The book was pub-
lished in 1979 by the

Grabert
Publishing
House in Tuebingen and
promptly became a best
seller in neo-Nazi circles.
It was subsequently
banned by a Stuttgart court
which ordered the destruc-
tion of all copies in circula-
tion and the printer's plates.
That verdict was confirmed
by a higher federal court
last Jan. 26.

Prof. Norbert Kamp,
president of Goettingen
University, said Staeglich
was not entitled to retain
his degree because he mis-
used it to give an aura of
scholarship to blatant Nazi
propaganda. Kamp said he
was shocked by the volume
of mail he has received from
persons all over the world
supporting Staeglich's alle-
gations.

