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NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr.
Gerhart Riegner, who in
1942 as representative of
the World Jewish Congress
in Geneva first informed the
Western world of the Nazi
plan for the genocide of the
Jewish people, indicated
that he felt it improper to
cast judgement on what
should have or could have
been done to help rescue
European Jewry during
World War II.
"Certainly we could have
rescued more, but don't
have any illusions that we
could have rescued mill-
ions," Riegner told a group
of American representa-
tives of the World Jewish
Congress at the Minskoff
Center here.
He said the international
political situation was diffe-
rent and the American
Jewish community's influ-
ence was limited compared
to what it is today.
Observers interpreted
Riegner's remarks,
which included a refer-
ence to Stephen Wise, the
former president of the
American Jewish Con-
gress, as having been a
direct reference to the
ongoing investigation
under the chairmanship
of former U.S. Supreme
Court Justice Arthur
Goldberg into what the
Jewish community did or
did not do in its efforts to
save European Jewry.
An interim report issued
by the Goldberg group has
specifically cited Wise's
wartime efforts.
The WJC gathering was
in commemoration of the
45th anniversary of Kris-
tallnacht (Night of Shat-
tered Glass), when Nazi
anti-Jewish attacks on the
night of Nov. 9-10, 1938, de-
cimated Jewish-owned
property and synagogues
throughout Germany.
The event is considered a
turning point in the treat-
ment of German and Aust-
rian Jewry marking an end
to independent organized
Jewish life, with the dissol-
ution of cultural and com-
munal bodies and the ban-
ning of the Jewish press.
While no complete tally
of the destruction exists,
reports said at least
30,000 Jews were ar-
rested in Germany, some
8,000 in Austria, and were
sent to concentration
camps in Dachau,
Buchenwald and Sac-
hsenhausen.
Reports said 815 Jewish-
owned shops were de-
stroyed, and 29 warehouses
and 171 dwellings set on fire
or otherwise destroyed; 191
synagogues were set on fire
and a further 76 completely
destroyed. Thirty-six Jews
were killed and 36 severely
injured in the anti-Jewish
attacks.
Rabbi Arthur Schneier,
spiritual leader of the Park
East Synagogue and who
participated in the discus-
sion, was in Vienna 45 years
ago and said he was a boy on
his way to school on Nov. 9 3
1938. "It was a day and
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night of horror. I can still
hear the shatter of glass, see
the burning of the
synagogues and see hun-
dreds and hundreds of
Jewish men lined up wait-
ing for shipping to Dachau
and Buchenwald."
It was Riegner who in
1942 transmitted a tele-
graph directed to the U.S.
State Department and
British Foreign Office that
contained the first authen-
tic news about Hitler's deci-
sion to exterminate the
Jews.
The name of the infor-
mant who passed the in-
formation to Riegner has
remained a mystery until
just several months ago
when historians verified
the informant as German
industrialist Edward
Schulte. But Riegner,
who is the last person
alive to know the identity
of the informant, will not
verify whether it was
Schulte, saying he gave
his word not to reveal the
informant's identity.
According to Riegner, the
Jews outside Germany
could not comprehend what
was taking place although
he said it was clear in three
separate instances that
what was occurring would
be fatal to the Jews.
This included a 1933 Nazi
ouster of Jews from profes-
sional positions, the 1935
Nuremburg laws, and the
1938 night of shattered
glass. He said despite the
warnings, "nothing hap-
pened."
Riegner said he was not
seeking to "exonerate" any-
one for what they did or
failed to do but pointed out
that it is essential to put ac-
tions by individuals in his-
torical context.
This, he said, included
an assessment of the ac-
tions of President
Bible Stories
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NEW YORK — Double-
day and Co. has published a
beautifully - illustrated set
of three miniature Bible
stories for children.
small
three
The
volumes, written by Peter
Seymour on the Creation,
Noah and Jonah, fit to-
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box.
The fold-out stories are
colorfully illustrated by
Peter Spier. Full-color
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The boxed set is entitled
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—Thomas Hardy
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Franklin Roosevelt, who
at that time was con-
fronted with challenges
from isolationists and the
strictures imposed by
U.S. public opinion.
Meanwhile, Neal Sher,
who is the acting director of
the Office of Special Inves-
tigations, the Justice De-
partment's office responsi-
ble with investigating and
prosecuting war criminals
living in the United States,
said that Israel is ready to
seek the extradition of war
criminals from the U.S. He
said he could not go into de-
tails of who those persons
are or when formal action
may begin.
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