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Amidst the strains of the El
Moleh Rachamim and other mus-
ical selections appropriate to the
occasion, Rev. Franklin Littell re-
ceived the Righteous Among the
Nations of the World Award Sun-
day at the annual Memorial
Academy held in memory of the
victims of the Holocaust.
Upon receiving the award at
the program, held at the main
Jewish ,Community Center, Rev.
Littell urged the audience, com-
prised mainly of Holocaust sur-
vivors and their families, to tell
the story of the Nazi atrocities,
"for the sake of life."
"We're beginning to speak for
the sake of life, to speak because
we have to. We cannot keep silent.
We speak for the sake of chil-
dren."
Littell alluded to the young war
heroes and heroines such as Anne
Frank, Chana Czenesh and Mor-
dechai Anielewicz, who died at
the hands of the Nazis, and to the
1.5 million other children who
perished. "The children perished
in the midst of Christendom be-
cause there weren't enough re-
scuers around," he said.
The afternoon also was the oc-
casion of two candlelightings, one
to remember the Holocaust vic-
tims, the other to memorialize the
Israeli soldiers and civilians who
died in Israel's wars. Survivors
and children of survivors who par-
ticipated in the candlelighting
were: Gittel Fish, Lola Seider-
man, Sima Yarsike, Norman
Adelsberg, Harry Praw, Berek
Rothenberg, Gail Gales, Bonnie
Levin, Dina• Rosenzveig, Gary
Karp, Mark Kent and Robert
Roth. Abraham Weberman lit•he
candles in memory of Israel's fal-
len.
Dr. John Mames, a past
president of the Shaarit Hap-
laytah organization, sponsor of
the program, urged the survivors
to record their stories "as a warn-
ing to future generations." Upon
presenting the award to Littell,
Names called him a "beacon of
hope for all future generations."
Mrs. Gales, a daughter of sur-
vivors, said it is the mission of the
children of survivors to educate
others about the Holocaust.
"There could be more done. I
would like to see more people of
my generation participate in
events like this." A teacher of He-
brew at Southfield-Lathrup High
School, Mrs. Gales asked, "What
happens when they're (survivors)
gone? Who will be left (to tell their
stories)?"
Rothenberg, a survivor of
Buchenwald, who is the only one
left of his family, lauded Shaarit
Haplaytah and its co-sponsoring
agencies for convening the pro-
gram. He said it should be contin-
ued.
Since there are no cemeteries at
which to memorialize his de-
ceased relatives, Rothenberg said
he does so by attending this pro-
gram. "My responsibility is to
come to the program," he said.
B'nai B'rith Einstein Lodge
President Jack Seiderman, a sur-
vivor of the Lodz ghetto in Poland,
said memorial programs such as
this should be continued "to let
people know, starting with our
own community, to be aware of
what happened to European
Jewry. There is no guarantee if we
let those memories fade it could
not happen again anyplace in the
world."
Seiderman said he would like to
see the children of survivors be-
come more actively involved.
A Jewish War Veterans color
guard opened the program, mod-
erated by Sonia Popowski.
Shaarit Haplaytah President
Leon Halpern welcomed the
guests. He wag joined on the dais
by Mrs. Eli Robinson of the
Jewish Community Council, Sid
Freeland of the Jewish Center
Board, Robert Arcand of the
Greater Detroit • Round Table of
the National Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews, Charles Silow of
Children of Holocaust Survivors
Association in Michigan, Rabbi
Charles H. Rosenzveig of the
Holocaust Memorial Center,
Marti H. Rose, past president of
Shaarit Haplaytah, and Gustav
Berenholz.
Musical selections were pro-
vided by Cantor Louis Klein of
Cong. B'nai Moshe, accompanied
by Doreen Raskin, and by vio-
linist Misha Rachlevsky, accom-
panied by Pauline Martin.
Dramatic readings were pre-
sented by Shari Ferber.
Messages were received from
John N. Doherty, West Bloom-
field supervisor; Congressman
Sander Levin; Sens. Donald
Riegle, Jr., and Carl Levin; Ar-
chbishop Edmund C. Szoka;
Southfield Mayor Donald F.
Fracassi; Congressman William
Broomfield and President Ronald
Reagan. A State Senate Resolu-
tion offered in memory of the
Holocaust also was received.
At the conclusion of the event,
guests were invited to light
yahrzeit candles in the Holocaust
Memorial Center.