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Southeast. corner Northwestern Behind Gabe's Fruits In The Mayfair Shops Mon.-Sat. 10-5:30 Thurs. 10-8:30 Holocaust Memorial Event Honors Littell With Award 353-1424 THINK SPRING SALE!!! ,M1.1.11.111MINNI LATTICE GROUP • 4 chairs • 48" table Reg. $631.00 27030 Evergreen 11 & Evergreen Lathrup Village 552-8850 Open daily 9:00-3:30 NOW $399.95 Rev. Franklin Littell, center, receives a plaque from Dr. John Mames at Sunday's Holocaust memorial program. Pictured with them, are, from left: Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig, Sonia Popowski and Leon Halpern. BY HEIDI PRESS Local News Editor ROYAL • 4 chairs • 42" table Reg. $486.00 NOW $329.95 r's has the right gift for MOM.-SAT. 10:00-5:45 ORDER 8Y PHONE THURSDAYS 10:0 0-8:4S ip 3 5 - 5 le 5 efikliek 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.