28
Friday, November 8, 1985
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
LIMITED TIME OFFER
NOTEBOOK
COMPARE OUR LOW PRICES AND SAVE ON
STAINLESS & SILVER-PLATED FLATWARE
BRAND NAME SALE
Sale Includes All
Active Patterns
Book Details Finns' Role
Alongside Nazi Germany
Over 250 patterns on display and Hundreds more to choose from.
Place S•ttings and
Open Stock
Aimliable
fverelers & Silversmiths since 1916
BY JAMES RICE
Diamond Brokers, Importers, Jewelry Manufacturers
DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM BRADOWBROOK VIU MALL WOWS RSNER MG. DETROIT
123Fis114.11444Svog
972-3360
Waliest tik7d at Marne
375-9100
290 N. Wesaward
642-7157
41111111.11/..1•111•1•16
Advertising in The Jewish News Gets Results
Place Your Ad Today. Call 354-6060
AL'S SAVES YOU MONEY!
CUSTOM WALL MIRROR SPECIALISTS
Al's Stocks It All!
TUB ENCLOSURES
BIFOLD MIRRORED
AND 5lLiUiniitI 000n3
3' Bifolds
Glazed
CLM
FRAMED MIRRORS
ON DISPLAY
-I
TUB ENCLOSURE
NOW
Reg.
$1155"9988
GLASS 111 AUTO TRIM
CUSTOM WALL MIRRORS
ism TIRES i ACCESSORIES
••
IR II
SAVE $75.62
SOUTHFIELD: 24777 Telegraph
353-2500
Other locations: Wayne and Lincoln Park
Mazda
1/2, 3
SPECIALS
EXPERT INSTALLATION AVAILABLE
VISIT
OUR
SHOWROOM
1/4, 3 /8
#458
EXPIRES 11-30-85
1986
'''' • ...
at -
• M.W•MM.wr
misisems
TURBO POWER
COMES 10 MAZDA 626!
-
'
'' MIMMISMseeso
INTRODUCING THE FIRST
ROAD CAR OF SMALL CARS.
INTRODUCING THE 1986 MAZDA 626
GT TURBO SPORT COUPE.
THE ALL-NEW FUEL-INJECTED
1986 MAZDA 323.
Here's a real world-class front-wheel-drive road car: 0-60 in
8.1 sec. 120 hp fuel-injected, turbocharged engine. 15-inch
high-performance wheels and tires. New Automatic Adjusting
Suspension. Luxuries include
power steering/windows/locks, ma7Da
9-way driver's seat, and more.
The new front-wheel-drive 323 Deluxe Sedan is a whole new
concept in small cars. It offers a solid ride, crisp acceleration, and
a roomy, quiet interior. Plus standard features like a 1.6-litre
OHC engine, 5-speed overdrive,
fully independent suspension,
dials, and much
AUTOBAHN CASH BACK. . .$600*
Autoba hn
motors
fr 1
1765 Telegraph Rd.
Bloomfield Hills
(One mile North of Square Lake Rd.)
On remaining 1985 Models. Use as downpayment or cash
himself was responsible. But for
Finland, the common enemy
was the USSR which had at-
tacked it in 1939. Whatever
feelings the Finns had about the
Nazis, they had no choice but to
fight alongside them.
As in every country, there
certainly were Nazi sympathiz-
ers. In the early years of the
war, when Germany was riding
high, some pro-German Finns
abused Jewish soldiers, but
"were swiftly squelched by other
Finns."
The record shows that the ap-
proximately 200-300 Jewish ref-
When Germany launched its
surprise attack on the USSR in
June 1941, Finland welcomed
the Wehrmacht as an ally
against their common enemy on
the Northern Front, despite
some misgivings about the
Nazis. Finnish Jews again did
their patriotic duty in the Fin-
nish army.
Incredible as it may seem,
some Finnish Jewish soldiers
were given German medals for
valor, while just 25 miles away,
across the Gulf of Finland,
Nazis were systematically mur-
dering the Jews of Estonia.
All of this is a matter of his-
torical record, according to a
soon to be published history of
this aspect of WW II by Finnish
scholar Hannu Rautkallio. The
book is one of a series of publi-
cations sponsored by "Thanks to
Scandinavia," about the efforts
of Scandinavian countries to
save their Jewish citizens from
the Nazis.
Rautkallio's manuscript con-
tains meticulously researched
revelations of the many
paradoxes and cross-currents in
Finland during those turbulent
war years. There are references
to the role of the top Nazi lead-
ers including Hitler, Himmler,
and Eichmann, all of whom
made official visits to Finland
during the war.
In 1942, during Himmler's
visit to Finland, Prime Minister
Rangell replied to Himmler's
question about "the situation
with the Jews: "In Finland there
are roughly a couple of thousand
Jews — decent families and in-
dividuals whose sons are fight-
ing in our army like the rest of
the Finns, and who are quite as
respected citizens as all the rest
. . . Wir haben keine Juden-
frage."
After that, the Nazis never
seriously threatened Finnish
Jews, although they ocasionally
complained about Jews, espe-
cially those on the staff of the
Finnish army.
Certainly the Finnish gov-
ernment and people were aware
from newspaper reports and
their own diplomats of the fate
of the Jews in Germany and
Nazi-occupied Europe, which the
Finns strongly disapproved. The
Finnish Ambassador in Berlin
did protest the Nazi action
against Danish Jews in October
1943. The German Foreign
Ministry coolly rejected the pro-
test as a matter of "extreme
sensitivity" for which Hitler
well protected. The men were
sent to work camps during the
war, primarily for support of the
military. Conditions were harsh
in the bitter Artic winters, but
cessions.
/4 thick
• Clear, gray or
bronze glass
• Beveled glass
• patterns
•
• Chrome or gold frames
• Clear, bronze or
textured glass
• custom units
• New doors or your
doors
• Clear or bronze
mirror
'9981%
TABLE TOPS
/Sail • /RI • NIP !Ilk MIS% IPA IR"
011111110111, Mal samPliOinINO .
For democratic Finland,
World War II was the "Con-
tinuation War." The USSR had
invaded Finland in November
1939, taking advantage of the
protection of their June 1939
pact with Hitler. Finnish Jews
had loyally served in that
struggle, when the tough Fin-
nish army under its redoubtable
Marshal C.G. Mannerheim held
off its huge neighbor's armed
forces until March 1940, in what
Finland called the "Winter
War." After its hard won vic-
tory, the USSR forced Finland
to make major territorial con-
3 8-4531
ugeeb in Finland were not so
The Nazis never
seriously threatened
Finnish Jews,
although they
occasionally
complained about
Jews, especially
those in the Finnish
army.
in that respect were apparently
no different than for Finns in
the camps.
Some Jewish refugees com-
plained about "concentration
camps." According to Rautkallio,
this was an unjustified com-
plaint, for Jewish refugees were
not persecuted despite the real
hardships they endured.
Yet, a few Jewish refugees
from Germany and Central and
Eastern Europe were apparently
turned over to the Nazis for de-
portation by Valpo, the Finnish
state police. After the Russian
victory over Finland in 1944
there were intensive investiga-
tions of the role of Valpo and its
controversial director Arno An-
thoni. He was arrested, but his
guilt was never clearly estab-
lished according to Rautkallio.
Rautkallio also describes the
work of the Central Council of
Jewish Congregations. The
American Jewish Joint Distri-
bution Committee and HICEM
(HIAS) had sent funds for aid to
refugees until June 1941, when
the U.S. Treasury blocked trans-
fer of funds to Finland. After
that, the congregations met this
responsibility on their own as
best ithey could.
The congregations also pro-
vided , special assistance to about
200-300 Russian War prisoners
of Jewish birth ... "understand-
able for the reason that the fam-
ily roots of nearly all the Jews
in Finland were in Russia."