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Friday, June 19, 1987

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

A

Geneva (JTA) — The Yad
Vashem's "Medal of the Just"
was conferred posthumously in
Jerusalem last week on
Friedrich Born of Switzerland.
As a delegate of the Interna-
tional Red Cross in Budapest
during World War II, Born
worked with Swedish diplomat
Raoul Wallenberg to rescue
Hungarian Jews from deporta-
tion to Nazi death camps.
Unlike Wallenberg, whose
deeds have been honored by
Jews and non-Jews the world
over, Born's activities re-
mained a secret for more than
40 years. He mentioned them
to no one, not even members of
his family He died in 1963.
Born worked in close col-
laboration with Wallenberg
and in consultation with the
Swiss Consul in Budapest,
Carl Luntz.
While he made use of his
Red Cross status, his mission
was personal and he assumed
sole responsibility. According
to the Swiss weekly Con-
struire, Born had no choice.
Max Huber, who was presi-
dent of the International Com-
mittee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
at the time, opposed any action
to save Jews. Huber consid-
ered the plight of Jews an in-
ternal problem on the
Hungarians in which the
humanitarian organization
should not interfere.
The world finally learned of
Born's courage and dedication
to saving Jewish lives through
the tireless research of an
Israeli lawyer, Arieh Ben-Toy,
63, whose family perished at
Auschwitz. Ben-Toy gained ac-
cess to Red Cross archives in
Geneva and interviewed of-
ficials of the Swiss government
in Bern and the World Jewish
Congress.
Wallenberg, a Swedish diplo-
mat, saved Jews by sheltering
them in the Swedish Embassy
and providing Swedish docu-
ments. Born acted similarly.
He recruited 4,000 Jews as
employees of the Red Cross, is-
suing them ICRC papers. He
pressured Hungarian govern-
ment officials and confiscated
hospitals and homes where he
hid many Jews under the Red
Cross flag.
Deportations were tempor-
arily halted in July 1944 at the
intervention of the King of
Sweden. Born, Wallenberg and
Luntz took advantage of the
lull to save as many Jews as
possible, but they could not
save 435,000 Hungarian Jews
from the provinces who had
been deported a few weeks
earlier.
Born's tenacity influenced

the ICRC in Geneva which, for
a while, adopted a harder posi-
tion toward the Nazis.
Bore's widow died last year.
His son, who lives in Scotland,
and his daughter, living in
Switzerland, went to Je-
rusalem to accept the medal on
behalf of their father.

Israeli Press
Raps Arad
Appointment

Jerusalem (JTA) — Moshe
Arad, the career foreign ser-
vice officer nominated to be
Israel's next Ambassador to
the United States, last week
was the subject of less-than-
charitable commentary by
the media which his col-
leagues say is unfair.
A Jerusalem Post editorial
said that with U.S7Israel rela-
tions at an especially "deli-
cate" juncture, "nothing less
than the highest qualities...
would seem to be required" of
an Ambassador to Washing-
ton. The newspaper acknowl-
edged that Arad "is certain-
ly a capable diplomat" but
that "the Washington
post...calls for something
more."
The media reactions appear
to have been influenced by
the fact that Arad's nomina-
tion was a compromise
reached by Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres after
months of public wrangling
over a successor to Meir
Rosenne.
Foreign service insiders
and observers consider the
media barbs unjustified.
They say Arad's selection,
however arrived at, was not a
bad choice and could turn out
to be a remarkably good one.
Arad's friends and colleagues
hold him in high regard for
his intellectual attributes and
poise.
Arad's formal designation
as Ambassador to the U.S.
awaits official American con-
currence. He has already been
approved by the Cabinet.

French Elect
New Chief Rabbi

Paris (JTA) — Joseph
Sitruk, a 42-year-old Alger-
ian-born ultra-Orthodox rab-
bi, was elected Chief Rabbi of
France Sunday, succeeding
Rene Sirat, who did not seek
a second term. Sitruk will
take office on Jan. 1, 1988.

