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stitutes to house and study
them. Little of this informa-
tion reached the wider public,
however, and historians out-
side a small circle of survivors
tended to ignore the issue.
Broadly speaking, general
works scarcely mentioned the
murder of European Jews, or
did so in passing as one more
atrocity in a particularly
cruel war. This neglect pro-
mpted real fears among pro-
minent Israelis that the
Holocaust was being
forgotten.
The trial of Adolf
Eichmann, who was brought
to Israel from Argentina after
being abducted by Israeli
agents, was meant to place
the Holocaust in proper
historical perspective.
As an historian, in
elaborating on his research,
Dr. Marrus utilizes the com-
ments by Nazis as well as the
historians' factual data on all
the issues covered in his
thorough study of the
Holocaust experiences.
There are extensive
analyses of the reports in-
dicating the number of vic-
tims of the Nazi terror. Differ-
ing views are not ignored.
The generally-conceded
figure of five-and-a-half
million to six million who
perished is given credibility.
Every aspect of the subject
is treated with the historian's
record for research credibility.
Dr. Marrus gives accounts of
resistance to Nazism in all
the areas occupied by them.
After analysing the record of
Bundist, Zionist, Communist
and other organizing units
where resistance was possi-
ble, he makes this comment:
Jewish resistance spans the
full range of activity noted by
historians of resistance in
general. With the Jews, as
with everyone else, armed
conflict was on the peak of a
great pyramid of resistance
activity, most of which was
designed in other ways to im-
pede German objectives and
contribute to the victory over
Nazism. For most Jews,
however, overwhelming Ger-
man force prevented even
minor achievements, and a
final victory was impossible.
Even the most clear-sighted
resistance leaders had no
answers for most Jews caught
in the maelstrom of 1940-44
— in the east or west. For the
young, for those without fami-
ly responsibilities, armed
combat provided a means for
Jewish affirmation in the
last, terrible moments before
the inevitable German
onslaught or in the final
months of Nazi presence; for
others, the rescue of Jewish
children, the manufacture of
false identity papers, and the

secret passage of the frontiers
into Spain, Switzerland,
Rumania, or Hungary were
realistic possibilities. But
these were exceptions — and
relatively very few:
For most Jews, very little
could be done without the
assistance of the surrounding
population, the willingness of
local authorities and police to
look aside, arid extraordinary
good luck. And as we have
seen, every one of these was
in short supply.
There is a realism in this
comment that indicates the
difficulty that was en-
countered by resisting forces
to accomplish the desired
results. There was a limita-
tion to the results in
resistance efforts.
The thoroughness of study
and research in Marrus' The
Holocaust in History lends it
great significance in the en-
tire library dealing with the
tragic events.

'Ambassador'
Enthusiasts

he Ambassador Bridge
is taken for granted.
for granted. Nearly
everybody in the Detroit area
has had an opportunity to use
it on the way to Windsor. Too
few have traced the exciting
story of its founding.
Therefore, The Ambassador

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Bridge: A Monument to Pro-
gress by Philip P. Mason, a

very large history just
published by Wayne State
University Press, is among
the most exciting stories in
the record of history-making
in Michigan.
It was as early as 1870 that
railroad officials lobbied for a
proposal to establish this link
between Michigan and On-
tario. The campaign for the
project continued until 1921
when the American Transit
Company and the Canadian
Transit Company united to
finance and construct the
presently unifying bridge.
There are history-making
details in the achievement.
There were debates, en-
dorsements and obstructions.
Then came the triumph and
the operation is fully describ-
ed and excellently illustrated
in the WSU Press volume.
Prominent leaders who sup-
ported this bridge project in-
cluded Dr. Leo M. Franklin,
rabbi of Temple Beth El, and
Leo Butzel.
The Ambassodor Bridge
has gained an important
place among the extension
bridges. At one time it was
the world's longest extension
bridge and it retains the
distinction of being the
largest extension bridge over
international waters.