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heodore Bikel de-
scribes himself as pri-
marily an artist and
interpreter of the spoken
word. But he realizes that
"doesn't preclude me from
also being a thinking or
political human being. People
are beginning to realize that
you have to speak out on
behalf of those things that
you believe in."
And Bikel certainly does.
Long a political activist, he
says his activism stems, in
great part, from having fled
the Nazis when still a
teenager.
Born in Vienna, Bikel and
his family managed to escape
to Israel (then Palestine) six
months after the Nazis invad-
ed Austria. Relocated in the
Jewish homeland, Bikel was
able to pursue his career as
an entertainer, joining the
Habimah Theatre at age 19,
and, one year later, becoming
a co-founder of the Israel
Chamber Theatre.
He went on to graduate
from the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Arts in London, ap-
pearing in several West End
plays, including A Streetcar
Named Desire under the
direction of Sir Laurence
Olivier.
Bikel has made some 41

films, including The Defiant
Ones for which he received an
Academy Award nomination.
But with all his artistic pur-
suits, he has never forgotten
the painful days of his youth.
"I had six months of Nazis
and it's not easy to forget,"he
says. "My commitment to ac-
tivism flows for a realization
that if some so-called 'well-
meaning' people had been ac-
tive and spoken out, if they
had disturbed themselves
enough to do what was right
and to oppose the Nazis,
things might have turned out
differently. At least, we would
know that the attempt had
been made.
"As it is, thousands upon
thousands of those well-
meaning people did -nothing,
said nothing, opposed
nothing. And today, neither
you nor I nor history itself
can absolve them of some
guilt and some complicity."

Bikel says he promised
himself he would never be in
the position of these "well-
meaning" people. lbday he
continues to fight for what he
believes in, whether it's the
efforts of Amnesty Interna-
tional or against South
African apartheid.
Nelson Mandela's recent
release after a 27-year im-
prisonment, left Bikel elated.
But he frowns on Mandela's
current association with