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VOLUME 22—No. 18
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Soviet Agents Act As Instruments of Neo-Nazism
East Germany's Anti-Zionist
Drive Arouses Jewry's Protests
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LONDON—Indignation was expressed by Jewish leaders here on
Tuesday over the resolution published by the Central Committee of the
East German Communist Party in Berlin on Monday declaring that the
demands for compensation for Jewish victims of Nazism are "an attempted
theft of German property."
Reports received Tuesday by the Jewish Agency officers here state
that the Communist resolution which is outspokenly anti-Jewish and anti-
gionists says that when Jewish capital was confiscated by the-Nazis all that
happened was that property of Jewish . monopoly capitalists was trans-
ferred to Aryan monopoly capitalists.
This statement is "an insult to the memory of six million Jewish victims of
German Nazi bestiality," S. Levenberg, representative of the Jewish Agency, said.
"It is an attempt to whitewash the greatest crime in history."
Emphasizing that the Berlin Communist resolution is framed "in the old
Nazi anti-Semitic style," Mr. Levenberg said "the revival of the anti-Semitic
campaign in East Germany, backed by official quarters, is a most disturbing
development. Following so closely after the Prague trial the new anti Zionist and
anti-Jewish drive in East Berlin is a challenge and a warning to the Jewish
people."
NEW YORK—Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Jewish Agency and
president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Tues-
day issued a statement assailing the attacks made by the German Communist
Party against Jews and Zionism. The statement reads:
"Copying the pattern set.by the Prague trials, the Central Committee of the
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party of East Germany Monday published resolu-
tions which seek to use Zionism as an excuse for the internal purge now going
on in the Communist ranks in East Germany.
"The inner convulsions of the Communist regimes and the Cominform, and
the guilt or innocence of Communist leaders are not the concern of Jewry or
of Communism. However, all Jews and Zionists were shocked by the attempts
of the • Prague regime to make the movement of - Jewry's national renaissance
the scapegoat for Communist political expediencY. The Allegation of the exis-
tence of "art 'International Zionist conspiracy" in cooperation with-Age, 01
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imperialism seems to have been intended by the Prague rulers to deflect the
people's wrath from their disastrous policies. We shudder to think of the effect
this has had on the security of Czech Jews.
"Attacks on Zionism and 'Jewish capitalists' come with extremely poor
grace from their rulers of East Germany, for no one accepts the Communist
contention that conversion to Communism has absolved the East Germans from
guilt for Nazi crimes, which is tthe common responsibility of all Germans.
"Herr • Merker, a deposed member of the East Germany Politbureau, is al-
leged to have favored a German subsidy for immigration to Israel and to have
praised the rescue efforts of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. I know nothing
of Herr Merkers' alleged position or utterances. But it is shameless for the Social-
ist Unity Party to denounced such a position.. If, indeed, this was Herr Merker's
position, as a reprehensible act.
"On behalf of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
and on behalf of the Israel Government, I have repeatedly stressed that it is
Germany's responsibility to pay for the resettlement of Nazism's victims in
Israel. Israel demanded $1,00,000,0000 from West Germany and $500,000,000
from East German. West Germany has made its settlement in amount of
$822,000,000, soon to be ratified by the Bundestag. East Germany has kept silent
on Israel's and Jewry's demand. In addition to paying for the resettlement of
refugees, West Germany also has committed itself to pay indemnity and restitu-
tion to -individuals. Some restitution has already been paid. Additional legisla-
tion soon will be passed to extend these indemnity benefits.
"East Germany has -done nothing in this regard. The resolution implies that
one of Herr Merker's error was that he urged the restoration of all Jewish prop-
erty to its former owners. I do not know whether Herr Merker has done so.
However, the S Dcialist party publicly refuses restitution and seeks to benefit from
the Nazi Aryan laws under which this property was confiscated.
"The adopted resolution follows on the heels of an all-out campaign in the
East German press against West Germany's agreement with Israel and the Con-
ference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The Socialist Unity Party
now attacks Zionists and Jewish capitalists in the best manner of the Nazi party.
Its wordage seems to have been lifted from the Nazi lexicon. Is it determined to
become the instrument of neo-Nazism? The answer seems to be implicit in the
resolution adopted by the Socialist Unity Party."
New Health Agency Ready to Accept Patients
10,000 Inspect Sinai Hospital on Opening Day
A 39-year-old drearn, nurtured by the grand-
parents and parents of the present generation of
Detroit Jewry, reached its final stage of realiza-
tion on Sunday when the Sinai Hospital was of-
ficially opened at impressive ceremonies in which
the community's outstanding leaders—Christians
and Jews—participated.
The cutting of the ribbon at the main entrance
by Nate S. Shapero, chairman of the Jewish Hos-
pital Association's building committee, and the
presentation of the key to Max Osnos, president of
the hospital, after a formal one-hour ceremony
during which addresses were delivered by the com-
munity's spokesmen, was the signal that the hos-
pital was ready to function. First admission will be
on Jan. 15.
Approximately ten thousand Defroiters viewed the
hospital during a period of four hours of guided tours.
Those who recallecibthe early years of the movement
for a hospital, the participants in the work of the
early Hebrew Hospital Association and the more re-
cent Mount Sinai Hospital Association, expressed deep
emotion over the attainment of the goal and the
blossoming of their ideas into the magnificent struc-
ture which is considered the last word in the creation
of a health institution.
The guided tours were preceded by a program
presided over by Mr. Osnos. Henry Wineman, who
was scheduled to be the chairman, was unable to
attend due to illness. Mr. Osnos, who outlined the
history of the hospital movement, said that the works
of "dreamers and doers" will be recorded in the
establishment of this "great instrument of public
service" for health and the cure• of the sick. "We
are both proud and humble in this great hour," Mr.
Osnos said.
Greetings were brought to the gathering by
George H. Miehis, president of Kahn Associates, on
behalf of his organization, which was in charge of
the architectural work for the hospital.
-James Webber, president of the Greater Detroit
Hospital Fund, to whom thanks were expressed for
its share in the financial aid given the new hospital,
spoke briefly, stating he and his associates "take
pride in the dedication. of this great hospital."
Samuel H. Rubiner, president of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation; welcoming the new agency into the
Federation fimily, spoke of the value of "planning
together for the common good" and the result of
"many years of dreaming and planning for a health
'enter." He urged that • the community should proceed
to discharge Its obligations to all its needs, to educa-
tion and social welfare, and to continue to carry on
its duties in the many fields served by Federation.
Expressing thanks to the many people who
shared in the effort of building the hospital, Mr.
Shapero, as head of • the building committee, re-
called that the ground for the health center was
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The Cutting of the flibboii:
Sinai Hospital was declared officially open
when NATE S. SHAPERO (right) chairman of the building committee, cut the ribbon at the entrance
of the. Hospital Sunday noon, as MAX OSNOS, president of the hospital (left) , and Dr. JULIEN
PRIVER, hospital director, watched the proceedings.
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