Shaarey Zedek

1940-1950

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Reburial service in 1948 for Lt. Raymond Zussman, holder 0
Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous bravery durn
World War II.

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Rabbi Morris Adler
saying Kiddush at a -
military hospital
during World War
II, circa 1943.

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Parents stand in the rain at
7•30 a.m. in front of the

Aaron DeRoy Jewts
Community Center at

decade, as World War II and the

Woodward and Holbrook
to register their children for
camp through the Fresh Air

Holocaust became the focus of Jewish

Society.

• 1940-1950: Another twin-cause

The North Eri
Holbrook Streit.
dedicated to he

life in the first half of the decade, and

the birth of Israel dominated the sec-

ond hall With the dizzying image of

Detroit Jews gathering at Central

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High School on May 16, 1948, to

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celebrate the declaration of the state of

Israel, the more horrific scenes of the

Holocaust that haunted the newsreels

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faded slightly from view. Jews were

elated as the new state managed to

defend itself and gained the miracu-

lous achievement of nationhood.

President Harry Trumans motorcade passes in front of Franks Market;
cessor of Frank's Nursery and Crafts, Inc., in 1948. (Leaning forward z 3
is William Sherr; with hands raised is Max Weinberg)