Vol. VI. No. 6 JUNE. 1951

INFORMATION aSVED tr THi — ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH REFUGEES IN GREAT &RITAIN 8. FAIRFAX MANSIONS. FINCHLEY ROAD ( ,; ,fg5f AD ) LONDON. N.W.3 Orfkt Md C«nvMui%t Houn : 10 .JW.— 1 p.m.. 3—i »-«. iuniar 10 a,».—I f.m. rWa^kM. : MAI,!. V,U. VfM, ( t U u f t l OHIc)

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IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY In Ills fainou? annual meisaife to Congress

in Januar.- 1941 Roosevelt, in tlie middle of 3 world catastrophe, defined thf- foundations on which tlie post-war world was to rest ; I'rcedom of sjx'cch aud p.vpre.s.sion e\-ery-wht-re in the world, freedom of the indi­vidual to worship Cod in his own way, freedom from want and freedom from fear. These four freedoms are the corner stones on which is built up the life of tin individual in this century. The [xjlicy that drove ILS iroin G<?miany denied iis thi- first, tilt-freedom to express ourselves wthout hind­rance in thought and speech, and we liave found this fre'-doni hero. But there arc many amongst us who have not achieved, or at least not completely achieved the last two frueilonib. Iveetloni ftoiu want and

\V.\RN1NG SIGNALS i

TH E yrowlh uf »eo-N.isisn: in tlennany, imh- } CAtefl by the election resuUi* in ixiwer Saxony i

anil by variouri other symptoms, will be ronsiderffd w-itli gri'at anxiety c!*iK:ci.\lIy by tlio-^' *vho, in their own lives, experienced the eflects "i the S'aij regime. The siutkien success of the Hitler move-nWDt waa underrated antJ riilieuled in the early thirties, anif thus the fuundatiixu were laid for a development oi whicli » e became the first victims ami which. eventMally. K-d tn a wtirld-wtde catastrophe.

Is 1941 another I03U ? Will IVMUI repeat the ntiHtakea oi Weimar .' Will \>cAce, in a world wlwch i.< anyh<» full of inli^raational lension. again he destroyetl by a ruthless, militaiisvit antl ag^fnatsive Germany ? It woult! be futile to indulge in i>rt>-phcn-ies. but it MIOUUI be suicidal to ignore facta and just to wait ft.r wliat might or might not happen.

Tinies have changt:^ with unbelievable apcetl. Immediately after the war, former Mazis tried to deny or to raininviae their record. Gradually, their jiolitieal yoM cca.<»ed to he ij>n»itl«'rcii a^ a dark tijxJt. ajitl now it may. in the view ol wide secuona ol the }KtpuUt;on. even t»' an as.sel. The china.\ of tills transformation is fiyinlwlisetl by the (art that the man who may btiaat tif liavitig siipprct*se.l the anti-Nazi refti^ance mtjvemeot, Major-Cjeoeral Rcmer. qualifies for jiafty leadership last iwt least on account oi hi» action on July 21), lft44.

Nr>t many readers will accept th. view of a corre­spondent who*.: letter 1 patjlisheti m this issnr anti w"h« believes that things would have taken a different course if the relugeea from Clerniany had been tntwe active in the Uetuuification of Ccrmany and if the>' liad (jivett more a».^stance and eoccturage-nient to ttie txjcupation authoritiia m their search for genuine anti-Xaii^. On the other hand, it will lie agreetl that we Jews, the claxsical victims of generaliitatioiis. liave added reason for ah<>taiiiing lr*>oi sweeping atatements. So {ar. the net^-Xazt^ are still a minority, aati it dejicjlils not only on tlie .\llies, but in the first place on th.- demtjcratic ftirces iosuie Orniany, whethei' the warning s i s a l s will be hee.l'Nl tiefore, again, it is tot. late.

freedom from fear. Kear is a worse scourge than anything else, it oversliadows the life of tho individual and jxiisons tht.- verj' air lit- breathe. .More lasting and devastating '!ven than the fear of pb\-sical violence, of suppressioji and injustice at the hands of such institutions as the fiestapo or other state j»lii:e organisations is the subtler fear of the days to come, of a lonely uncared-for old age, of an insecure future. Wc aie here rontxriied with (X'ople who suffer from this t)pt:- of fear and whose suflermg often grows 10 such an extent that they commit suicide in order to escajx- it.

Lost Security There is nothing that weighs a p-rson

down like in-rfxurity. People who liki- the German Jews of the' last hundred years have known security and who for generations have livetl a life that was more or less shaped for them by tradition aiid environment are exposed to this gripping fear more than anyone else. W'e cannot go info the question as ' to whether this stKioIogici! hackjTiound has rendered them more helpless when lhe\-

insecurity and worse news. We arc con-cemet! with those who cannot fiiid employ­ment either l>"cause they are too old or because they have no special knowledge or abilities with which to earn a living, or because their fighting strength and their power of resistance have been lost in years of p)ett\- struggles and—even worse—jxiint-less waiting Tfiey started a new life, torn from the background they had known and by which thiy had been protected, without any tin.ancial resources and thus unable to wail for a job that would have suited their abilities and background. They had neither tlie time nor the money to train for new jobs, living as they were, from hand to mouth, until eventually the hand fails them. Tlie knowledge of their failing strength weighs heavily on Ihem, making them even more uncertain itiid restless. Poverty not only makes people luisun' of themselves, but cowardl} and timid as well. Uneinploymeiu gives (atopic a feeling of n-dundancy, of not t>eiiig needed by anybod) , of Tieing a burden to tht commtinity and in the last resort to one*;h, fiecause one has lost the sense of one's own value.

We are concerned here with those Jewish weit toni up bv their roots and shifted to men and women who consult our Employ-unknown and insecure surroundings in an endless day-to-day struggle. We want to look into the lives of those who for fifteen years now have lived from one day to the iHxl. in constant tear of what tl.e following morning held in store for them, who woke u[) to the thought that the gre\' monaing would hold for thi.-m nothing but bleak

ment .-^gencj', ,-i.sking the bitter question whether there will ever tie a job for them, v.ith those who dread the end of the week bt-c.iuse they might be given notice tJien. and notice to them would be tantamount to a death sentence. We are concerned with those who, to put it bhmtl>. are dilhcult to

Caniinurit on p.t§c Ji

ADDRESS TO OTTO M. SCHIFF The .AJR has dedicated a hand-aritteH address uith the following Vfording lo

Mr. CHio M. Schiff C.Ji.L. . -10th May, 1&.51

IXar Mr. Schifl. The work of the Jewish Refugees Committee has now come to a clost-. Its achievements

have left their mark on the historj- of our Community. Tens of thousands would have shared the plight ol their brothers on the Continent if they h:ui not been help<'d by British Jewry to hnd refuge in this countiy.

Your naine. Mr. Schiff, is inseparably linked with this gigantic rescue work. When peril befell us, the care oi otjr pcopW became your vocation. To this task you devoted all your strength, your energy- and your ftxix'rience. No sacrifice of comfort, of health, or of time was loo d c v for you. You were otir spokesman, aiitl the d'.iors were opened to tliose, wliose hves were in danger. You knew our past and you imderstood our hopes and our wishes. Whenever we approached you, we could rely on your soitmi advice and on your unreserved assistance.

Words cannot repay your immeasurable help. But as your Committee has now aa-omptished its mission, it is our desire to tr>' and express to you a little of our dee}>-felt gratitude. The labours which for almost two decades stixid in the forefrtwit of your thoughts and which enabled us to build up our Kves anew, will nevir be forgotten by us.

Yours very trulv, ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH REFUGEES IN GREAT BRITAIN

W. M. Belir. F. R. Bienenfeld. \V. Breslaucr, H. Capell. H. J. Keist. P. Ooldachmidt. .\. HorD>-itz, E. O. I..->rwenth.il. M. Ptittlitirr. It, Reichraann. \V. Rosenstock. R. Sthneitler, A. Schoycr, L. I'limaon,

A. Wectisler

P a g e 2

ELECTIONS IN LOWER SAXONY The cirction> m Lower Saxooy on May d restiltc<i

in stuijrnciosis increase of the aeo-Nai : Socialist Rcjchfl Party (S.R.P.) a ad oi the Par ty of ExptUces (B.H.E-l . The S.R.P. obtainod Iri s ea t i (ar-iii'si 2 in the previous Diet) soul the B .H.E . tl aeaU (against 1 seat i . The Social-DcmDcratic Par ty h*<J a *Iight increase of its proportional share m the lutat number of votea, but will be reprttsented in the new Diet by 6i (against 6tJ} depuUra- The Free Democratic Par ty obta inoi 12 mandates [against 11). Aa two radical right-wing jrplinter parties, the German Reichs Par ty ani-l liie (iierman Nxia l i s t Par ty obtained 3 and i manda tes re­spectively, there wil! be al together 21) e-ttremo right-wing deputies amongst t he 158 members of t he new Lower Saxon l*arliament : furthermore, the B .H .E . (21 seats), which comprises supporters of various poUtical shades, h u also a s t rong nationalist wing. S«vcnt>-fivc per cent, of the voters went to the polls.

The German Press ii greatly alarmed at the result. In a ieadmg article by Paul Setbe, tiic " Franitfnrtcr Allgcmcine Zeituog " cf^May g, 19S1.

Continued from front pan* e m p l o y , a n d o f t e n wel l n i g h unt ' raployabU.! . t o o y o u n g 10 e n t e r a n o W - a g e h o m e for t h o r e s t of t h e i r d a y s , a n d t o o o ld t o ftnd € i n p l o y -m e n t in t h e o p e n m a r k e t w h e t f t h e lasvs o i c o m p e t i t i o n a p p l y .

I t is for t h o s e p o p l e t h a t t h e A J R feels s p e c i a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e . W c art- t r y i n g a n u m b e r of w a y s t o h e l p t h o s e w h o arw p r a c t i c a l l y u n e m p l o y a b l e , a n d t o h n d w o r k t l i a t wi l l givt; t h e m n e w c o u r a g e a n d , w i t h t h e a b i l i t y t o m a k e a l i v i n g , a n e w lease of l i fe. I t xa e n v i s a g e d t o s e t u p a needle-woman sen-ke. T l i e w o m e n w h o p a r t i c i p a t e a r e m o s t l y widow's a n d e l d e r l y jK'opk- w h o h a v e d o n e a l t e r a t i o n s , r e p a i r i n g a n d m e n d i n g w o r k ( c l o t h i n g a n d v m d t n s ' e a r ) for y e a r s in t h e i r ow\a o r t h e i r c i i s t o r a c r s ' h o m e s , b u t h a v e di f f icul t ies n o w in l ind i j ig e n o u g h c l i e n t s . If w a n t e d , t h e a r t i c l e s c o u l d bo c o U e c t e d a t t h e e m p l o y e r s ' h o m e s . T h i s is j u s t o n e w a y , a m i n o r o n e , in w h i c h t o h e l p t h i s p a r t of o u r r e fugee c o m m u n i t y . B u t th^tre a r e g r e a t e r t ; i sks t o fulfil, a n d in o i d e r t o d o so , w e n e e d t h e c o - o p e r a t i o n of all o u r m e m l x - r s , of a l l t h o s e w h o i i a v e I jeen p r i v i l e g e d in t h a t t l i ey c o u l d b u i l d u p a n e w lifo o v e r h e r e a n d m a k e u s e of t h e i r t r a i n i n g a n d f a c u l t i e s . T h e r e is a sa>Tng t h a t a i l J e w s a r e b y n a t u r e i n c l i n e d t o b e c h a r i t a b l e a n d t o a l l e v i a t e t h e n e e d s of o t h e r s . O u r a p p e a l g o e s o u t t o a l l t h o s e a b l e t o d o s o t o p r o v i d e w o r k in t h e i r offices a n d w o r k - r o o m s for t h e i r ( e l low-refug^'es w h o a r e wi l l ing t o w o r k , b u t u n a b l e t o f ind e m p l o y m e n t (o r t h e r»ra .^ns s t a t e d . I t i s n o g o o d t o c a l m o n e ' s c o n s c i e n c e b y g i v i n g m o n e y o r h e l p i n k i n d . M o n e y w o u l d n o t so lve t h e p r o b l e m of t h e s e p e o p l e , i t m a y t e m p o r a r i l y h e l p t h e m , b u t i t d o c s n o t g i v e t h e m a p u r p o s e in life a n d a s e n s e of in ­d e p e n d e n c e . I n t h e s e d a y s of i n s e c u r i t y

Dangerous Trends analyses the reasons for the growing n*(tjt-wini< tendencies, which are a t t r ibuted tnlrr aita to the years o* hunger, to the denazification Tn-th<Hl" , aad to t h e internment of Nazis. Notwi-.: \":icsc explanation.^, the article severely - :.ict t ha t tlie Germans have for^otien . .-, of Auschwitz, the experience of the iii^'hllv i i r-raids and the lessons of the collajewr. The dctr i iaentai eflect of the election results on («erraany"3 foreijpi pj l icy are also stressed by various papers ; the ' Koclmsche Rundschau " pubh^hes its comments

uniier the h^-ading " fkrrmany's pfj:Tition in Eurojx* in danger ."

Tbe Chairman of t b e victorious neo Nazi S.R.P. is Major-General Remer, who owra his reputat ion to t he fact tha t bo suppresseil the plot again.it Hitler on July 20. 1944. I n its p<Hitical prypagaada. the S.R,P. has taken ap t he aggressive slogans of t he Ksuj Pa r ty ; it denies Oermany'j . ic»p(.)n.tibt1itT lor tile w a r ' a n d a t t acks denai i f i tauon. Ci\-il Servants who have been appointed or re-appointt t i after t he war arc sneered a t as " 45ers." In the iirganisaticnal field, the S.R.P. with its " Fuehrer-Pr tn i ip '• and its associated Youth and Women's Organisations is also a t rue cop}- of t h e iormer Na i i Pa r ty . Under the heading " C-ri<bbcl« has m a n y successors,'" the " "Welt " compares t he climate of the election meetings with the Nazi gatherings in 193i;32. Tliere were p a r t y erobJems and nnifonned -itewards.

T b e S.R.P. '• Reithsfront ," a kind of S-A-. has t>ecn prohibited by the Federal Government , The question, whether the Pa r ty it-self is lu be considered OA unconsti tut ional will, according to a s t a t ement of t he IJonii Minister of Interior, be decided by the Const i tut ional Court .

In a " poem " a^^initt " t he t ra i tors of the Reich.' which was circularised during the election campaign, the first let ters of each line *dd up to the word " Hi t le r . "

• O L D G U A R D " R E U N I T E D -At the Municipal Election meetings tn Schleswis;-

Holstein, the " German Block " ir.adt* arrange­ment!! rrtr:n!«' 'ent of thti -r-M Nazi gathet ings ; th*,' ' . ' ' and on onr O:!' :- .IUT of the local N.l/ : -lotion " t l tat the " 01.1 Gu-iid " \4Ji i'-L.ii;tcd. In Lu»;hcck, the arrival of th*^ chairman of the Par ty . Karl Mcisancr. was preceded by the intonation of the " Jiaden-wciler Marsch," whicji, in the past , u.ietl to be played t o announce the arrival of Hitltrr. Hy bis propaganda methods Meissner intends to *"'con-q u c r " SchleMwig-Holitcin and, from there , the o ther '• Laender*' of tbe Fetlerai Republic. " l>ic Welt " warns against under ra t ing the danger r " I t is not too long ago t ha t a comi?<iy which wa.'j not t aken seriously marked the beginning of an urisur-paMod t r agedy . "

" N . S . D . " P A R T % ' A recently founded Pa r ty in Bavaria called

" National SannmcI-I-^rty " U.M:S m its propaganda work the " well remembered " initials " K . S . P . " I t s lounder and h is t chairman Erwia Bcrncr s tated in a Press interview tha t the " Fememord " of leading personali t i ts ol the Bonn Republic was in the interest of the National cause. T h r Bavarian Minister of Interior instructed the authtTTities to prohibi t t he activities of t he " N'.S.D."

A D E N A U E R A G . \ I N S T N E O - N A Z I S M At a CDU-Rally in Maini . Chancellor Dr .

t h e r e i s n o b o d y w h o c a n s a y : I t c a n n o t | Adroaur r d e d a m l t ha t he 'would fight against the h a p p e n t o m e . I t c a n h a p p e n t o a]l of u s , growing right-wing radical elements with u tmost t o e v e r y b o d y a n d e v e r y b o d y ' s wife a n d c h i l d energy. He also s tated tha t the political a p a t h y a n d b r o t h e r . I n t h e s e ' d a y s w h . n t h e y o u n g ° j J S ? S ^ i ^ f t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t * " * " ' S t a t e of I s r a e l m a k e s u n m e n s e s a c n t i c e s e c o n o m i c a l l y a n d i n d i v i d u a l l y , t o m a k e p o s s i b l e t h e g a t h e r i n g of a l l J e w s w h o a r e a c u t e l y su f fe r ing o r l i v i n g u n d e r a c o n s t a n t t h r e a t , in t h e s e d a y s whe i i o n e a t o m i c b o m b c a n s h a t t e r t h e s e c u r i t y a n d t h e v e r y e x i s t ­e n c e of h i m d r e d s o i t h o u s a n d s of h \ - i ng p e o p l e , i n t h e s e da j - s o u r app i : a i t o t h e s o h d a r i t y of o u r f r i e n d s , wi l l , w c feel s u r e , n o t g o u i i h e e d e d . M. P .

L E S S O N S O F W E I M A R In a leading article, the " N'eoe Zeituag " warns

the Bonn Government not to repeat the mistakes of the Weimar RepubUc. " Whoever abuses the fundamental rightsi of t h t Constitution m order to destroy the pohtical foundations of social life must be prevented from reraaimng in action and deserves severe punishment . . . . Tht* fir^i signs of the gathering storm m Schlcswig-Holaitein and Lower Saxony carniot be o v e r l o o k ^ . Democracy mus t be given tbe author i ty to aafegnard i ts posit ion."

A J R I N F O R M A T I O N J u n e . 1951

RESTITUTION I N D E M N I F I C A T I O N LAW R H E I N L A N D -

P F A L Z By a Uw of M.ip-b ^1^. IHSI, ilic liii.icmnificati'jn

I-aw for Rh \-i (French Xone) has been amended, i -•-• refer Intfsr alia to the t ime limit i' ; s^um of claims and to the categnries of cUiniant i ,

The t tnw limit (or the submission of Inderanifeta-tion Claims has b<:en extentied to September 29. 1951.

Fur emigrated and dccesaaed victims the old Law required tha t the vKtini wa3 outside Germany on J a n u a r y I, IIHH. or t ha t his dea th had occurred before that day and tl iat h<? had ins rcsid-.-ncc in KhcmUnd-Pfa l i i*t tht.~ t ime at which the damage-was inflk:tc<i- Now. as in the A m r h c a u i^jne, tlic decisive ftate has tjeen aitered from Janua ry I. 1^8 , to Januar>' ' . 1941. and the victim muM have had his last German residence in Hheinland-Pfaiz.

ITie new Law AIAO provides for the payment or antiuivies t o orphans up to 18 years old (not, as before, up t o 16 years}.

I t is stresaetl t ha t the extension of the time limit for the submitei<«i of clainia only refers to Khcin-land-Pfalz and Dot to the other two Laender of the French lone (Boticn and Wuert tembcrg-Holwa-«oIIemj.

A U S T R I A N A M O R T I S A T I O N LAW r h c -•\ui.trian Ansortiaation Law (Kraftlowerkiae-

runga-(.«rset«) ha^ been re-9taled aud re-promulgated in B . G . B h Ko. 8ti, issued on .^pril 26, 1951.

D U T C H " E N E M V P R O P E R T Y " I t is understootl t ha t a bdl i. now under discosiion

m the Dutch Parl iament , by which u. peison being • Enemy " a t preseat shall h^ae t he pcwsibiUty of

obtaining a " non-enemy dccUiration " from t h e Dutch .\uthf>riti<*s ; such a declaration is required for gett ing prij|^«rty u-toawd by the Stattr of the Nether lands . ' Encmic* " tu t he meaning of the Dutch I ^ w are al! Jewish Kcfugtres from G<'rmaKy who had not lost their Grrnian Xational i ty tntfore hUy 10, liMi>. indivuiually, i r rcapcctnc of tlieir domicile.

" Enemy " claimants to proper ty iu Holland. %v1io h .v ' . ' not a l ready apphed for a non-enemy

tt the Kedcrlandsche Beheersinsti tut , arc therefore advisct! to do 8o

U N C L A I M E D B O O K S The alpliabetical list of names in.-*cribcd in boolL?

which were found in Gcnnany (see previous issue of " AJK Inlormaiii..n "J is b^'ing juiblisheti in ins ta lments in the " Jfwi,ih Chronicle " a.-s well u.s in the " Aufbau." Ixjndon readeis arc reminded t h a t the list is also on view at A j R Headquar ters .

M E I S S N E R O N T R I A L S-T'.r'jtury or Stattr. j>r. Ot to Mtii-ssner, who held

Mlwrt, Hmdenburg and Hitler, was UT Grocp 2 (otft-uder) by the Munich

1 i j ! i Court. He was sentenced to one yv*i's h^iil latwjur (which is considered to have been served during his internment after the war), coafjacation of 30 jscr t en t , of his es ta te , and 36,000 DM. costs for the procecdmgs.

J E W I S H B O N N D E P U T Y One of t he two Jewish membtrs of the Bonn

Parl iament , the Social-Democrat J akob .Mtmaier, is among the Delegates chosen by the Western German P'ederai P^vrliumt-nt as i ts representat ive a t the Coiisult^t;vi- .Assembly uf tbe Council oi Europe .

H E I N E W I T H O U T T H E P O E T For more than half a century the erection of

Heine S ta tues has given reason for controversies-As early as 1S98. the Municipal . \uthori t ics ot DueswldcB-f. the poet ' s birthpbct; , selected a sitt-for a Heme Monument . Their dtxision was revoked shortly afterwards. Various subsequent schemes were not carried out either- I t has now tictm decided to ^iiiKJlay the la^t work uf the French sculptor Miullol. •' Ha rmony . " a t a suitable si te in DuesscMorf in o rd t r to honour the memory of the City 's great swin. An article ia the " Duesseldorf Allgemcine," by l:r , E . G. I..owenthal, question* the wisdom of commemorat ing Heine in this snmc-liow d i s ^ i s c d way mstead of erecting a proper s t a tue .

A J R I N F O R M A T I O N J u n e . 1931 P*tfe3

LONDON AS A FUR TR.4.DE CENTRE Due to the racial pcraec-ution of t he Naxis a great

nunil.jer of refng**jt who were impor tan t exiJortetB camo Uf th is country and built u p new businesses, especially in London. .-XpKsrt (rom the dcmocra t i* iradit ion of Britain, the dia:idiag factor in resettling whole bra.nches of refugee t rades in London was the fact tha t this waa the biggi:3t, p*>rt lu the world and the gTC3lc»it centre fjr tlie exchange ot goods.

Miny of thxst; who sought rtriii^;': from Nazi

LETTER FROM JERUSALEM ; Jerusalem, May, 1931

D r . H a c c k ' s Vis i t : I t was indeed a great ; pleasuro lo mct t Dr . Leo B a t r k in Jerusalem ; hv i |ix>ke<i young and ah-rt after his journey from tbe i Statf-s, 'altliough b« told rac l l iat he Itad not had ! a holiday for two years . Ttr. Baeck had Iweu invited hy th«? Hebrew University to deliver the Onte Wingate Memorial J^ecturcd (sn Ecglij^h). for which he chose the theme ' The Psychologieal Stxrial aad Rcligioas Roots of t he I J I W . "

t underrttaiul t ha t Dr . l iaeck also v i^ twi i'residcDt Weiirnann a t his home in Keho%-ot and al though the I^esident was not qu i t e well and confined lu bed he urged UT. Baeck to s tay on much beyond the scheiluled lime. As to th«- language in wliicJh they converseti — iMJth of t hem found it most con­venient to talk in German. Tha t Dr . Baeck U also a h a c Hebrew speaker was p rov ro a t a reception given m hv* honour by the Hebrew University a t t h e Touring Club (a Jerusalem, when t r ibntes were paid t o him by I*ro(. S. Brodet'dcy, I ' resident of the Heljrew Umversi ty, and by Prof. Sukcaik. Among the many distinguinlvcd guests was Mr. Pinctias Moscn. Mini.5trr oi Justici-. In his charming reply. Dr. Baeck said liiat hv w^iuld carry with him the spirit andthx: atmi:wphrre oi Israel wherever he wouhl go. He soenu'd indci.-d to U- Kr\-ally vtiniulared by bi.s Slay in th i s ct-'unirj' and hv W a s cfipecially iair-igoratcil by his vtaii to Jej-us;dcin.

FesUvalft I n a t e a d of P a n i c ; There is no tlmtbt a w*,r is going on or: israc! :s iiurthern frontier, bu t people do not taJcc notice ol i t . . \ l thoagh each par t o l Israc:! i.* somehow near a botdcT. and altliough the fighting in t he north has already causa l casualt ies th i s wa r is of a |*artirul.w making . I t is not so much governed by the mil i tary develop- ; men t s in the actual bat t le-area , bu t by political \ mALhinations far away . I t has a Vind of an eerie { qmil i ty . for whatever hap|>en<s at the Hulch seems ! Ukc a puppet show—although a bloo^ly oot—while t he re.ll ac t ing is doTi*: a t I j the Satre.s5. m Wash ' ington and London. VV:.U«ry and *j^:^cal wnll no* , ensue from guns athJ mil i tary b rave ry but from ; lobbying and diplomatic ix^rsua^won.

Indeed, t he t ragic incident* at the t * p p ^ Jordan ! coincide with a »'^rics of Jestivah* v . ' " t a ! spring-like mood. Withjn a span ivs : thcr^'! wa* a we»'lc of I*a.wivrT, tis !-.y : celebrations, the Meraona! Day of the ^.\tiUH:< oi May 3 and t h e fi'stivitiKfl o i the J o m Ka'aTxmaut •-- ' t he Independence l .)ay—start ing on >tay 0 and extending for three day*. Perhapji most india»tive [ of the spirit in which the border incidents arc ; taken, was the Mosic Festival a t Ein Crcv, the • se l t l cmcc t ou the Eaatern side of I j ike Kintwr t th , I where just under t he very mjsc of the troubles*,mc ; neighbours 5.f>*K> pc<.>ple converged itxr opeo-air i pe!^ormance«.

R e v a l u a t i o n of Z i o n i s m : Tt has of t 'n V e n baid t ha t t he >-'Jung sen*-: . - • growing up in IsraH d»x^ not !•: •:? ; the h i s t ( ^ of Zionism and c: . ^ in the d i s ^ r s i o n . Perhap-s. one '.i the moat typical rephrasing of a word is t h a t of the term Zionism, i For many decades this wi^r<! h a i had the connotat ion of vigour, renaiasance, pr ide and courage. In all ' comer s of the world i t had rallied under i t s magic spell y^ung and old. Not ao m Israel to-day. If , soroebiKly taiics too iang and tfv;, abs t rac t , too vague and tex5 bomVaatic. then in the t e rms of tbe voung ' *' Sabra , " " he talks Zionism." W h a t a de-genera­t ion of a word in a s t a t e which has been created by everything connected with tha*. vr-ry •,\:>t.:. I t has been hanlt-d down\ from it? p*- : . - t

beccme an insult. Bcrl l^ock :..5 speeches that the Jewish pet ; . - - r r , l^>ople"-oniy a bit more so. I t wnnn;* i h a l t he , matter-o(-£art a t t i t ude of t lw young ** Sahsraa" : also o'-rrsHfv^t* thi* n^firk, '

H E R B F H T F R E E D E N ^

oppression brought product ive abilities to this j countrv-. They had reason to be grateful to t he j i!(jun!ry which had given t h e m shel ter and p u t all ! their prr'fessmnul skill into th*-ir new undertaking!!. These included the t r a d e in and manufacture of : fors. d iamonds. ladies ' gowns, l a t h e r goods, j plastics, toys and chemicals.

Until the Nazi.s atme to power in IQM Leipzig : waa the world centre of t he fur t rade . I t s history w w | CLimtxtwl wi th the ancicn,t " Leipziger Messe." In i U>3;i the Na-ri economic aut iwri t ies iasturtl an order to all t rade organisations to get rid of th*; Jews from their b'jardai of management . For some t ime the " Aryanisatiou " could not be accomplishtd in Uie Association uf the German fur trad**, as too many hon. ofhccrs of t he boanj were Jews and toct many Jewish firms were in tbo Iradt?. In due course i th is changed, and the fur t rade and its As^.iciatiAn were " glcichgesi ha l te t . "

C o e r d e l e r * s W a r n i n g

The late i>ord Mayor of Lcipaig, Dr . WUhelm Crtjerdeler. who was later tu be han^<i by the Nazis, predicted to the German au t ; • ^! t this " GlcichiichaUung " would meat; u:r of the l>eipJtig (ur t rade, and tha t ti . of all tho Jewish fuiritix* and fur merchant-, iri-ni Lcipiig wonld be a g:re»t 1*..M for tbe German economy. His waniii4g fell on deaf ears.

T h e majori ty of t he l ^ p z i g furriers came to I-ondon, and with the assistance of the old es tab-lishetl Englhih fnrriers InxKioa s.. - ' ir t h e s e o n d place in the wnrld fur : ftr».t. Together with the fur tradf, th*- : irin^ a n i dyeing industries aJvj cflnn-tht-n th(! lat ter had only be»rn a m thi» country , but since t he a m I^ ip j j g dyers with their i-xccIUjnr u,i • rtyt'ing has gfiu» on all the year rcmn' ' .

The l.eipilg tec!.- ip inUui.i:CLii iv l / jndon and tht* ir > mdus t ry g r c * in a icmarkabl? ' wn>. 1 ' vmrnt t--- :nr.::v wurkt-rs. Tli- • > thcni their a-aud arii iy bu;. c \ e r j ' fur a u t t i u u L.i tl-c Ilu-i-M'n iJ.j_,- C'.iii^i.;:iy. SiJ London becamt* the wrsrld fur cvnirc iu spite of t h e competi t ion oi New Y'ork. Montreal , and Milan. The many refugee firms m the home marke t found the inlri-Miuction oi purchase l a x a great hindrance-

Vcsars ago th-; S'tuf Zi*^ruhe$ Zftr. ix>mteil out t h a t the l^ ipz ig fur trail more than ten t imes after the emigra t : -tt had a deficit of 12 t o I.T million Kti-^ii-Miark. Meanwhile, t he paper «aid, Ihe fintish exjK>rt of furs had increased bv nrarly KHJ per cent between IU33 and I93>i.

,\ gi«at pur l of this de\*elc»pmcnt i i due t o the n'fugces. Apar t frr. l; ;ig furriers. sm.^H groups came from V : and other conti­nental towns. AU ot !• . jt wi th tt icm a very high s tandard of hnsiuui.* tvUica, and t h e i r was not a case of bankruptcy-

li\ t he Gctnuiny of to-day, Frankfur t a m Maui has bec'irae t he leading centre of the fur trade- I t s t)uyefs have been cons tant visi tors a t t he Lfuidon auctions since the end of t he war.

K 1 ; R T SABATZKY.

H I G H C O M M I S S I O N E R F O R R E F U G E E S fa au.swer to a wri t ten quest ion by Major Bcaimsb,

Mr. Younger s tated on behalf of the Foreign Othce t h a t good progress had been made in solving the problem of the so-called ' h a r d c o r e " Refugee cases- After the In te rna t iona l Refugee Organisa-t ion clc»»c» down, Govemnu 'n t s and pr ivate organi-^ t i o n s will still be able t o arrange for the repatr ia­t ion of pcr;M}ns form«rly on the bcreks of I R O . The principal functions of the L'nitcd Nat ions High CommiMioner lor Kefugecfc, who *-a5 appointed by a decision of the l ln i tcd Nat ions Geneiml Assembly last a u t u m n , will be to p ro \ i<!c legal protection and advice. a::d he will not be rcaponsibk, as I K O has been, for rese t t lement . He will, however, advise and assist S ta tes and pr iva te organisat ions in the i r activitic.*! relating t.j repatr ia t ion and reset t lement .

ANGLO-JUDAICA 1851-1951

" The purpose of the Festival ol B n t a i n , " said Mr. Morrwon, ita proud b^'gettcr. '• ta t o enable the BrrtiRh people to pa t themselves on the bauk and say to thrmaclvea, ' Hravo. the Brittah go ahea*l ' . " This. toti. was tbe purpose of th*- earlier Festival , called the Great Exhibi t ion, in IS.*!!, which dis­played t he bulging confidence of the age tha t progress lay securely in the mechanism of sciem:e. T h a t confidence now lo.>ks ra ther Ihe worse for t he uTar and tea r of a most uuorth^THiox ccr.turj*, and pcrliaps the Manchester Cuardti^tt o l such Lihcraliam as stili survives, \s right in feeling t ha t wha t we have t o offer to-day is faitii in social and economic i n v e n t i o n — " t h e application of the scientific a t t i ­tude to the organisation of human s«jcicty."

Jews above all have cause to reflect on the changes. A hundred years ago they were struggling for their civil emancipat ion which was not won till ISoS. In the \-ery year of t he Exhibi t ion, .Mderman David Salomons, having been duly elected for Greenwich, audaciously entered the House wi thout taking t h e oath " on t he true faith of a Christi.iin," and to the great scandal uf one half and the evident delight of the othrr , manag^ i to wi t r in the drvision ttefore t h e Sergeant -a t -Anns rcrmo\ed him.

J e w i s h E x h i b i t i o n

T h e rise and the decline of tha t l>elicf might fitly bt- one subject for the Ics t ival Hxhibitu.>n which Anglo-Jewr>' is now planning. I t s purpoac is to present the .Anglo-J ewish way of Ufc, roamly during the la.-st lOCi vf-ars, in the spheres of religion, sorial wcltare. l i tera ture and arts- The opening will be on Ju ly 8 a t I 'n ivr r s i ty 0) l lege . London.

.A sinular exhibit ion of more local significance is due In be held in Manrhf-ster, where the Jfwt^ih commua i ly is co operat ing with the Council of Churfhcj* tn sluiw tUe ciintribution made lo the ci ty 's life during the past 10") years by the churches and tlie synagogues. Tlir Jews iu part icular will also hold a festival cf d r ama and mu.iic.

Art iBlh ^ t t he F e s t i v a l Apart (rom th- >

number of Jews ' TI t he organisation ' r •• -- -•;• ing on the South liank- The ili'signsr of the very Festival symbol (Briia.i-ini.i suin^ounting t be four points Ol t h e compa^sl is n Jew, Mr. . \b ram Games, who als'j designnl some uf t he new s t a m p s (thougli their artist ic \-abie ha« nr.t h«*»n uniformly apjirc-c ia ted) . Ai " . ' ' ' ' ' "• -ch Tn i t is a co-rcl • Black, and Uir '."i! Leonard

...Tf. Many :n the various

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A : V two Jcvnsh artiht •_, . . . . - : . . ._ . - , . , .-• .,->..-d by the Arts Council of Bitiaun fur an exhibit ion to bi held, a s MTt of t h e Fest ival , th roughout t he coun t ry . They are Messrs- Lucian Freud and Claude Kogers, who share the honour witl; three non-]ew« .A.nother feature *»f t he Fr ' t ivn! , am-^(:^»*^ hv the .\rt.i ' •' • • " \ ' ic tor ian

i Jewish : of Mr.

H'-'.r " came to I. liie fore-toos: ' ory and a r t ( - >jght u p a s a Jew 1, he declared his ••• ., ^--_ : j . . . . i h p e o p l e ; he also mrot ioned t h a t nis great-greal-grandfathcr , Micb&el Gcnishcim. had be*n the last judenbischof ol Worms . C C A .

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KARL WOLFSKEHL'S POSTHUMOUS WORK In hi.4 la tes t i>ook. "' Der Friede." the German

piMit and phUoROpher Rudolf Pannwi tz (who was "0 on May 28) ment ions the t ragedy ot t he Jews and the ikct t h a t the S ta t e of Israel will not be able to absorb Ihcra all, even if they wantetl to emigrate there. He ^ rmly believes m their mission in the diaspora a s an element to bring people!, toaether .

Karl Wolfakehl, w^o died a t . \uckland three years ago at the age of" 79, may well have brcn une of those whom Pannwitz had par t icular ly in mmd-Hc lranslate<i and edited Old O r ; t i a n j-'oetry, keeping faithfully all the vigour ot its alliteration ; he gave us a version of De Coster s Tili I'li'n.'ipiegcl and made us hear t he Flemish meJfxly beneath the au thor ' s French ; and he wa-s both the di:*ciple aiwl the prophet of Stefan Gef»rge. for uhich he i5 Ijest known. He was ncrt the only one under George's sp*!! . there was alw.* Rnd'df Borchardt , who wa.*, however, more artisiitic, even artihcial .

in hm pixrtical u tc oi t he ijcrrr.an language, wh ik Wollskehl 's apprr^ach was elemental and " ear th-bound." Karl Wolfskehl could be compared with a n elm hviag m danger of being smothered hy tbe embrace of ivy. His dr&ma ' Saul ' ts hardly more '• Jewish •• than the bibUcal play of the Italian classicist Altien, tjr. for tha t mat ter , the mixlcrn " Saul " of t h e .Austrian I .*rnet-Holem». Yet Woliskehl was a faithful Jew. positive in nis a t r i tude , whereas Borchardt forg'K. wantctl to forget and only remembererl in his sub-conscinus mind- The problem uf cultural a,<wimiUtion seemed completely SijKed for both.

But something strange happened with Wolfskchl-Whcn IS3.1 came, he stood up a? a J c m s h prophet . " i t " sptikc throogh his mouth, his voice became tiie exprcsaiim of all thoae who had lt>st the ground under their feet. His poemf. " Die St tmmc spricht . . ..• an apj i ropnate Utlc, became for a geucraiion of t icrroan Jewry a meftttge of comfun

LAW and LIFE UtmJ JifarW*BauttOr^i^t mith trmiud msatuvniy): S^ui<Uj ll %,m.-\2 Tioon by ^p^mtmsni.

IN T H E M A G I S T R A T E S C O U R T I nforionately, a considerable proptirtion of

ord inary people like you and mc come into contact with Magistrates Courts or. a,s they s l i l l a r r called. i*ohcc Courts. Yovi may IKT called as witness or may even have committtxl a technical motoring or t r ade offence ; therefore it is always good to know what the procedure is in these Court.s.

In the Metropolitan Pi>Uce Arek. thwc is one sa tanr t l Magistrate who is a professional lawyer with seven years ' experience as a barrister, in tt..: country , a t least two Magistrates sit whf.i art-laymen and receive no pay for their services ; they are assisted by a clerk W1K> ts a lawyer, usually a solicitor.

How does t he legal niachme s t a r t again-st iht-oliender / An information usuaUy by the oi:ended person or by the Pohce in laid before tiie Magi-nraies. They then decide whether to issa*- a Summons request ing the offender to ipp».'ar Iwfore them, or in more serious caiks, to sign a wArrant of arrcsr which is carried out by t he Polic*. A warrant is als*.) issued i( t he offender fails to appear on a Summons .

T h e beaming takt-ss place in op<*n Court t o which the public as well as t he press have access. The prosecution is e i ther represented by the x»'rs«»n against whom t h r offence has Ixcn coinmitt-td o: by t h e Police, bu t both can employ a solicittjr or barr is ter . The offender can either conduct his defence in person or with the aid of a solicitor or barr is ter .

Every offnndej- has tu afniear before the Police Ctrart be it a trifiing technical ofieace or be it a UK»t serious cr ime. In mtiiKieeds of a lesser cliara<:ter thr Magistrates Cxturt is cni itlcd tu dral completely with t he offence and to pnmounc** the ptiw^]\n\vat.

Ifcttlmg with major offences, the Magi^trau- can only decide whether t h e case is uf such a na ture t h a i cm th« s tory of t he prosecution alone a jury could convict. iV he docs not think so the accuse-l is discharge*.! there and then. H the Magisirat-; th inks t ha t the defendant haa a case to answer, br commits the defendant to a higher c o o n with a ju ry , and thr* defendant can ch«x>w whether t o put h is defence befai% the Magi^stratc o r wltcther tu wai t with tt for the higher court . In short, in such casTM the MAgistratc ac ts aa an ' Untersuchungs-richter " with the difference tha t , on the Continent, thifi preliminary enquiry is conductetl in secrecy antl t h a t the detirndant dtyts not know the full ex ten t of the prosecution's evidence, while, in England, th is preliminary enquiry !?« ct>nducte<J in full publ ic i ty : t he defendant exact ly knfjws what the evidence of t he prose^-utiun wiU be ami can jH-eparc bis defence accordingly i'>r the higher cour t .

In certain cases which are of a cniver nature but not s»j serious t h a t a jury is a n ' t :e«»ty, t he iJrfen-Iant can choow* whether to be tried by the Magistrate or by the higher cuurt .

in every r-un: the pmcc^iurt' s t a r t s wiUi the question put to t he draeadant whether be pira !s

guilty or noi guilty. In a pica of guilty tlie pro-ce-lurr is shortened, the Mag in ra t e hears the prosecutor and the defendant on the circumstances of the case an<l pronounces punishmcnt-

In a plea ot na t guilcy the prosecutor opens tbe case by shortly explaining the circumstances : the person against whom the oflencc has been com mitted goes in tht- Witness box and states on oa th the facts m his kncwiedffr Th'-rr.i/t^r, t h r wirnes'tes ttr the pri>sccution t • Here usuall) cud t ra lc '^ r-..,:'! Ti. or coin . :.'y.

In ^. S the de f en ' i r -.oes to make hi j i trt i tuicj. i v.i. •»aiii fiom i;.^ wiUirM box. or whether he prefer* to make it from the dock without having been swtjm. In the la t ter case the defendant has the advantage t ha t he cannot he submit ted to cross examination by the prosccut-jr bu t obviously his giatcment carries less weight than if he had made it under oath in the a i t n e w box with ah the ri5k-s of a cross ^ ^amination.

He ih ealr." " . • '• -* • ca»e, a n d if : ir.to cuLTt, il- - - •-• -••• '. • :-iJuc ajid. Ill thf r^iM' J : rh.-ir non-

; warrant lor their arrest may be issued. ;^ there is not enough t ime to complete

ttl*. cuir^ ill on*; bcssioo, i n d it i? adjourncil for a further hearing. The defendant until tin. new da te » ei ther allowtsd to go homt* or. bail, or isreniandt-d in custody. If bail is allowed usuaUy one or two persons a'i a fixed residence have to s ta le on oath t ha t they will forfeit a certain amount of money if thf <lef«'ndant 6o€s not appear at the next hearing, anil t he Magistratr has to be «,iti*f^«l that th<-se persons, are m a posiitu^n t o TTH^ " " y.

if l« i l is not alicwttl t he deft:. -yhi to a prison unti l the next hearing. •• -•' right to appeal to a High Court Judge aga iii-. ihr refusal of tMiiL

When the witnei«es on both .'^ides liave been heard, and in certain circumstances speeches have l>eeii made, th*- Ma-jistrate cccidcs whc thw he finds tbe case pro\t»d -rr not. Onlv after he has pro­nounced the defendant guil ty and only then , t he Police are heard on pre\nt.'U5 convictions and character of ihr defendant . Thi6 i-> one of t he most important di t ieientes frum cuntinental procedure, wtuere the case s ta r t s with reading out previous convictions which may influence the decision accordingly. in England nuthing to t h e dis­advantage of tn:- arcii'w^* i* made known unti l he !•! found guilty. T ' ! ;'. then pnuvMioce* the punishment v»* - ; ther <»! imprison­ment up to Six nil ; ^ hne, ur o! bo th . The convictt t l defcnl . ini a i >ntc s ta r t s his prison terra. If a fine is pronounced the Magu»trate can allow time for p a y m e n t .

.Vn a|^>eal to a higher cour t can be lodged iinmedtateK' and the accu'«ed can ^pply ior bail peodiug tbe appeal .

comparable with Iwiah ' s words, " Comfort. ctMnlort ye my people * " Thers- was much—often well-m?ant~medt«H:rily among Jewish versifiers a t t h a t time, depressing because ii lowered th*? s tandards . But Wolf^Ocrhl. wh'> rearh. 'd full n a t u r e jus t then, mamtainyit t he hight*st quali ty, with bihEicat j ^ t h o s permeat ing his German verse. He was a Yehuda 4ra levy of "our t ime and wrote an epilogue c.f Jewish poetry* in the C.erman t^.tngue. W h a t UoMskehr* poetry did for a spiritual Zion, Ludwiz Strauss . irjipireil by H<:«^lderlin'i vision of landscapes, his i ' l e ^ of communi ty and his metrr:^. fulfille*! in the reality of the land of Israel.

P r o p h e t in t h e W i l d e r n e i s .\iid now V.Vjlf^kfhl •ip«.•ak^ to ui again. H:.^

p-jsthumou-s ix>ok. • Hiob o tk r di<' vier Spi**gel " has just tieca j-'ubli^lu-d by Claassen V'eriag ot Hamburg with a m'y^t valuable pjstSfript hy Wdly Haas . Spending the last vears of his hfe hall-bfind outsjrlt* EurT>pc. V\>)lfsk»»hl sjwaks to thft dra.spoTa a.s a prophet in the wilJernr is , with Germany hts okl Ime , and his new one in hi.- mind ' s eye. Hi* judgment is harsh«'r than in " Pie S t immr spricht . , . " One can hear a pix't 's lonely wrath, meditat ing about the Jewish destiny. He tries to find an anawTr fur Hiob's suffering - o u r suricring, ami a» « comfort he shows us four metamorfthosr^ of Hitih in the mirrtir : Hiob Israt'l reaily to give up the Ust t reasures of his oriental heritage ; Hiob Samiton l>eiicvtfig in solvation through bis own strength : Hiob the I 'rophet, witli two reflet--ttuns, the wTong prophets pr<inouiicin6! false values, and the p«tp le not listening to t.He true ones ; finally, I l iob the Messiah, pwing the anxiou:a questions whether wv arc rtaiiy for his coining antl what we have d-me to prepare for it.

Heine, a f^aal l e shuva before Walfskehl, en­riched tiie German language with a new pliabili ty and elegance ; Kafka l^caoie a master in sehciuu;. h.s words sparingly, restraining himsHf Uk«- a " .stranger." ihid conftideridg himself almost aii intruder who mas t not t o m h the mysterie-s of the German language. Wolfskchl. »urr'>unded in New Zealand l»y people »h*' did not »pcak German, descended into the drH'jxist siiafl* of this minr td language to esprews what was alnu>st ineffable, i l ic final word of nis Jewish exjjcrience. Wolfsk-jhlV bequest 15 a symbiosis of tier n u n aiid Jewish poetr j ' tha t will never «Kurur again Jewish proplictic I i ' iuetJ in a ( i e r n u n work of poetic pur • - : of since Hocld'-rlin's day . Not hearii > : lur Wnliskehl, 1 am «uri.-, spoke these poemii bcI^jTc writing them d^wn.

.\ CONSUL L-tsicuinj; to thi O p i i a " The ("onnu! ' ui tlie

Cambridge Theat re t he C'ther day. I was decjily aware how cloBcly this OKrvmg dninia. dejects the e* |v i i tm«> of nyiny Jews of (.'entrat Kurofw* during HH- years ll*3;[-iyio. .Vnxious t<' fltT from Hitlcr-doniiiiat' 'il ( . ennany (and, latei' un, from other countries), they were franti-^ally Ifxikiitg f'»r a visa. t o whati:vrr c*juntry W',-:i!.! be prepared to ixsue one, and m a n v ot them hiul to experience tliat frightful and pohte indolence embodied -in Menotti s opera -in tho Cl^msuls secretary » i t h her perpetual amiling reply oi " d o c u m e n t s ' c r " t o ­morrow " or " next week." Many of the»c Jew* never did i»*v the C<msul ami had to perish m the gas chambers . But there were very notable exi,ep-tiona, and c'»nfr(.Kjted with that Katka*-«iue imaginary and invisible (onsu l of the play, I C'juld not help thinking all the t ime of one ot the noblest and nvMt hiimaue men that ever occupii'^i such a &>sit3Qn, namely. Captain (now Major) F rank Foley, who was main British pawiport oHn>^ in Berlm in tho^- crucial years. He wa.-* the i.cry opp<»ite of Meriolt is consul, as he wa.s a lways accessible !or *ufferin^ jwtiple m their pbght , and eager to help as much a.i he post^ibly could. It: a ma t t e r ol enicrgenc>, one could apply t o Foley a t any t ime direct day or night . True , his power^ were limite<i. bu t 1 ca«not lorget t h a t d a y when, on his msi-slrnoe, he got aut lwr isa t ion tn issue an ad'^t;o[ial number of :.'iiO Paleftine visas, and in reply he *eut a cabl*:- to hi. i wijx^ior *a>ing siimply. •' Ciod bletsa y o u . ' When human beings de*]iair in their struggle with reil tape and with the ' puper wuriu " cursed by Menotti » heroine. on»^ shuuld not furget t lAt there wcrt- a b n "• voasuis " ^t! a di^M-reni tvpc whu tiHiMiged to tiic " / a d i k c j kul ha 'u iuuth . '

K U B L U I W E I T S C H .

y^__l5^^R I N F O R - N)N June, 1951

I ^ Iga Somv ok Pki l l ips :

BA WANDERER IN OLD JEWISH HAMPSTEAD r E ' s ^^ *' ^ record of old Hampstead Jewry was not a

• Psctacular one it stood for solidity of the first rank, j^" the words of the late Chief Rabbi, Dr. Hertz, in

l E S v! sermon on the fiftieth anniversary of the (-_.i ^*nipstead Synagogue : " You have survived n r s i prosperity ! " JWD , The plan of this sketch is to select a number of

^^tiing Hampstead Jewish inhabitants and maybe

College School, proceeding to Trinity College, Cambridge. His married life was passed at 37 .\berdare Gardens.

Will Rothenstein, the well-known Bradford Jewish painter, lived a t 26 Church Row. Amongst his pictures were " Aliens a t Prayer " and " Jews Mourning."

Two great lights of English learning adorned the ^me who peruse it are actually Uving in what were Hampstead Jewry of an earlier decade. Both had ""ce their dwelling-places. Of course it must be the degree of M.A., and both were ardent communal Appreciated that some of the house numbers may workers. Samuel Moses lived at 100 Greencroft ' ve changed.

„ .|J'r. Cecil Roth compiled a pamphlet entitled . fhe First Jew in Hampstead " ; he derived his "'ormatiou from a series of letters between 1820

i j " ' ! 1830 presented by Dr. D. A. H. Moses. The G w .^''^spondence concerns one Aeliezer Isaac Keyser

^P rn in Amsterdam 1746), who settled in Hamp-,'^ad. Much light is shed on life in the district ; j""^ it is hard nowadays to realise tha t no other • *s besides .Aeliezer lived in the borough. It is

3Al b: A M

i lOl grou"'

foresting to read in one of the letters that the first I ' in Hampstead laments his loneliness on the

*>• of Atonement.

German Jewi sh Fami l i es 1) ''-day, the Hampstead Synagogue, Dennington

' ^ ' 'k Road, has a goodly attendance of Continental • ^ if'^Ple ; and this is not inconsistent with the fact

k I J*** about 80 years ago there came a settlement of W. ' hy Jews from Germany. Fitzjohns Avenue

oadi an^ ° °^ "^ their great residential areas and was

Gardens and Augustus Kahn a t 113 Goldhurst Terrace. From 1889-94 Moses was Assistant Examiner in Classics a t the London University. .Amongst his educational distinctions was a Common Law Scholarship a t the Inner Temple. He received his education at Jews' College School, the City of London School aud the University of Oxford. He was seven years Warden of the Hampstead Syna­gogue, where he was formerly financial represen­tative.

Augustus Kahn was an economist, being head of the Commercial Department of University College School and lecturer on commercial methods at University College, London. These were but a part of his educational qualifications in the world at large ; but he was on the Council and Education Committee of Jews' College as well as on the Jewish Religious Education Board. He wJl be well remembered by refugees as the Head of the Education Department of " Bloomsbury House.

Two of our essentially Jewish scholars who resided in Hampstead were Dr. Adolf Buechler,

f f ly termed the Park Lane of Hampstead. These ^'="'"^" , naiupaucau w o . c ^ . . . . . . . . , " 7 " ' " " ; 'imii;„ „„.,<-.,„* t ^u ^ 1 liu 1 appomted Prmcipal of Jews College 1907, and •^anv T / K ^ i r .' A , I and although ^/ Marn^orstein, also an eminent Jewish PfacL°^ * f ^ r H . r ' % r * deeply steeped in the theologian. Buechler li;ed at 261. and M^rmor-, "ctices of Judaism, they were yet proud of their „, . °, „,. „ , ,, , ™ „ ^ „ ' „ ,„ „ .• JewioK J i-t . c 1. ' iu „ u 1 4. *i 1 J stem at 3b Goldhurst Terrace. One can mention, :, ^ 'sh identity. Some of them had not attended .„ ^u- j u i . i • r-„n„„„ iw ru., i ^ ^lagoETues for eenerations althoueh thev mixed *°°' * ^^"""^ scholar at Jews College, Dr. Charles social,^ ^u !K^ , • '^.', °"S , ^ y ""f'^'' Duchinsky, of 257 Goldhurst Terrace. •^wi^H ^^'th their co-re igionists and fhey inter- ^ / ' ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ j^„ ^j ^1^^

a ^rned amongst themselves to a large extent. o^ T u . -ur i o „„ u.,.^„„ \u ..i m . But of course this generalisation did not anolv ^*- J"*^" ^ ^"""^ Synagogue was Hyman Abraham • ^ * « a l l \ f \ K A generalKsation did not apply Abrahams, of 7 Belsize Park. Born in London ^ S V . T ' "f them. One can quote as an_example of , . „ , . ; . ^ . , , „„^ „f „ „ , ^^rv old An^lo-

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1834, he belonged to one of our very old Anglo-Jewish families and his wife (nee Emma Davis) was of similar stock. Apart from his many strictly Anglo-J ewish activities he was a member of the London Chamber of Commerce and founded its Secret Commission Committee.

Two Dist inguished Women Let us now speak of two distinguished Jewish

women of Hampstead. Curiously enough, botft were ("Vone of foreign extraction living in Hampstead residents of FeUows Road, one being Mrs. D. Lindo

'|sh citizen's work as Chairman of the Russo-

••"lunity was acutely Qistressea ar ine pogroms sisver, lurs. iviurris jusepn, sue v» Ij J^ussia and the sufferings of its Jewish brethren. Teachings from the Pen ta t euch" overfifty years

yilagogue and communal enthusiasm the late Carl , ]^«ttauer, Father of Lady Xathan of Churt. He

as Ong Qj tjje pillars of the Hampstead Synagogue, w S as financial representative 1901-03 and 5*^den 1903-07. He was born in the year 1859 ]j educated at Fuerth and the University of (. '''gna, and represented the Jewish Board of ^j'ardians at Frankfort in 1904. One need not J Uitierate all his communal activities here. But (,^one of foreign extraction living in Hampstead , — ,-day may hear with pride of this good Hampstead Henry, of 135, and the other Mrs. Louis Model, j^*!sh citizen's wo ' '^ • . ,, „ .... ,^=- ,«•— TT T.„ „ „ K „ „ . I „„ „ " *'sh Committee.

of 105. Mrs. Henry may be remembered as a writer of books for Jewish children. With her

,^"imunity was acutely distressed at the pogroms sister, Mrs. Morris Joseph, she wrote " Tales and Ij J^ussia and the sufferings of its Jewish brethren. Teachings from the Pentateuch " over fifty years jj^tiecame essential to organise relief work and to ago ; her brother-in-law the Rev. Morris Joseph, was p^^rtain the true conditions. At great risk and the distinguished minister of the Reform or West

^m th'^.^nal sacrifice Carl Stettauer willingly accepted London Synagogue where many of our Hampstead •''•B 1 * "ivitation to undertake the mission. He reported co-religionists have migrated

PJ ditions with perfect judgment and initiated Of Per relief. His going to Russia in that November p 1905 made Anglo-Jewry indebted to him V tJianently. London, Berlin, St. Petersburg and 'f,^^' Vork respected his wise counsel. In 1906 Carl Ij. tauer became a member of the .Alien Appeal

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The name of Alice Model was a household word amongst the Jewish poor, and her work for such institutions as the Jewish Day Nursery and the Domestic Training Home are immortal. The Union of Jewish Women was another cause dear to her heart and her whole life was one of self-sacrifice.

Dr. Anghel Gaster, born in Rumania 1881, is remembered as a physician. He was a brother of the famous Moses Gaster, spiritual head of the Sephardi Jewish Community and lived at 68 Greencroft Gardens. .Amongst his many medical distinctions was that of House Physician to the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, and he was Honorary Medical Officer for the

tCP'e must read this survey, it may be interesting Domestic Training Home for Girls, Hampstead. 'fjh'' * Jewish inhabitant of the vicinity was the Wags of the period distinguished Dr. Anghel Gaster On^'^sr of the Music Traders' Benevolent Society. from his ministerial brother by referring to " the

/ b^*''d for the Port of London. .Although a wealthy 3 R pk^,"^^ssman in the leather trade, apart from his

tt* ;tn I ' 'thropic activity lie was highly intellectual

\ l-iecame Vice-President of the Hampstead and ')( J'^''in's Wood Literary Society. .A keen student It jP'fl Age Pensions and Free Trade, he wrote and

- | / j i'^red on both subjects. •tt l'e( *'^"g into consideration that many musical

la recalls with pleasure the name of .\lfred

' i sia l|j/l.ies Makower, a great chamber music en-iti^.^'^st bom in 1876 ; he died in 1941. Communal 'ife ^'t'^s interested him the last few years of his Jj,i and he rendered invaluable services on the f;,,j''^tion Aid Society and on the Jewish Refugees '.{L "nittee. .\ skilled electrical engineer, amongst •J, .' distinctions he had was that of research In iJ^^er in the L^nion Electricity Company, Berlin, .'J; 1^^^- He resided the earlier part of his life at

^resf ie ld Gardens and attended the University

doctor who preached and the doctor who practised.' Dr. Jacob Snowman, physician and communal

worker of the same generation, is happily still with us. For many years he had a Brondesbury address ; but he was at one time warden of the Hampstead Synagogue. .Apart from his general medical qualifi­cations he was known far and wide as a Mohel or practitioner of the rite of circumcision ; and even members of the most exclusive Gentile families courted his services in this connection.

(I'o be concluded next month)

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Old Acquaintances London Netvs :—Ludwig Charell, brother of

showman P'ric, will present a Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition in London's " Burlington Gallery " on August 1.—Dr. H. J. Reifenberg, Gabrielc 'fergit's husband, is not the only refugee who helped to make the " Festival of Britain " a success. The architect Fritz Marcus designed the kitchen in the Home Pavilion on the South Bank ; he hails from Dessau and worked in Berlin before he went to Tossa near Gerona in Spain, where he ran his famous " Marcus Bar " before the civil war.— Gina Falckenberg, daughter of the late Munich theatre director Otto F., made her appearance v/hen the " Rialto " cinema showed the Italian picture " Unwanted Women."—Don't miss " La Ronde," Schnitzler's " Reigen," directed by Max Opuls with .Anton Walbrook in one of his best performances in the lead ; this is now showing at the " Curzon " with tremendous success.

•E. A. Dupont's Come-back :—His father was the first editor of " Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung," and E. .\. Dupont was the first critic who took films seriously, .\fterwards he became a director, and was responsible for such pictures as " Vari^te " with Jannings, Lya de Putti , and Warwick Ward, and " Atlantis " with Kortner and Lucie Mannheim. As a refugee in Hollywood he edited first an in­dependent film weekly which refused to accept any advertisements from the industry, and went broke. When he directed his first picture there, he slapped one of the " Dea 1 End Kids," and was put on a black-list. For years Dupont wasn't permitted to work in pictures at all until another former German, I. Goldsmith, gave him a chance again. Dupont wrote and directed " The Scarf," which should come your way one of these days ; it 's his come-back at last. Not only books have their fates, film directors too, so it seems.

Obituary •—The man who gave the late Ernst Lubitsch his first chance as a film actor once, died in London after a huig illness. Paul Ludwig Stein, the director-producer of " Lisbon Story " and " The Twenty Questions Mystery," has passed away ; he was only 59 )'ears old. He started as an actor in Vienna, but came to Berlin already before the first war to become a pioneer in the then young film industry. I t was here that he produced a short

Ernst skats " with Lubitsch in the leading part. Stein went to Hollywood very early, and directed many pictures mainly with Constance Bennett in the lead. But he didn't Uke life in California ; he was an eternal European, and returned later on to England to work here. " Lulu," as he was called by his many friends, belonged to the few Continental directors in Elstree who made a name for themselves in new surroundings.

This and Thai:—Rudolf Loewenthal, who made the publicity for the (ierman picture " Maedchen in Uniform " twenty years ago, has produced a remake of tha t classic film in Mexico which he will show during the Film Festivals in Berlin in June.—Kurt Hirschfeld, who started with Hartung in Darmstadt and helps to run Zurich's " Schauspielhaus," married "Thessa Scharf in Kempten.—Sybille Binder has recovered from her long illness and started playing again in Duessel­dorf.—Leo Blech celebrated his 80th birthday in BerUn ; he was in exile in Scandinavia.—Robert Siodmak is coming to London to direct " Crimson Pirate " with Burt Lancaster in the lead.—Marlenc Dietrich has filed a damage suit against " Paris-Dimanche " and the author Curt Riess for pub­lishing her autobiography without her consent ; she wants 50,000 dollars.—Kingsley Martin, editor of the " New Statesman," tells the story of a British visitor who tried to explain to a German the austerity of British economy, and the German said " WeU, you won the war didn't you ; 3'ou can't expect to have ever3^hing. . . ." DT7 A/f

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m O M MT DIART " The Thames—London's Stream, not London's

Border."—This is the lesson of the Festival for those visitors, whose movements are mostly re­stricted to the North-Western region of this big city. It is a unique experience to admire the floodlit buildings from St. Paul's Cathedral via Somerset House and Savoy to Westminster. London with its river is as ideal a Festival town as Salzburg with its mountains or Berlin with its lakes. There is only one difference : the climate. Memories go back to the Salzburg Festivals 20 years ago, when, in the middle of the " Jeder­mann " open-air performance, it suddenly started to rain. Max Reinhardt stood next to the Dom and watched his public deserting him in search of drier regions. How often would he have had to go through the same ordeal if the play had been staged in London ? But Britain can take it, and her inhabitants, moving from queue to queue, enjoy the colourful sites aU the same.

In a competition for the best essay on " My first year in England," arranged by the London Branch of the Yiddish Scientific Insti tute (YIVO), the first prize of / 3 0 was divided and one half was awarded to Mrs. Charlotte Singer, wife of Dr. Robert Singer, Birmingham. Mrs. Singer, who is a member of the AJR, vividly describes her experience during the fateful months after her arrival in this country, her struggle to get her child over from Germany, and her brave endeavours of making a living under difficult and unaccustomed circumstances. Her observations are a truthful record of a period through which more or less most refugees had to go a t tha t time.

* If you are an admirer of Kurt Tucholsky but,

for the sake of your personal freedom, burnt his books in 1933, you need not any longer rely on your memory when trying to quote from his innumerable essays. In two volumes (" Gruss nach vom " and " Na und — 'f ") Rowohlt has again made them available to the public. As publishers are not supposed to be philanthropists, it seems tha t there is a demand in post-war Germany for the works of this Jewish intellectual. So, after all, the " Jewish Asphaltish spirit " (to quote Werner Finck) was not as " artfremd " as we were made to believe by non-Jewish and also by Jewish critics.

The fact tha t the contents of the two volumes are still (or again ?) topical to-day, testifies to the literary and political stature of their author. To some extent, it i.s a terrible experience to realise now, how clearly he foresaw the catastrophe. Will his warnings be ignored again as they were under

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Letters t© tlhe Editor Freedom of Pres s in Israel

Dear Sir,

In your May tssue, CCA. (" Anglo-Judaica ") complains that " no criticism was aroused by the astonishing observation of Mr. Ben Gurion that Israel tvould not abide by a certain decision of the U.N. of which she might not approve." This statement may be true as far as it goes, namely, as far as the Jewish press in this country is concerned, but it may interest your readers that in Israel itself the speech of the Prime Minister did not pass unchallenged. An editorial in " Haaretz " of April 8, the day after the speech, put several questions to Ben Gurion. the meaning of which was unequivocal. As the Hebrew press is almost completely unknown in this country, it may be appropriate to quote a passage of this very remarkable article which, in my view, deserves a place of honour in Jewish contemporary journalism. It said, inter alia :—

" . . . Have we a political interest in making things difficult for the Great Powers at this hour ? Is our Foreign Office convinced that the United States will feel committed to supporting us at any price ? . . . Would it not have been wiser to try to settle the incident on a local level instead of submitting it to the Security Council ? And as we have appealed to the U.N.—how does it make sense for the Prime Minister to make a public statement to the effect that we shall not submit to the U.N. if they decide against us ? " This short quotation suffices to show that there is

still freedom of the press m Israel, in spite of con­siderable pressure. True, the attitude of " Haaretz " aroused indignation and the other press accused the liberal independent paper of a " stab in the back," in the familiar way of all nationalist polemics. But there can be no question that the view expressed in " Haaretz" represents the view of wide circles in Israel—and perhaps elsewhere—and that many consider the right of criticism essential to a democracy. This last conclusion, at least, should be accepted by everyone, whatever his view on the particular issue.

Yours, etc., Robert Weltsch.

London, N.W.6.

the Weimar Republic ? And yet we would not do justice to Tucholsky if we ended a tr ibute to him with such sad reflections. For the reading of his books does not only make you think, i t also makes you laugh—and hope. NARRATOR

German Ant i -Naz i s

A T o i

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Dear Sir, ' ^di: / very much enjoyed the article in the May ^ -'''J ,^

of " AJR Information " on Ruth Hoffmann, "' ''kyi'l*' books I have read with great interest ever since 'r 'Q 1 first contacts with Germany were possible again off f^''i the war, but I am deeply disappointed at L. Schachn^Jr^' remark " . . . she possesses what is most seldom ™ Pa be found in Germany : a noble heart."

Experience has shown me that there are very ma* jj " noble hearts " indeed in Germany, and immediatei^^. after the war they struggled hard to be heard. TH}^ they did not succeed seems to me to a certain deg\^^ due to failure on our—the refugees' from Germany gj part. Had we not indulged in sweeping stateme^^^. like L. Schachne's and condemned the good with ' 'PQ^ bad, but held out a supporting hand and told o\„ , new surroundings of what they could not know, ^\^' we did : namely the existence of the good elemen^^ all the things we dislike so much in the new Gerwuttji , might not have come to the foreground as they A 'Com now, and the development of Germany—and with Icen of Europe and the entire world—might have taken j \ „ ' different course. ^rtra

Yours faithfully, Cha Flat 7, Anneliese Koerber. IQ^.. 49 Greencroft Gardens, •^tHer' London, N.W.Q.

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• ^ A t . JEWISH ROEHM P U T S C H VICTIMS Je yj

During the so-called " Roehm-Putsch " 'Hirn," June 30, 1934, four Jews in Hirschberg (Silesi*as ^i were killed by local Nazis. Some of the accomplii^ham were caught some time ago and put on trial IOHQ Schweinfujt. Two of them were sentenced to eig^en „ years and four years imprisonment respectively' *>>^

Munich. A new Old Age Home is going to ' '1^^ erected a t the Reichenbach Strasse. St;.. *'

At the meeting of the Bavarian Communiti^^ngP* Dr. Julius Spanier, member of the Bavarian Senaf g-was elected President and Jean Mandel (Fuert''.\V i°' Vice-President of the " Landesverband." - " '

MEMORIAL M A S S FOR HITLER A Memorial Mass for Hitler was read in

Roman Catholic San Jose Church in Madrid, ' commemorate the man who defended Christian ^ _ Western Civilisation."

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Marriage S inger-Blumste in .—The marriage was solemnised on May 6 at Montreal, Canada, of Eva. S.R.N, (late of London, 4 Thanet Lodge, Mapesbury Road), eldest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. Singer, 49 Lightwoods Hill, Birmingham 41, to Mr. S. N. Blum­stein, 1555 Summerhill Avenue, Mon­treal, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. N. Blumstein of Riga.

Birthday Mrs . Elsa Cohn, n^e Schaefer, for­merly Berlin, of 23 Avenue Dailly, Brussels, celebrated her 70th birthday on May 25 in good health.

Deaths S iegmund Singer, of 25 Belsize Park, London, N.W.3, passed away on .\pril 27 after a short illness a t the age of 84. His only son lives in Haifa, Israel, P.O.B. 789. Mrs. Therese Tils iter, nee Reiss, of 4 Sheila House, North Circular Road, N .W.I I , formerly Bromberg/Berlin, passed away on May 17, 83 years of age, deeply mourned by her son, daughter-in-law and grandchild.

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'V ma* M Hardsh ip Cases ,.j4atir^^ of 75, f. textile trade, returned from Australia, iTMr^ unskiUed light work. » j ,« t , ''tal surgeon, elderly, not on the Register, w a » r P suitable work.

^.-•^rienced dental mechanic, elderly, wants Jftable work.

iterni with .Por 'old ot, ^^^^ lawyer (73), wants homework in assemb-, j)||' handwriting work or similar. lertte>^b\ °^ "**• disabled after operations, wants part-'rerma^^ Work as receptionist, telephonist or other

hctc work (formerly mechanic). with Ip ''""^''cial or technical manager, highly e.xperi-

taken A ' ^ants congenial situation. jjS^d artist does restoration of pictures, also oil-f^aits after photos.

^j,^.ih?airbound lady, EngUsh, German, French ' ^ b a n d typist and correspondent, also exp. in

*craft, wants suitable work.

udes

At J E W I S H CHILD'S DAY

^ c T a Meeting of friends and supporters of ^,7 (i^^ish Child's Day," Dr. Israel Feldman, the g-jgjil^'^n, reported that the total raised in 1950

mj tri;

ilesllss "*". reporteu luaL » > t /i3,ooo. T: iali OnoS h*^^ accepted

The Chief Rabbi and the invitations to become

o eigt^n ' ^ Presidents and Miss Joan Stiebel has velV' ^ P o i n t e d General Secretary.

AjR S to %

FOREIGN DENTISTS On .\pril 26, Mr. Awbery asked the Minister of

Health what steps were now being taken to utilise the services of experienced foreign dentists in this country who have been naturalised ; what dis­cussions have taken place with the Dental Board on this subject ; and with what result.

Mr. Marquand : The Government intend at a convenient opportunity to introduce a Bill which will include proposals for new methods of assessing the qualifications of foreign-trained dentists.

Mr. Awbery : Is my right hon. Friend aware that there is a small number of foreign dentists who have been in this country for about 10 or 12 years, who have become naturalised, and who have been fully qualified to practise dental surgery for many years ; and will he act as speedily as possible to bring them into the scheme ?

Mr. Marquand : I am well aware of the problem and I have given it a good deal of personal attention. I am satisfied that within the existing law all that can be done has been done.

In answer to a supplementary question, Mr. Marquand stated that the number of dentists referred to was a good deal lower than 100.

Earl Winterton stressed that some of these dentists were brought over under the auspices of the Inter-Governmental Committee for Refugees of which he was at the time chairman. Many of them had brilliant qualifications and it was unfortunate that there was a certain professional feeling against foreign dentists. Mr. Marquand replied : " 1 can assure the Noble Lord and my Hon. Friends that I have the greatest sympathy with their point of view in this matter."

In a written answer to Mr. Janner, Mr. Marquand stated on May 10 that proposals with regard to amending the Dentists Act were under consideration and that, while it was not possible to introduce legislation in the present session, it was the Govern­ment's intention to do so at an early opportunity. (As readers will know, the AJR has, throughout the

PERSONALIA Rabbi Dr. J a k o b Hoffmann (formerly Frank­

furt), who now lives in New York, recently became 70 years old. For several years, Dr. Hoffmann represented the Misrachi-Organisation at the " Reichsvertretung of the German Jews."

It is learnt with greatest regret that Mr. Benno S t e m suddenly died in London. He always took an active interest in the work of the . \ JR and was particularly helpful in bringing members of the Fur Trade into close contact with the AJR. He was an AJR Board Member and will always be gratefully remembered by the Honorary Officers of the AJR and his numerous other friends.

Mr . Albert Suesskind (formerly Cologne) died in U.S.A. at the age of 62 years. He took a leading part in the work of the Jewish Ex-Servicemen Organisation in Germany as the chairman of the District Committee for Western Germany and as a member of the National Board. He was also one of the founders of the Sport Organisation " Schild." In U.S.A., he was Vice-Chairman of the Jewish Veterans Association and a Board Member of the American Federation of Jews from Central Europe.

Dr . E. Richard Schuster (formerly Aachen) passed away recently. He was widely known for his work as specialist for rheumatic diseases at Aachen. He was a member of the KC and of the B'nai B'rith Lodge in Germany. Here he practised first in the provinces and afterwards in Ixindon. His many friends and patients will miss him gravely ; he was especially known for his great devotion to his profession and for his profound humanity.

years, taken up the cause of those refugee dentists who, in spite of their qualifications, have so far not been admitted to the Dentists Register. In the light of the latest statements, various steps have been taken in order to safeguard the interests of the dentists concerned.—The Ed.)

FRIENDSHIP CLUB jj *6tings in J u n e every Sunday

uniti'^n?^' Sbevuoth, June 10) on Sundays Sena": %•• 17, 24, and July 1, at 7 p.m.,

f'°n House, 57 Eton Avenue, J •*• During the first part of the cj.'PSs there will be talks or musical

-ueAVt,f^

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Club 1943 : an a' ^Otsday, June 2«th, 7.30 p.m.

y •*<lhurst Gardens, London, N.W.6 pre?:

\<if; HANS JAEGER :

.^^.af^'"*chtungen ueber Juedische io3* Problcme

" *•* Chair : Dr. W. Rosenstock Non-members 1/6

main's Restaurant b y c a n a l e l i g n t

jj,, Until 2.30 a.m. fully licensed

^S7 ' "*?*°*^ D a n c e 7 / 6 i a c l u s i v e " K ^ t a u r a n t open Sundays

isberf^'^^lSb-eet, Mayfair, GROV, 4679

J. A. C. e»s^

,'•'!' i|,„*ROADHini8T BAIX, \V Sob"

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fc,, OKOADHimST HALX, "ADBtJRST GARDENS, N.W.6

(b«hlnd Jelm BSTHM)

' P«n Dmlly from 3-lJ p.m. ter

^eas. Dinners and late Suppers

%*^lu>t Coiiine — Tea Garden OBngc — Own Viennea* Patisaarle

Purs^ "* by QuidlaUght Saturda)' and Sonday 'Evening

IAH' !(),. LARGE HAIX for

^ ' ^ i RECXPTION8, CONCERTS, MEETINGS. Etc

*nd FriMda Raaerr. MAI t'tf?

B o b b y s Jjelicatessen . 60, QUEEN'S GROVE, N.W. 8

(next to the old Marlboro Station) deliver Groceries and Delicatessen daily to Maida Vale, Swiss Cottage, Hendon and

St. John's Wood Oosed on Sabbath. Open Sundays

New registrations always welcome For deliveries phone PRIMROSE 8430

NORWEST CAR HIRE CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN

AND SELF DRIVE

617* FINCHLEY ROAD, N.W.3 Tel. : GULUver 1954

(Mon.-Frt. 8 a.in.-5.30 p.m.) HAMpstead 415D (Nights & Weekenda)

H E I R S Poss ib ly you h a v e wil led your p roper ty

to your wife a n d h a v e n o o ther heirs .

If you a re con templa t ing that after­

w a r d s par t of your p roper ty should go

to a Jewish Organ isa t ion or Chari ty,

t hen a Jewish T rus t ee C o m p a n y is

special ly fitted to be the Executor of

your wishes . K . K . L . Elxecutor and

T r u s t e e C o m p a n y Ltd . u n d e r t a k e s both

P r iva te Family T r u s t s a n d Publ ic

Char i tab le T r u s t s .

Full particulars may be obtained in complete

privacy and without obligation or expense

from the Manager :

K.K.L. EXECUTOR & TRUSTEE CO. LTD. 199 PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.l. REG. 7676

'ASHDALE GUESTHOUSE -23, BEAULIEU ROAD-

B O U R N E N O U T H W . Tel. Westbourne 6i947l

5 min. Sea—Al) Conveniences. Continental Cookinc Early Booking requested

Prop. E. & H. Bruder

Clifton Guesthouse I 4 C L I F T O N P L A C E

Brighton 277231 A VERY REASONABLE

AND ATTRACTIVE CATERING - ESTABLISHMENT

Contlnantal Cooking. All canvanianc** Prop. K. and G. Atkina

STAMPS For COLLECTORS and For INVESTORS fVe buy and sell We advise you on all matters

OUR MONTHLY PRICEUSTS FREE ON APPUCATION

THE GLOBE STAMP CO. LTD., 433 Strand, London, W.C.2

Phone : TEMple Bar 0777-8

Deadline for Adverts, in J ULY issue :

June ISth

Under new Ownership

Maison Rochelle GROCERY AND DELICATESSEN

Open on Siiodays 9 to 2 Closed on Saturday

REGISTRATIONS NOW ACCEPTED 9, SWISS TERRACE, Opposite Swiss Cottage Station. Telephone : PRImrose 4431

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L. SCHEIBE (oan. i>ultt*raioabal & MatrataoUabrik, BerUn

U P H O L S T E R Y BM'Vpholttery and R«« cover of all kinds of Furniture and Mattresses

Loos* Covers, Curtains, etc. 19 Ltaka Rd., N.W.3. TeL: OLA TSet

/^

C^^m^j^a ' New

Children' L o o k ' Footwear

fftj^a RUBBER GOODS

EMSA-WORKS & HERBERT FOOT APPLIANCE LTD. BLACKBURN. Lanes.

M . GLASER PRACTICAL UPHOLSTERER

All Re-Upholstery, Carpets , Furniture Repair, French Pol i shing

WILL BE D O N E T O YOUR SATISFACTION —

Pkane aAMpatead 56*1 or call at «M rmCMLEY RD. (Chlld'a HUl) N.W.2

A. O T T E N F.B.O.A. (Hons). OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN

Tel: HAM 8336

118, FINCHLEY ROAD OPPOSITE JOHN BARNES & FINCHLEY RD. Met. Sia.

CORSETS, BRASSIERES, CORSELEHES

SWIMMING SUITS — LASTEX, Made to measure

surgical Appliances a Speciality Aloderate fees

Mrs. F. W I E N E R , 3, Fawley Mansions, West Enil Une, N.W.6 also 34, Baker Street, W.l

Tal. HAM 7058 Appointments only

L . A . P R E E C K E X P E R I E N C E D

D E C O R A T O R First Class Work

Moderate Prices

15, St . Annes R o a d , B a r n e s , S.W.IS

Phone : PRO 5111

excel lent pr ia tmg done

with the best SCrvlCe Urgent matters in 24 liours H. I. WALL. Phone; EDG 3450

R. BANDMAN eABINETMnKBR

Ftirniture made to design Repairs done at your house

3 4 2 , K I L B U R N L A N E , W.9 Tel . : LAD 3198

I N D U S T R I A L P H O T O G R A P H Y

Photostat Copies—Photo Reproductions Photo Litho Printing—Dyeline Photoprint* GOLDERSTAT; 25 D O W N H A M R O A D , N.l

Phona CLIssold 6713/4 Also at 54 Goldars Gardens, N . W . 11

Phone SPEedwell 5643

M. FISCHLER CONTINENTAL UPHOLSTERY

r iRST CLASS WORCMANIHIF AND « I « T

MATERIALS USID. C A R K T i r i T T l D

AMD ALL EINDS OT FURNITURE MADE

AND REPAIRED, ALIO CBETAINI AND

M A T T R E I i E I . FRENCH POLISHING 117, MELROSE AVENUE, N.W.J

TeL : EDG 71314 or GLA 1625

1 . BRXUKR TTPBWRITEaiS 57 FsirfMC Road,

N.W.6

MAI 1271 M E W S T A N D A R D A PORTABLES in Stock

F . F R I E D L A N D Shop & Office Fitt ing,

Cabinet Maker, French Polishing, Furniture Repair, Upholstery

General House Repairs

188 CAMBRIDGE ROAD. N.W. 6 T e l : MAI 8910

REGD. TRADE MARK

M A K E R S O F T H E F A M O U S

VIENNESE WAFER BISCUIT SPECIALITIES

O.P. CHOCOLATE SPECIALITIES (MANUFACTURERS) LTD.

MERTHYR TYDFIL GLAM.

WITHIN 14 DAYS Your FOOD PARCELS are delivered to your friends in ISRAEL

LARGE CHOICE OF FOOD

Full information from the Agents in the U.K.

Leonard Goldston & Co., Dept. A^,

25-26, Lime Street, London, E.C. 3 'Phone : MAN 2911

FUR COATS Utility Fur Coats made to measure

Remodelling and Repair Now Summer Price

HEDINA (Millinery and Furs) Ltd. 1, Margaret Street, London, W. 1

Tel. : MUS 9654

YOU should also advertise in

AJR Information JEWISH BOOKS of any kind

Ask for my new interesting Judaica Catalogue Libraries bouglit,

Taleisim, Bookbinding

M. SULZIACHER 4 SiMAth Avenue, Golden Green, London, M.W.I I Tel.- SPE l<94

KARL ARBEITER BUILDEM arad DECORATOR

19B CLIFTON GARDENS, W.9

DecoratJmg Paperlaamgiog

First-Class Work at Reasonable Prices

Tel. : CUM. 7605

CORSETS BRASSIiatES

Made to Measure also Repairs — Alterations

Mrs. E. S O N N E N F E L D Apply H St. John's Rd. , Golders Green. Phmtff 4t>»ointm*iU SPE 6s47. N . W . I I

The Ltd. C O N T I N E N T A L L A U N D R Y SPECIALISTS

Write or Plione tlie Manager: I Mr. E. Hearn, I, Stronsa Rd., London, W. 12. Tel. : SHE 4575

Z E N I T H

TAILOll SERVICE LIMIT£l

i

SUITS and COSTUMES^ made to measure by first class Tailors in our own workroom.

S H O P h a s no^v

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172 FINCHLEY ROA) LONDON, N.W. 8 ( "gf.r (between Finchley Rd. Undergrou' N i

aad cati by, in (-the and A.

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and L.M.S. Stats.)

M. G. STREAt 30, Dennington Park Road'

N.W.6

PAINTING. DECORATING. PAPERHANGING at Reasonable Prices

Tel . : HAM 1541 \

N E W M A N ' S ^ C O S Y

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Valentine & 5nsHcance JSrottere 59 NEW OXFORD STR'

LONDON, W.C.1

TeL: TEMple Bar 0842/3/4

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