Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1964 Page: 4 of 12
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Page 4-Postorial Texas Jewish. Post Thursday, April 23, 1964
A WORD FOR THE WOMEN
Are women second class citizens in American Jewish life?
In the United States women have served as Senators, Gov-
ernors, Ambassadors, Federal Judges, Mayors, and are even talk-
ed of for the Presidency. Israel has a woman as its foreign min-
ister. Ceylon’s prime minister is a woman. Many other countries
have elevated women to the highest offices.
But in the American Jewish community women are virtual-
ly excluded from major leadership roles in all national organi-
sations not composed entirely of women or of professional-social
workers. Even in local Jewish communities only a handful of
women have been presidents of congregations and Jewish Com-
munity Centers. It would be difficult to recall any community
that has named a woman president of its federation or welfare
fund.
It is therefore of great significance that the National Jewish
Welfare Board has made an important break-through by nam-
ing as its president Mrs. Florence G. Heller of Chicago. She is
not only the first of her sex to become head of this major na*
tional Jewish body but also the first woman to be president of
any national Jewish organization except those whose member-
ship is limited to women or professional social workers.
In her long and notable career in Jewish communal service
Mrs. Heller has established many precedents but in her new of-
fice as presiden of JWB she will assuredly set a new standard
for national Jewish leadership by women. We congratulate both
Mrs. Heller and JWB.
jess jawin
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of the Nazi boot at the age of 15 when the Nazi Nuremburg
laws were incorporated into occupied territory. Rudolph was
not permitted to go to high school. He planned to escape
to Hungary and was arrested at 17 and finally after some
preliminary camps he “graduated” to Auschwitz.
Rudi learned how to survive fast.
He knew he couldn’t beat them. So he tried to keep
himself as fit for work as possible so he could one day effect
Tils escape. His main and guiding principle was to “live a
little longer” with each minute.
Rudi worked in odd jobs and then as a “Registrar” in
Auschwitz for nearly two years. Though he was a “chosen
one” and in the political heirarchy of the prisoner’s work
group, he still suffered beatings by the despised SS and nearly
«Iied several times. He had several near bouts with the gas
chamber himself.
Rudi, who is one of the chief witnesses against the 22 now be-
ing tried at Auschwitz, and also was a witness at the Eichmann
Trial in Israel, details his Auschwitz stay in a book just published
fGrove Press, Inc., N.Y. 3, N.Y.) in collaboration with Alan
Bestic. ' n
Rudi finally makes his escape in 1944. He is credited with
being one of the first — if not the first man to bring news to
the outside world of the actual genocide the Nazis were practicing
In the slaughter of millions.
He arrived in Slovakia in time to get word to the Jewish
leaders. They in turn reported their findings to Dr. Kastner, head
of the Hungarian Jewish Committee who was purported to be
bartering with Eichmann for the lives of Hungarian Jews but
who managed to save a Little over 1,684 close relations and others
while most of the Hungarians perished.
While the report of the actual cremations were in Kastner’s
bands, and while Eichmann assured Kastner the report was fable,
lie increased his timetable for the eradication of the Hungarian
Jewish population.
Rudolph Vrba saw the Hungarian transports roll toward
Auschwitz several days after his escape.
His report reached Catholic leaders. Finally, in mid 1944 it
reached allied leaders. This was after several million were mur-
dered. Soon thereafter, Winston Churchill promised that “It is
GORDON McLendon
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BELIEVES
FOREIGN AID—Foreign aid should
be withheld from all communist-
dominated countries. Foreign aid
should be maintained in those
countries in which we have mili-
tary bases. In other countries
where any aid might be prudent,
it should be mainly in the form of
surplus agricultural products.
NATIONAL DEBT—Government ex:
penditures should be made only
from current income in peacetime.
orderly program for retirement
of the public debt should te ’
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Doctrine should be firmly restated
and upheld.
quite clear that all concerned in this crime who may fall into
our hands, including the people who only obeyed orders by carry-
ing out the butcheries should be put to death, if their association
with the murderers has been proved.”
But the killings went on. And the men responsible for them
still hold high positions in government, industry and community
life in Germany.
We recommend Rudolph Vrba’s book to you. It will give
you facts and figures.
The arithmetic will take shape and form.
The Auschwitz Trial of 22 is progressing.
It started last December.
Testimony last week concerned SS man Oswald Kaduk — a
brave man — only when he had a gun in hand and defenseless
women and children as his victims.
Ludwig Woerl told this story concerning one of the herdings
into the gas chambers: “A dozen little Jewish girls, aged three
to eleven, came up to me, begged me to save them from the
gas chambers. They said they were strong and could work and
didn’t want to die. I couldn’t help them. There was Otto Kaduk,
gun in hand. That murderer Kaduk drove them away to the gas
chamber.”
At this point Woerl pointed his finger directly at Kaduk sit-
ting at the defense table in direct accusation.
Kaduk jumped to his feet, trying to lunge for his accuser.
“You lie.”
Woerl looked him in the eye and repeated his accusation.
Then he concluded, “You pig!”
Spectators in the court yelled “Beat him to death!”
It took determined presiding Judge Hans Hofmeyer several
minutes to restore order.
Where were all the cries while the transports were going
through the villages, while the SS and stratified German Society
were reaping the rewards of the Final Jewish Solution:
The gold inlaids and bridge work from' their teeth?
The hair that was used as filler for torpedo war heads and
mattresses?
The clothing that was sent to Germany to keep their children
warm?
The confiscated food that was used as bribes to keep the
SS and kapos (prisoner-helpers) in line?
The money that was robbed from the dead prior to crema-}
tion and placed in the accounts of German nationals in Swiss
banks?
Where were all the cries then?
And now?
Most of the SS who ran these camps are still alive.
The engineer who built the crematoria at Auschwitz is still
alive and treated with the greatest respect.
The makeshift “Doctor” who jabbed phenel into the hearts
of his victims prior to cremation is still at large, respected and
in complete freedom.
And thousands upon thousands of more criminals walk about
snickering at their crimes.
They are and will be heard as long as one guilty person has
not been brought to justice.
But the screams are still there.
A delegation of World Jewish Congress leaders will gather
at Treblinka next month, on the 10th of May to dedicate a monu-
ment to the 700,000 Jews who perished there.
Treblinka ranked second to Auschwitz as we told you earlier.
What about Treblinka?
Treblinka is 50 miles northeast of Warsaw. At Treblinka
mainly Polish Jews from the Warsaw and Bialystok were driven
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Federation Dinner
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Serving with him) are Mrs. Elias
Brachman, chairman of the
Greeting Committee and Hosts;
Mrs. E. M. Rosenthal, chairman
of decorations and seating ar-
rangements and Mrs. David Eis-
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Reservations may be made by
calling the Federation office at
WA 3-7381.
The Jewish Federation of Fort
Worth is the central organiza-
tion of the Jewish Community of
Tarrant County which raises and
disburses funds to mO,re than 10®
local, national and overseas a-
gencies.
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