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Vol. LXVH No. 31 Oiraha, ftobr.
soc 68508
2 lyor. ntOftkjKt, April 37, 1M0
Nebraska attorney general to address Yom HaShoah observance in Lincoln i The anniul Nebraska Holocaust Commemoration Observance will occur at the State Capitol in Lincoln on May 2 at 7 p.m. "Through the last several years the Observance has grown in scope and now indudes the participation of many individuals represent^ varying institutions & the secular community," according to Yak'Gotsdlner, ch>innan of the coordlnaifaig committee. State ^enatOT LaVon Cnwby is the legi^tive •ponao'for ISOdHieprindpla IKUMP* will bo (Mivored l^ Attonioy Genoral Robert. Spires. Rabbi EtluKL ScUol of Tifereth Israel Synagog^ aad Cantor Michad Woiaaer of Coogregatian B^iai Jeahu-
Attorney General Robert f^piiM run will partidpata aa will the LfaKob Oo^Mt Choir under the direction of Mrs. Oscar tlaniott. Uncolo Moyor Bill Hai^ ria wiU praaeot hia Proelamatioa of Obacrraace together with leiitvant remarks. Pastar M.L. Chris-
tenson of Sheridan hur':'theran Church willoSt^ at-] responsive benediction with audience participa-.! tion. Participating in the commeiporative caiidleli^i)ingfbr.tbe six million mil be Omahans Sam Fried, Joe Boin and lilly Boin, and Ilona Berk, Rose Feuerberg and Grea Wald of Lincoln. Nfr. Pried will deliver the opei^ns remarks for UitoiiwUfan of the.Observanea, ' As haa been tfie caat<na, the program will take place in the East Senate Chamber. ThopuUic is invited. RabU Ethan Seidd and Cantor Midael Weiaaer have indicated Yom Ha> Sba^ will also be obMtVMi ji .(he aynagogue and temple as weO.
Dana College focuses on rescue of Danish Jews during l;lbiocaust Jewish mother, Margit
By Morris Mallae I 1C\1 o
tef^ls nate&all tiba HoloeMiti<Hli^«fUMmi of t^ Den mark went aboot tbeir dally rootine. U Th«ytoaktMFc£adiMttaiftocl,iiidtlieirdailym«^ fluieag, aadattoBdad to thefr jobari^MiMmn e^Mdalh. ' Howewar.tl^fiahanMB ware not buaily catching fidL ' For two weeks, paittenkriy at ttiglii they ferribd Dan>h Jews acrooa tiw Baltie Sea to safe havan i» Swadan. • UnUkathaheavydevastationof JewiahlifeinEaatcm Europe and to a leaser extant In Sweden and Nor' . vqr,Daunarkaavadaaoatiniated 7,000 of its approXimatafy 7.600 JewiiJi cftia«M. , gone 60 yaaia later, thia footnote to hlatoryraceivad tf-^^tfUwy. CTtinpinft*fl^ ff"^ j%miwtin«i raiaing thfl r—-
cue atory to a ptniMcle ol Jewish admiration. The reactte'oftiie't>anish Jews now can be described as a unique example of man's humanity to man during . a perkid which componly and tearfully lame<ita.m«n's inhumanity to man. From 20 states An aatiaietad 300 men and women from 20 states : }riiM^«toiipfn<m Denmark at Dana Collage iaBlair / Mtthniday aad Monday in a syavoaiam dsaigMd to ai|ilfl(*Ab(LiaiDral implications of this experience. Some 60 nw^fcen ^ the Omahai«wiiili aommpinity aCtetided ^ OM gr-mdraol tiw'aaaalai^'.
Tke kiV4w(eaddf«as IvVA SeiMtor JPtiul Steea of llllMimirliir'-il a Mmbw af saMwtiaM for hvoiv*. mart Mwesoi 4» lawUi oMwity airf OsM Colltge. Hie full text «r tUa apaaeh appsart ea Page 4. •^The itoeiie of tba %alih Jowa, dwalbod aa ^oiw of L the matt inmnisaiw tM of b«rObv> inliistory," was ^ fflBKlapOM^aMy many oiinditions, the speakers pointed JL
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Paul Haounerieh, of CopcBhMMi, ioumalist, Uator-
of the Roytf Guard and Danah Reeistmca Mr. Pundik, Mr. Harbo, and other speakers rejected theeoiKMpt of iMCoiam subst^tinfrfauMO$i,«iieceesary sndltiiDiiy uBactataBdable re^fponse om thaVpart of one Dane beqpAig iraother. " lliousandB of Danes were involved in the rescue activity; Christian friends, neighbors and copolfixSA strangers provided places to hide while arrangements were made for secret passage across the Baltic Sea to Sweden. ^ . Churches and hospitals opened their doors without question taking in Jews and using all sorta of innovative measures to protect them against the Germans. 7,000 Jaws saved In less than two weeks, an estimated 7,000 Jews neaped even thouj^ thakbogdom was occupied by German aoMiers and tto German Navy patrolled the waters of the region. .4 • One of the converging coinddencee, demonatrat&g that not all of the Germans occupying Denmark supported Hitler, led the German Naval duet to suddenly otdat most <rf hb patrol vessels to port for overhauling. "tlie reaone waa not a miracle... it was a UKnnentum," Mr. Hammerich pointed out He said that on Aug. 29,1943, when the master plan became known, the movement became a apontaoaous action by amateura. "Whan the order came, the impulse for rejecting the Nazis was ready for activation. "TUa was truly « multinational uprising against Hitlar^ Oaoa the epic rescue had been described, Mr. Hammtfich aakeo, "What can we learht" , He answalwd his own question by describing a recent event in Denmark: H^ aaid that a play, WltUn the Walls, about a Jewish giri fiiDing in love with a Christian professor, has been made into a nrasical called Eather.
sary to hide out in a mental m arrangements could be made to I Mrs. Chd^taiiBn said she recaUs being transported to UiB wataifrant with her parents hi an ambidanee and that when they were st(qn>ed by Gonsns, her father preaaed hor head into a pMow and promised that if she remabied quiet he would buy her the red umbrella she wanted. Ambolanee atopped The Oacman patrol stofmed the ambulance, looked inside, and unexpbdnafafy aDowed the vehkle to proceed (m its mission <rf marey. Mrs. Chtuttenaain Mdd that when bar grandmother died, hfr fithar took off her Jewish star and placed it around his daujjitar'a neck. "I atitfwear'tbastar, although I don't consider myself Jewish," the added. Mary FettOMO. Wkt> with Annette Fettman coordinated th«nrMar«tkid and serving of kosher niHlia to those whei had requested them, said that the peopiftat Dana liant above and ^<xid what is customary at conierenosa to make oaitdhiihat^Jewish guests felt at home. Because the first day of the conference coincided with Yam Hashoah, the Day of Remembrance, the Rev. Linda C. Wak. campus pastor, led a Service of Reman* braoce with the recitation of A Paahn of Davki ths afatging of Hear, 0 Israel, and the lighting of six candles for theSixMUlioa Rabbi Bent Melddor, Chief Rabbi of DaamfWK faced away faom the aadienfe to emphssiie thaMyer, and redtol kaddlai). Rabbi Mek^ior partidpatM ii the conference sseetons deecriUng how his family was be^wd by X priest and Uahop. Ha said the biabop welcomed his ftaflly's srrival on erev Yom KipfNtr and affii^us to Okake t\kl Jewish friends feel at^ome inqtfM as to the kind* of foods Jews ate on Yom Kippur. Here was a case where a mmdner of the Chriatian clergy wanted to malD» certain that Jewii were ebia to obaerve their niigiaB«ven hi tiieae tenftia timee, RabW Melchior ex|daiaMd. ^ After the 8arvios,Sai survivor <^ tha HaloShiat, axpresaed Us admiratUw tor thesolennlty df tha sarvioe and tt»i preparation thkt was involved. He pointed out that the long pauses of libenee in the service lent drsmatk emphsais to tha prayers.1. "I've waltad a lonf tlma for OBiatlfli clHir 1 a kwdaraUp role in Yom Haahoah and what was | at D«Da far meaedad aw MqMtatioaa." Ipitmaf^nj Ol Anfl». RabW IMdMar <Wivw«l the pulpit i sage at Both Isnil flmMfOgiM. (8oe aaparata story tMa
the future, sauttS during this historical period the 'Jaw liaadmt.a 0MtM." Had«erib«d'lMulMri( as a coontry ''of bnoceoee," '6Bt with the Jews' whooa people has a "besiUtion to kill" and a histiyy of Tha miurfcaL ha axplafaMd. is so popular that many daaltac wifth mlBOtitita. hi^ schools are ptodudng tbe show fcr their annual During the first thno years of the Oenaan oodva- praduction. tion (1940-1946). the Danish government and King At ontauchahow, wheii the dramatk final hymn callChristian X protected the Jewish population.' ing for brotha^ood among att religions and raota snded. a fNiip of Garmaa yautha stood and hoUarad "Out with Jews won targiiad But with the iDoraastaif taoakm batweon the Oanae thaJawa." and the OemWH, tba Jaws were tamtad for deporta"Obvloiilty, the chOdren of today are not famOlar with tion to oaaoontratkm campa in the faD of 1943. tha storiaa we are tailing hare in Blair. Nebraaka. We Hwbart Pundik. of CopMkagaa. editor of PaUtikaa, shoold bo IHtManad by this igBonnefc" arid tIkM was DO raaeue orfMdaation in plaoa whan word At one poM ta tha pnflram, attandaes were invitad was imtf*i ti th» iM>«i»Nt twaet af Daafali Jawa. to ahara Ottsmtid axpartmaa with the gathartof. •J(JlaslTii1iMiW>rffliilr1iM%WfW'i»Mr>''-i "^•'••••»""*-^ ^fOdklHaAt
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