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SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 Vol. LXVII No. IS, Omaha, Nabr.
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Herbert Goldsten trust activated with potential of $1.7 million
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By Morris Maline An initial distribution of $1.2 million from the estate of Herbert Goldsten has activated the Herbert Goldsten Tnat to benefit the Jewish metropolitan area of Omaha. According to Howard Kaslow, secretary of the corporation and a trustee; the estimated value of the Trust is $1.7 million with the exact total depending upon final distributions fi'om the executor of the estate, FirsTier Bank. Mr. Goldsten, who died last May, established the Trust to benefit Jewish religious, charitable, or educational organizations in the Omaha, Neb., metropolitan area, including but not liBiited to s}aiagogues, Jewish schools, and the Jewish Federation of Omaha. All recipients of distributions shall be organizations that are exempt fix>m federal in-
come tax under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax laws, the Trust documentation states. Mr. Kaslow said the Trust most likely will seek applications for grants toward the middle of 1991. In addition to Mr. Kaslow, other trustees are: Arthur H. Goldstein, Joseph Kirshenbaum, Arthur P. Gross-
man, and Yale Richards. Mr. Kaslow pointed out that the Trust will operate on a calendar fiscal year and that, being a private foundation, it will be obligated to distribute all of its income on a regular basis. The Trust provides that for the first 25 years of its existence only income may be distributed. Afterwards, principal as well as income may be distributed. FirsTier Bank curren^
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The document, dated Jan. 9, 1946, waa drafted by the 47 Jews the Nazis had kept alive to dismantle the Chelmno crematoria and destroy other evidence of the death factory before Soviet troops reached the canq>, situated in the Lodz district of Poland. Tha document deacribea the bockgrounda of tha 47, thefr profaaakwe and wt>at they endured at varioua Nazi camps until they reached the final one at Chalmno. Barak Wittenfekl, one (tf tha 47, wrote "When I aaa how the thousands of tonocent Jewa are being murdered, my heart is torn up inside ma. I am only 16 but they have chained my feet like a criminal." Another testimonial deacribee the hopdeesneoB of the inmatea. "Armed soldiers are standing around me. What can I do? " one priaonar wrote. "TeU my brothers, Yitzhak Laaer and Mordachai Motek, and my siatar, Hav», hi Moaoow about mv fate, about my last wish before my death, "Whoever fhida thia, please revenge the tens of
By Jill Knahner Bebnont Federation poUic rdathms asaodilt^'' Joodi Vdtzer, miasion chairman for the 1991 UJA/Federatkn Campaign, says her first trip to Israd, a mission sponsored by the United Jewish Appeal, "changed my life. It was an exhilarating and intensely emotional experience—better than I ever ejqiected." The impact of her 1988 trip has motivated Mrs. Veitzer to lead the Omaha thousands of Jews that communi^ in the 1991UJ A were slaughtered here." Discovery Misaion to Israel Although 47 names were from March 10-20, and to listed at the end, only 10 spend the nest several Jews actually signed the montlis encouraging otiwr will, probably for lack of memlMca of the Jewiah comtime. It was smuggled out munity to accompany her. of the camp to a Polish Tha "Omaha Information farmer, who paaaed it on Meeting," a briefing for to Red Army headquar- anyone in tereeted in hearing ters nearby. about the Discovery MisThe Chelmno will wis sion, will be heU at Mrs. tranalated from tha origi- Veltzer's home, 12617 Ciyer nal Polish hito RusaUn Ava, on Jaa 8, 1991«, at and tha tranalatkm sent to 7:30 p.m. She emphasized the Soviet SUte Archives that everyone in the comin Moscow, where it re- munity ia invited to attend, and a commitment to go on mained untU now. the miasion ia not reqnhvd. An estimated 360,000 "Thia is the one job I Jews were murdered at really wanted to do," she Chebnno between 1942-46. Only two survived. MarUn Gilbert'a definitive work, "The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During tha Second World War," deacribea the circumatancaa of their aurvival. "On Jan 17, at Chebnno, the SS prepared to murder the surviving mambara of tha apedu Commando which, for the previous two-and-a-half months had bean forced to diamantle the cremator ia," MarUn wrote.
Mr. Goldsten was in the real estate business his entire adult life and owned several properties in the 3100 block of Leavenworth street with his brother, David, who preceded him in diBath. One of the major gifts he made during his lifetime was a $100,000 contiibuticm to the Rose Bhunkin Jewish Home. The chapel there carries his name.
'Vmaha Information Meeting" to feature Discovery l\/li$$ion
Call for revenge By Cathrine Oeraon TEL AVIV (JTA)-The will written by the last 47 Jews to survive the Chelmno death camp, deaoibing their atoiy and calling for revenge for tha deaths of the 360,000 JewaUlled there, waa made poUic for the first tinw last week. "Tothaattantianoftha happy man who finds thia ndtabook," the document begina. "Pleaaa read the contents carefolly and paas it on to everyona, and also to tha mambera of our famdiaa atill aliva, thoae who wen far away from thia horrible trafsdy." The rare original document, which until now had not bean aaen hi the Waat, became available by agreement between the Soviet State Archives and the . Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Authority in Jeruaalam. Ita exlstanca haa bean known abea the end of World War II, when lUya Ehrenburg documentad Nazi war crimea in "The Black Book." But the Soviet authorities banned publication of the book and only one copy was amuggied out of the Soviet Union.
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Joodi VeitMV said, "I remember my excitement after returning from that first mission, and my conversion from a Jew who did not seem to care a lot atxMit Israel to a Jew who ia exceedin^y proud of that country and my heritage. I want others to have that same experience." "Every misakm ia a signal of unity and commitment," said Sara Sanditen, Diacovery national chairman, during a recent hitarview from her home in Tulaa, OUM. With regard to the difficult time in the Middle East, Ms. Sanditen said. "Thia ia the Ume for ua to rally to-
gether. We as Jews should feal good about Israd. If our govemm«ot> thinks that AnMtJean Jews are not supporting Israel, then they will receive the wrong message." Mission partidpanta will stay hi Tel Aviv, Tiberias and Jerasalem, Mrs. Veitzer explained. Highlights will include daily discussions with high-ranking Israeli offidala regarding current issues in security, economics, politics and social policy, and viaiting numer ous historical sites. "Greeting Soviet Jews upon their arrival to Israel will l>e a special part of the mission," Ma. Sanditen added. "We want to feel what is going on in Israel with the aliyah of Soviet Jews. We will be part of these historical times in terms of their absorption into Israeli aodety," she said. Reservations for the "Omaha Information Meeting" may be made by calling Mrs. Veitzer, 333-3719, or the Missions Dept. of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, 334-8200, Ext. 264 or 263.
German quota assailed
By David Kaator BONN (JTA)-A highlevel agraeroant to {dace a quota on the nuo^tar of Soviet Jewa admitted to Germany was assaOM by the Jewish community. Its chahman, Hetos Qalinski, said a dedsion to set a caiUng on Soviet Jewiah immigrants, reportedly reached this paat weekend in Dresden at a maating of the hitarlor ndnlstars of the 16 federal aUtaa, ir
nored Germany's historic obligationa, as well as the fact that Jews were persocutad hi the Soviet Union. The official Jewiah community ia preaaing for an "open door" policy for Soviet Jewa who want to Immigrate to Germaoy. The ndnistara reportedly agreed in prindpla, however, that free immlgratk» wouM be aUowed only to Jews of German origin.
The entry of othera would be subject to a still undefked ceiling. Interior Mhiister Dietmar Schlee of Badan-Wm^ temberg denied the conference had imposed a quota of 1,000 a year. That figure appeared hi news reports over the weekend, whkh attributed tha quoU to a proposal by tha hitarior mhdstar of Bavaria. (Continued on Page 3)