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Volume XL No. 8. August 1985
^f(ix Sulzbacher
SOME REMARKABLE PARALLELS
T^he Huguenot Experience
"c current exhibition at Ihe Museum of London
"'"'I 31si October) traces the flight.of some
|. '"00 Huguenots (French Protestants) to
"yland and their contributions to life in this
'«uiury.
first this story may have no particular
fu '^T^^ '°'^ Jewish refugess from Germany but on
^rihcr reflection this exhibition provides
'•'"'kable parallels to our own situation.
I» •'•"' "s start wilh the situation in France in the
f ' ^'^"'ury. The Huguenots had been granted
IS9X '^- °^ worship by the Edict of Nantes in
^^^ • " we are looking for a parallel to satisfy
w of us who like round numbers wc could say
^ •' similar significant date for the emancipation
ic Jews in Germany was the year of rc^"""'is, i.e. 1848 .some 250 years later.
%4 ''•' subsequent persecution of the Huguenots
lt<a)'' '^'^''8'*'"s one which gathered force in the
.^^'"^ ;ind by ihc early 1680s Ihey were refused
;^"''Sion lo public oflicc and dismissed from
|«%u'r r"*" "' ''""'«"'y- -^'so sonic 300 of their
l * t 'i";..?'' ^'^''^ destroyed. The reigning monarch at
^Mul
^""'' ^°^^^ ^ ' ^ ^'^''" '^^ course, was no
l%^l' '^"' "cvcrihelcss was or rather became a
iMa!,"'"^ '"*^"'- ^'^ ^'"* influenced by Madame de
i ^ l *^'!°"' ^ ' ' o was first his mistress and afler the
Il "' "ic queen became his second wife.
^^iis also one of the most autocratic rulers of
E%^^ . '- '"'"' c est inoi! In 1685. under pressure
ll«Tch '^''^''Sy- he revoked the Edict of Nantes
l l l ^ ^ cancelling the religious freedom of the
f^^cnoLs and forbidding them to hold their
[••Ain^ '" ''"y public or private house. Again. Ihe
| l * » , I f'"'"'lcl is the Nuremberg Laws some 250
^^ .Iter which were deemed to have revoked
Ij^^'Paiion "at a stroke".
persecution of the Hugeonots was, of
•' ''cligious one bul Ihey were able to escape
^ sccuiion by converting to the dominant
*• '""olicism. There is no parallel wilh Ihe
racial persecution of the Jews as conversion in
Germany under Hitler was of no avail. Turning
back to the Huguenots there were some 200,000 to
250,000 (the numbers are remarkably similar) who
left France although the great majority remained
and abjured their faith.
The exhibition is concerned with the 40,000 to
50,000 Huguenots who fled to England (again,
similar figures). Such escape carried great risks and
many thousands who were caught were condemned to the galleys. Incidentally the term
"refugee" was first coined at that time.
Some Huguenots had already settled in England
since Ihc 16.50s and Ihcy assisted their brclhren in
Ihcir lime of need. Large numbers of Huguenots
settled in the Spitalficlds and Soho districts of
London which "resounded to the hum of French
conversation". (In our case read Swiss Cottage
and Hampstcad).
The major part of the exhibition is devoted lo
the specific Huguenot contribution lo various
aspects of science, art, medicine, trade, finance and
manufacture, etc. They were dominant in the silk
and fashion trade which had a distinct French
flavour. (Is there a parallel here?).
Examples are given of their contribution lo
banking—7 of the original 24 founder directors of
the Bank of England established in 1694 were
Huguenots. An Act of General Naturalization was
passed in 1709 against strong native opposition
and many served in the British Army fighting
against Catholic France.
Initially there were some 28 churches in London
where the services were conducted in French. By
1750 however, they had been absorbed by Ihe
native Protestant Church and French was no
longer spoken by the next generation. Only their
continued on p. 2
THE ANNUAL CONCERT
in a i d ^ f
SELF AID OF REFUGEES
(in conjunction with AJR)
w i l l take place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on
Sunday, 10th November 1985 at 3 p . m .
performed by
T H E C O H E N TRIO
in music by
Beethoven and Schubert
Tickets at £3, £4, £5, £6 and £7 may now be reserved from Self Aid of
Refugees, 8 Fairfax Mansions, London, NW3 6LA. Tel: 01-328 3255
or 01-624 9096/7
ir
AJR INFORMATION AUGUST 1985
page 2
continued from p. I
HUGUENOT
EXPERIENCE
names in their original or anglicised forms remained to remind them of their French origin.
Again the parallel with our own community is
quite apparent nearly 50 years after our arrival in
this country and requires little elaboration.
Two interesting footnotes remain. It was a
German Jew, Giacomo Meyerbeer, who wrote the
well-known opera "Les Huguenots" describing
their persecution.
And il was nol until 1885 that the Huguenot
Society was founded lo perpetuate the memory of
their ancestors. Will we see Ihe founding of a
similar society in 2135 to perpetuate our memory?
LEADING AUTHORS'
PLANS
The Third Reich and its consequences continue to
provide themes for leading German authors, 15 of
whom have recently been asked for details of their
present work. Several of Ihem are writing ;ttooul
theelTect of National Socialism on individual lives.
Peter Hiirtling's current novel is told in the
person of a German Jew who had dealings with
Eichmann, escaped by a hairsbrcadth. emigrated
to Palestine and returned lo Germany in 1947. His
basic theme is that history can only be understood
through individual example.
The realisation that Germans still know too
lillle about their Jewish fcllow-cilizens inspired
Wolfdietrich Schnurre to write aboul Iwo Jewish
families in today's Berlin, to be published shortly
under the title "Levin and Guttniann". An
adaptation of the work will also be seen on
television. Moreover, Schnurre is working on a
dialogue presentation of events in the life of
Waller Benjamin.
Rejected thesis
Stress will be laid on Ihe professors who rejected
Benjamin's thesis (laler published as "Urprung dcs
deulschen Trauerspiels") because Ihey did nol
understand il.
"Ein Schloss in Schlesien" [A Castle in Silesia]
is the title of Horsl Bienek's forthcoming novel on
resistance in the Third Reich, particularly ihc
"Kreisauer Kreis" up to 20 July 1944.
Hilda Spiel is also taking the war years as her
background in re-writing her film script "Anna
und Anna". Another book of hers is lo appear in
English, describing Viennese culture from 1886 to
1938.
The question of heroism and hero-worship
occupies Martin Gregor-Dellin, whose book is
enlilled "Whal is Grealness'.' Seven Germans and
a German Problem": il consists of essays on major
figures from Martin Luther to Thomas Mann.
Heinrich Boll was engaged on a book for young
people when he died in July, but his main work
was aboul today's social realities in Bonn, though
il was a fictional Bonn.
Other writers who are completing new works,
editing compilations or re-issuing former works
arc F.lfriede Jelinek, 1-riederikc Mayrocker,
Hubert Fichie, Martin Walser, Ingeborg Drewitz,
Sarah Kirsch, Gabriele Wohmann and Horst
Kruger.
THE ERNEST FOULKES STORY
In April this year the Israel Academy of Sciences
and Humanities presented Ernest Foulkes with the
Gold Medallion, "for Scientific Achievements in
Israel", newly created by the Israeli Government.
Behind this honour lies a success story perhaps
better known in scientific and medical circles than
among the general public.
Born in Frankfurt in 1902, Ernest Foulkes
obtained a doctorate in engineering al the
Technische Hochschule, Berlin and began lo build
a career in factory planning. In 1936 he came to
this country as a refugee and formed a small
company manufacturing machine tools. Afler the
war, with the encouragement of the Ministry of
Health, he began to specialise in the production of
laboratory equipment, in particular a complete
range of centrifuges incorporating many novel and
original ideas.
Mi^^V
^2^JL^
Utt
Every year since it was formed, the Foundation
has been granting a number of fellowships to
successful applicants who went through a
stringent selection test conducted wilh the help
of a panel of eminent members of the medical
profession.
In 1978, in recognition of his work, Ernesi
Foulkes was made a CBE. In 1982, impressed by
Israel's strong post-graduate educational programme, he decided to extend ihe Foundation's
work to that country and lo start a pilot scheme
under the auspices of the Israel Academy of
Sciences and Humanities. This proved an outstanding success and received its recognition by
the gift of the Gold Medallion. All signs are thai
the Foundation will continue lo prosper and
expand for the benefit of medical science.
Continuity is safeguarded by the fact that Ernesi
Foulkes's daughter, Maureen Hajdu, is the
Foundation's Registrar and one of the trustees.
His commercial and philanthropic achievements
have nol spoilt him. He and his wife Senla—his
constant inspiration and support—have remained
a couple wilh cultured lasles, a wide circle of
friends and a very harmonious family life. In
August this year they will celebrate their golden
wedding. We wish them bolh very many more
years of happiness and successful activity.
C. 1-. FLESCII
GEORG SCHLF.SINGER CHAIR
^jMtmm
//^^^^^^^^^H
Dr Ernesi M. Pmilkcs C.li.E.
His firm, for instance, was the first in this
country lo build refrigeration into centrifuges
thereby opening up new possibilities for Ihe
diagnosis and ireaimenl of blood disorders. The
name and trade mark "M.S.E." soon became
known as a world leader in its field and the
company exported to most counlries wilh such
success that in 1966 il was ainong the lirsl lo
receive the Queen's Award to Industry for Export
Achievements.
In 1972, in order lo safeguard the continuity of
his work and the future and security of his
employees—by now numbering about 1,000—
Ernesi I'oulkes negotiated Ihe sale of his firm to
the well-known I'isons Group. This enabled him
lo realise a plan which had been near to his hearl
for .some lime: to form, and endow with a very
substantial sum, a foundation, the Foulkes
Foundation, "to conduct, further, and promote
medical research".
His experience had given him particular insight
into the growing interrelalion belween Ihe applied
biological sciences and medical education and
research. He became especially intrigued by the
infinite possibilities olfered by bio-technology for
the developmeni and advance of medical science.
Dr. Ehud Lenz, Professor at the Haifa Technion.
has jusl been appointed lo the newly-created
Georg Schlesinger Chair of Production Engineering in Berlin. The Georg .Schlesinger Chair was
endowed in 1984 by ihe Berlin Senate for Science
and Research and coinniemorales ihc lirsl holder
of the Chair for Machine Tools al the Technical
University in Berlin-Charlollenburg, who had lo
leave Germany in 1933 because he was a Jew
Georg .Schlesinger was involved in ihe foundation
of Ihe Technion in llailia. and his former pupil.
Prof. Kurrein, continued there the iradiiion of ihe
Machine Tools Institute.
A MAJOR GERMAN CRITIC
The writer and literary critic Marcel ReichRanicki celebrated his 65lh birthday in June this
year. For over len years he has headed the lilerar>
department of the "Frankfurter Allgemeinc
Zeitung" and has over the same period been
honorary professor of rhetoric al Tubingen
University, as well as publishing a number ol
books.
Of Polish origin. Marcel Reich-Ranicki grew up
in Berlin, bul in 1938 he was deported hack lo
Poland. In ihe years 1940 43 he was forced ID
live in the Warsaw Ghetto, but managed to escape
and lived underground in Warsaw for the rest of
the war. After ihe end of the war, he worked in j
publishing hou.se and later began lo write on hi»
own account. However, in 1953 he was ollicialK
forbidden to publish anything, a ban which lasted
for about eiglileen months.
In 1958, Reich-Ranicki left Poland for WCM
Germany where he built up a reputation lor
"laying down the law" in literary criticism dunn;
his 13 years with "Die Zeit".
" M A T I O N AUGUST 1985
page 3
HOME NEWS
^ OF AN ESSEX COMMUNITY
'^' eeremony look place in Colchester
1^" Ihe cily celebrated eight centuries of
^•"ye there. The Mayor and Mayoress,
Colt-|,^;,;l(.,. .|,.,j „^.,|,y oil,,.]- pro-
'•^ "I the area attended the service in •
'" Disiricl Synagogue. They were
) ^^'-•re living in Colchester in Ihe days
'^'"^ ''nd thai, al some lime in the
^ ' ''^"e and Abraham were mentioned
\ '"iMicial needs of the community. A
|V'ari.her, Dr. David Stephenson, has
''" hy royal decree the Colchester
' * ' lis moneylenders. By 1221, howl"'''-'"mnumily was thought lo be Ihe
,ii'|""iesi in Ihe country.
•/' felaiing lo the mediaeval Jewish
^^^•iiiain in the cily, bul there is one
Z;^ record of iheir presence: in 1227, a
i|^'''l made a thumbnail sketch in the
' Hiscripi, depicting one Aaron who
HARRIS HOUSE TV
f 1^' 'he court. This is one of only a
PROGRAMME
existing mediaeval portraits of Staiulin^ injroni of the Harris House liuililini; are .some of
s, the figures for Jews living in
J steadily grown, augmented by a
•"VI'^'^ students al nearby Essex
„ „,' ,'"'•''' '^"'^'''-' Library is lo mount
•''-'Wish life this autumn.
'^'STlNCriON FOR HANS
FEIBUSCH
'"^ Peibusch, 86, was awarded an
..'••"le of liieralure by Dr. Robert
of Canterbury. Under a law
"f
I _,"enry VIII, the Archbishop of
'"h-ih ''""^°''''y 'o confer what are'
I ^eih degrees. The artist was born in
i„^i' "^'-" 'o 'his country as a refugee in
ii.-"n ^^ *''" " ""cgular and notable
I Herlin "Sezession" and in 1931
J ';"ssian Great State Prize. He is
I'l '^"^ 'ind has concentrated on
,iiiL., ''''SI 10 years. Next year his
,
"ri, will pay tribute to him wilh
"'•"ve exhibition.
"^''PV CENTENARY
'" III 11
11^^ "iimpsiead Synagogue was the
•iln,| '""'•'•edlh birthday of Frederick
l,ii^"'-born Mr. Stokes, a former
.Ii,il, '''"s^rien, attends synagogue
'Iv .| ""I ""-' weather. He was given
"'k\l"i i'^''"'"^'' 'he Reverend Issac
" 111 I "^^ *-' '^' 'li'Ti in his sermon.
'nC '"''"y ""^'^'" '"'"''•'''Js were nol
J i i J- 'nhuics and congratulations
""''"nanl "birthday boy".
'l^^l^uda Fine Art
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^\ vi^.'^'^Y'''^•NTING
0 a m - I pm
the German and .Austrian refiit'ee girls who had spent a
year in Wj.l/JV al the hostel in Stockport, Lanes. .4 diary
they hail kept at the lime turned up in a jumble sale and
Yorkshire Television hroiif;ht len of ihem back—from
Britain. America anil Israel —forly-seven years later for a
moving reunion which was shown on TFV on 2 July. I'ho.se
.shown above, from lift lo right, are: Mrs. Judy Ruben (nee
Julia Schuh j . Margin Barnes (nee Brtnier). Clare Kiirp
(nee Shapiro). Gina Ger.sim (nee Bauer). I'rieila Alton
(nee Beer J and the matron. Mrs. Margaret Slime. Gina
Ger.sim. from Birmingham (originally from Vienna),
provided the main narrative link, which was all the more
effect ire for its restraint anil tact.
NF STUDENT'S ARTICLE
Palrick Harrington, the National Front student at
the centre of the recent North London Polytechnic
disturbances, has appeared in "Nalionalism
Today" as joini author of an article denying the
Holocaust. Harrington, writing with Tom Acton,
declares that the recent ca.se of Ernst Zundel,
convicted in Canada of supplying anlisemitic
propaganda, '"has made millions seriously
question the Holocaust myth... a millstone
around the neck of racial nationalists for 40
years."
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EXCITING
SELF AID CONCERT
We can look forward lo the Self Aid
Concert on November 10 wilh special
pleasure. First, the players, the Cohen Trio,
father, mother and son.
Raymond Cohen, the violinist, was the
first winner of the Carl Flesch International
Violin Competition, and has gone on lo
establish an international reputation. He
was leader of the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra for many years and has been
guest leader of the Philharmonia, the
London Symphony and ihe BBC Symphony
orchestras. He plays a 1703 Stradivarius.
His wife Anlhya Rael began her career in
her native South Africa, making her debut
in a Mozart concerto al the age of nine.
After coming lo England and marrying
here, she has played concertos and has given
recitals wilh her husband all over the world.
Their son Robert, now 26, has emerged in
recent years as a 'master cellist', as a much
soughi-afler virtuoso on the inlernational
concert circuit. He made his debul at the age
of 12 playing one ofthe Boccherini concerli
al the Festival Hall, went on to win many
prizes in various compelitions, has appeared
with Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muli,
Anlal Dorali, Neville Marriner, Simon
Rallle and many others, and is recording
major works in the cello repertoire. He plays
a 1692 Slradivarius.
Secimdly, the music. These three superb
musicians will be combining to play two of
the great masterpieces of the piano
trio repertoire, works which combine a
marvellous structure with lovely inelody:
Beethoven's 'Archduke' Trio, op. 97, and
Schubert's B-llat, op. 99. It will be a treat
and an occasion no one will want to miss.
MOCATTA LIBRARY
Although the Mocalta Library has been housed in
University College, London, for the past 80 years,
il is little known to the general public and finds
itself sullering from lack of funds to provide new
acquisitions and an adequate stalT. The Mocalla
Library, one of the most valuable Anglo-Jewish
collections, was bequeathed by Frederick David
Mocalla to the Jewish Historical Society of
England in 1905.
Although partly destroyed by an air-raid in
1940, ihe Mocalta Library retains its Lucien Wolf
and Flavius Josephus collections and now also
includes Judaica from Ihe Guildhall library, as
well as a number of private collections. It is highly
regarded by scholars and the librarian of University College hopes that the Anglo-Jewish community will give it more support in future.
BELSIZE SQUARE S Y N A G O G U E
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Our communal hall is available for cultural
and social functions. For details apply to:
Secretary, Synagogue Office.
Tel: 01-794 3949
AJR INFORMATION Ai;OW«
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VALESKA B U C H H O L Z H O N O U R E D
A medal for Ihe Righteous Gentile has been
awarded posthumously by Yad Vashem to Mrs.
Valeska Buchholz (ncc Konig) of Berlin. She was
caretaker of a block of fiats and hid a Jewish
couple (Alfred and Dinah Bricgcr) from March
1943, the eve of their scheduled deportation, till
November, when the building was bombed out.
The couple found another hiding place and survived the war. Mrs. Buchholz had been a nanny in
a Jewish family before Ihal family emigrated lo
Britain and after the war followed them (Ihey are
AJR members) lo England.
At one time she worked for Mrs. Margaret
Jacoby. who would take her to AJR Club meetings. One ofthe reasons for the delay in the award
was Mrs. Buchholz's own modesty and reluctance,
always saying, 'Don't fuss, anyone would have
done it'. She died in 1970, aged 74.
FRITZ HEINEMANN REMEMBERED
Prof S. S. Prawer
FROM RHINE T O THAMES
The dislinguished Oxford don. Prof S. S. Prawcr,
was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by
Ihe University of his native cily, Cologne. Prof.
Prasver left Cologne with his family in 1939, when
he was a boy of 14, under the pressure of the Nazi
regime, and the University of Cologne was paying
tribute lo a native son who had gone on in
England lo become one of the world's greal
Cicrmanisls. In his encomium Ihc Dean of the
Cologne University Philosophy Deparlmenl
emphasised the value of Prof. Prawer's earlier
work on Morike and Heine, and his two more
recent major books which have become standard
works from their publication, 'Karl Marx and
World Lileralure' and 'Heine's Jewish Comedy'
(reviewed in our July 1984 issue). They were
honouring an outstandingly brilliant scholar who
was born in Cologne, bul was forced to emigrate
and couldn't fulfill his wish to study in the city.
Prof. Prawer's lecture was called 'From the Rhine
to the Thames—the Experiences, Maxims and
Rellcctions of a Cologne-Jewish
Literary
Scholar', in which he sketched impressions of his
childhood in Cologne and of life in Britain, as well
iis describing the scholarly principles on which his
work is based.
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The philo.sophcr Fritz Heinemann (1889-1970),
distinguished inlerprclcr and crilic of existentialism, who came to Britain in 1939 and became
an Oxford don, has just had the Reading Room of
the municipal library in Liincburg, where he was
born and educated, named after him. The dedication of the Fritz Heinemann Reading Room was
also in memory of the 100 Jews who had lived in
Liineburg and had not survived Ihe Holocaust.
The ceremony, which included the unveiling of a
pholograph and plaque in Ihe Reading Room,
was attended by the philosopher's son and
daughter-in-law, AJR inembers Franz and Mrs.
Heinemann. It was followed by a talk by Shalom
Bcn-Chorin of Jerusalem attended by an audience
of some 200 non-Jews, who later participated in a
lively discu.ssion.
WOLFF TAKEOVER
Berg Publishers Ltd. (the firm run by Dr. Marion
Berghahn. author of the excellent book on the
German-Jewish Refugees), have taken over the
well-known publisher Oswald WolIF Ltd. The
Oswald Wolff lisl will bKproduccd, marketed and
distributed by Berg Publishers. However, Mrs. Use
Woin" will continue lo develop the lisl (in consultation with Berg, whose Board she joins) under
the imprint Oswald WolIT Books, and will be
available at her home address; 8 Circus Lodge,
Circus Road, London, NW8 9JL. Orders and
business correspondence should be sent lo Berg
Publishers, 24 Bin.swood Avenue, Leamington
Spa, Warwickshire CV32 5SQ.
IN S E A R C H O F R E C O N C I L I A T I O N
The problems of reconciliation belween Jews and
Germans were dealt wilh at a meeting under the
auspices of the Protestant "Gemeindeakademie"
in Meltmann (Rhineland). The speaker. Dr. Heinz
Kremcr, Professor of Theology in Duisburg,
poinied oul thai without the gestures of goodwill
made on Ihe part of Jews, nothing would have
been achieved in Ihis field. The address was
preceded by a film taken last year by Ihe
WesldeuUsche Rundfunk on the site ofthe former
German P.o.W. camp, Fcatherstone Park, depicting a reunion of the former education olTicer,
Captain Herbert Sulzbach, and a former prisoner.
Judge (ret.) Kurt Ranisch-Schwedersky.
C H A I R M A N ' S 103rd B I R I I I I ) * '
PARTY
It was a very special occasion when, on ."'
Ihe AJR Club celebrated its Ch.uri'i.Margaret Jacoby's, 103rd birllul.i\ .1' •
Hannah Karminski Ilou.se was lull !•
and a loudspeaker transmilled ihc pti-.
the overflow al the Club Room upsi.in'
Well over a hundred members g.iitic'-'
tribute to their dearly loved Chamv.active interest in the Club remains un.l A number of her wellwishers have cviw"--.
kindness and concern for the best p " '
almost 30 years during which she lin! •
Club their .second home.
//(/• Mcisterwerk. das ist der Cluh.
in dem wir heule feiern.
and
ihr Laecheln inachl uns atle froti.
ihr Gru.ss, so freundlich. ebenso.
wie nuin "v ziisiimmenfa.-i.se.
sie isl ganz grosse Kla.sse —
these few lines on Mrs. Jacoby iVoin
1981 which Ihe present Vicc-Chairm.in *•'
Saengcr, quolcd in her inlroductor\ •.!• •
much to Ihe point.
The address was given by Dr. I'r.iiiii I <
Vice-President of the AJR. His w.ir^
moving congratulalions and .ippicx.i.
"Mother Courage, Mother Lover" »ctr '
by a lively, informative account ol Mi» J
many achievements, first in Germ.ins *»<
this country.
Of the hundreds of birthday conK''*u
Dr. Falk quoted Dr. Richard von Worw
the West-German President's, tclegr.im «»
good wishes and appreciation, and a »«•
cation from Buckingham Palace cxpl.i'»v.tt
is nol the Queen's custom lo .send ciinfni«
between a lOOlh and 105lh birthd** t
containing good wishes for a happ> J»»
The next item on Ihe programinc »»« >
by the Club's soprano friend K.ilir.l.*
Her beautiful voice and the charm of hr>
ation have lime and again been enjo>i«l
functions.
Mrs. Jacoby's speech, delivered • *
glance at any notes, was a joy, raduiit^
and pleasure.
In a happy and cheerful alm<>spl»rt«
then .served. Club member Mrs. Slktili
recited a poem by HolFman von I .illntM*
the parly ended.
Rumour has il that Mrs. Jacob). iW
lady of 103, proceeded lo various i>ib« !•
few hours laler. Lcs.scr mortals, on waMl*
that afternoon, might have fell Ihey i«wil
day. Not so Mrs. Jacoby.
'•'OHMATIDN AUGUST 1985
^NNELY J U D A ' S 25TH
page 5
FRANCIS BACON
A painter of violence and horror—an artist who
^""ely Juda—Juda Rowan Galleries have unlocks the values of feelings, Ihese are only a
*" '>iich an important niche in ihe London couple of Ihe descriptions applied to Francis
^ 'hai il is difiicult to believe that they have Bacon, one of the very few British artists
•'^^ been there. Yet il is only twenty-live of modern times wilh a truly international reput^'nee the Annely Juda Gallery was ation.
>hoi|.
The present exhibition of his work al the Tale
,' '"en this distinguished milestone, a major Gallery (until 18 August) comprises some one
'" "Early Twentieth Century Master- hundred and twenty paintings, most executed
ly IX'iiig held from September to December during the last twenty years and selected by the
. '"•' exhibition is in three parts: "The artist himself in association wilh the Tate Gallery.
'September/October), "The Seventies" The exhibition is arranged so as to depict the
^'November),
and
"The
Eighties" development of his art and on entry one is im''^'^f/December).
mediately confronted wilh his "Three Sludies for
'^nihiiions will show many of the early Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion". This was
^ ecniury avant-garde masterpieces that painted in 1944 and is in the gallery's permanent
Piously been shown in the Galleries, as collection.
Ij '*•• work of contemporary artists. A 400Bacon was then thirty-five years old, and this is
'''raied catalogue, including important the earliest work he is prepared to acknowledge. It
, ^ '^rofessor Norberl Lynton, Bryan has no message (must a painting have a message?),
' " • M a r i n a Vaizey and Waldemar but simply depicts raw human emotions—the
Will be published in connection with the reality of the inner mind. And, as has been poinied
out elsewhere, il was piritited before the horrors of
the concentration camps were known publicly.
Bacon sees violence in the world, but also
tenderness, as expressed in some of his portraits.
From London the exhibition will go to the
Staalsgalcrie, Stultgarl and then to the
Nalionalgalerie, Berlin.
Each year the Royal Academicians and their
Associates have the daunting lask of selecting the
pictures to be shown al their Annual Summer
Exhibition (until 25 August) at Burlington
House, Piccadilly. This year more than fifteen
thousand works were submilled, a twenty-five
percent increa.se on 1984. With an intensive elTori
'ft Annelv-Juila's Show
spread over three weeks, the Selection Committee
•'J'jph V
- is an art form that has achieved managed to reduce the total—and these form the
,, teeognjtjon over the years. One of the exhibition now on display.
As a general impression the exhibition seems
^ "' Phoio-reporlage was Felix S.
^^ " ' reiburg-im-Breisgau. He studied art more cheerful than in previous years, as a result
J • "ft changed to photography and perhaps of belter hanging and display or because
^ '"ly German magazines and news- the general lone rellecls the current move away
^ ' ' l>is photographs. Disliking the from abstraction, especially among the younger
, | ' ' » ' " e , he left Germany in 1934 and artists.
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WALLENBERG'S CHILDHOOD
FRIEND
The figure of Raoul Wallenberg ihe hero, ihe man
who rescued lens of thousands of Hungarian Jews
in Budapest and who was silenced by the Soviet
occupiers—"others he saved, himself he could not
save"—is well-known. Someone who can give a
deeper picture is Kay Meyer, now living in
London, who had been a friend of Raoul
Wallenberg's since 1926.
Their first meeting was as schoolboys in
Denmark, when a group of olher Scandinavian
children visited Kay's school and the two boys
struck up a friendship. Laler came a period when
they drifted apart: Raoul was studying architecture in Chicago, then went to South America
and aboul this time spent a period in the Haifa
branch of his family's bank. He always acknowledged and was proud of the fact that he was oneeighth Jewish.
In 1943, Kay Meyer was transported wilh olher
Danish Jews lo Sweden to escape the clutches of
the Nazis, lie regained conlacl with his Swedish
friend and Wallenberg look him on as a partner in
his expori-imporl business, in which a Hungarian
Jew was also active. It was about this time Ihat the
young Swede was asked to travel to Budapest as a
go-between for Ihe American Stale Deparlmenl,
Sweden and Hungary, a voyage from which he
never returned.
GERMAN COURT BALANCES ISSUES
Leni Riefensiahl, now age 82, has since the war
brought at least fifty court actions against anyone
alleging that she believed and believes in Nazism.
Frau Riefensiahl was famous during the Hiller
years for her direction of films like "Triumph of
the Will" and "Olympiade", respectively celebrating a Nuremberg Parly Rally and the 1936
Olympics.
Her latest action, brought before a Freiburg
court, was an attempt to prevent a documentary
film directed by Nina Gladiiz, "Time of Darkness,
Time of Silence", from pulling forward allegations
that she had exploited gipsies from the Austrian
concentration camp of Maxglan in her film
"Tiefiand". The court ruled that, while there was
no firm evidence that she had forced the gipsies to
work for her, Frau Riefensiahl had been unable to
disprove the charge and that therefore Nina
Gladitz's film could be shown. However, one
important accusation must be deleted: that
she had promised the gipsies immunity from
deportation lo a death camp if they appeared in
"Tiefiand".
IMPORTANT LONDON CONFERENCE
The Institute of Jewish Sludies, University
College, London, and the Oxford Instilule for
Post-Graduate Hebrew Studies joined in organising an important two-day conference held
recently in London. Scholars from the USA and
Israel discussed wilh their British colleagues the
theme of "Assimilation and Communily in European Jewry, 1815-1881". Most participants denied
that Jewish emancipation must inevitably lead to
full assiinilation: but there was spirited debate on
the structures of modern Jewry, whether they
depended on the traditional forms of Judaism, or
whether they represented a true allernative to
tradition and auto-emancipalion. The conference
has been described as the most extensive ever held
in Britain on the subject of modern Jewish history.
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/ / . W. Frevhan
Wagner's Jewish Problem
Richard Wagner was not only one of the greatest
I9lh-ccntury composers bul also arguably the
mosl controversial among the greal inasters, not
only on account of the revolutionary innovations
in his works but also bccau.sc of his notorious
personality defects. He did nol facilitate his long
but ultimately triumphant struggle for recognition
by becoming one of the protagonists of modern
anlisemilism.
This fact has always been notorious bul it has
acquired an unexpected virulence through events
which occurred half a century after the composer's
death (in 1883), and for the extent of which he can
hardly be held directly responsible.
The Wagner literature is immense. A book
which concentrates on Wagner's antisemitism
could easily yield lo the temptations of sensational
journalism engulfing the works themselves,
librettos and music—examples exist! Bul a study
which is published by the Leo Baeck Institute and
whose author is a Professor of History at the
Hebrew University {Jacob Kalz: Richard Wagner,
Vorbote des Antisemitismus, Judischer Verlag,
Athenaum, Konigstein/Taunus) may be expected
lo steer free of such risks. These expectations arc
not disappointed and it never departs from the
very highest scholarly level.
The author charts the course of Wagner's attitude to the Jews from his early years to the end of
his life and establishes the interesting fact that
until 1850, when he first published his antisemilic
essay "Judaism in Music" (in the "Neue
Zeitschrifl fiir Musik"), there is hardly any evidence of anli-Jcwish utterances. Well versed in the
history of German Jewry, Professor Kalz points at
the literary infiuenccs to which the composer may
have been exposed.
He lists here Karl Marx's 1844 anti-Jewi.sh
treatise "Die Judenfrage". Wagner had taken part
in the 1848 revolution and had subsequently been
exiled from Germany for many years. It was at the
beginning of his exile Ihat he published his cs.say
"Judaism in Music" under a pen-name.
Against emancipation
Kalz shows that Wagner's critical views on
Jewish emancipation were nol incompatible wilh
those of olher representatives of German
"liberalism", such as proponents of the
movement "Junges Dculschland", e.g. Gulzkow
and Laube to whom Wagner fell clo.sc al the time.
The problem under discussion was Jewish
emancipation, which Wagner claims once to have
favoured; ils progress now began to provide
antagonism for reasons which in all bul name
may be described as racial.
To what extent the piled-up resentment of
Wagner's anliscmilic turn in 1850 had its roots in
his somewhat uneasy relations with Mendelssohn
and his position as a protege of Meyerbeer is
debatable. Professor Kalz suggests that Wagner
objected violently to being regarded as a follower
of Meyerbeer, whose works he had come to detest
at this juncture.
This included a denial and negative evaluation
of what Meyerbeer had done for him personally.
The comments aboul Mendelssohn are less
vicious and not lacking in a certain degree of
respect, but it is significant that, at this lime, the
fact of Mendelssohn's baptism made no difference,
likewi.se in the case of Heine, although Borne is
treated more mildly.
Wagner's first wife, Minna, wrote lo him " . . . als
Du mir jencn Aufsatz vorlcsen wolllest, worin Du
ganzc Geschlechter verschmanlhcsl, die Dir doch
im Grundc Liebes gethan".. .This would indicate
that her husband's anti-Jewish turn rather surprised her. It was difTcrcnl with Cosima, who fully
shared each of his prejudices.
The essay was published under a p.seudonym,
although its author's name did not remain a secret
for long. It generated a vicious circle. Whenever
Wagner met with hostile criticism or with obstacles,
he tended to a.scribc this to Jewish infiucnce and
retaliation, and this caused a stilTcning of his anliJewish obsession.
Some of his friends...
Defenders of Wagner have often poinied to the
fact that he did nol object to having Jewish friends
and collaborators, notably the pianist Karl
Tausig, the writer Heinrich Porgcs and the conductor Hermann Levi, son ofa rabbi. The neurotic
young Russian-Jewish pianist, Joseph Rubinstein,
who was possessed by Jewish self-hatred, became a
member of Wagner's hou.schold and had to play
the master's scores to him.
In 1869, the year in which Jewish emancipation
in Germany was fully established, Wagner had his
essay republished, this lime under his full name.
Furlher anti-Jewish writings ofhis appeared in the
"Bayreuther Bliilter" edited by the antisemitic
Wolzogcn, but admitting Jewish authors like
Porges and Joseph Ruhinslcin. Even so, Wagner
declined lo give public support, when asked, to the
new antiscmilic movcmenl^md its discriminatory
petitions lo the Reichstag, possibly on account of
Angclo Neumann, the Jewish impresario who was
about to produce Wagner's works, including the
"Ring".
The 1882 Bayreulh premiere of "Parsifal", for
which King Ludwig II lent the Munich Royal
orchestra on condition Ihal it played under ils
conductor Hermann Levi, created new problems.
For the first lime. Wagner took refuge in religious
scruples and, in a mosl offensive manner, tried to
bring about Levi's baptism before Ihc performance of Ihis "Christian" sacred drama. Levi's
refusal was eventually respected.
Professor Katz's stance modestly and rigidly
excludes the musicological aspect. He thus makes
no reference lo the potency of Wagner's music
which has held Jewish inlerprelers froin Levi lo
Solii and Barenboim under its spell, including
conductors like Mahler, Waller, KIcmpcrer and
others.
"And Hitler?" asked the laic Deryck Cooke,
who made the performing version of Mahler's
unfinished Tenth Syinphony. In his book on the
"Ring" ("I saw The World End", 1979), he
answered; "We should bewail ihc (.••.1
Wagner, one of Ihc greatest minds ihe « •"»
ever known, came eventually lo be allluic.: i
psychological disease of racialism, bui »«
surely be more charitable lo Ihc creauu .4 '
profoundly human dramas The Ring. 1 iin»»
Maslcrsingers and Parsifal, who wasjc(;*«t
for no one's death. Ihan lo the man u lii> 1-* )
million Jews murdered".
Professors Kalz draws a dill'ercni >.ti'. »».
He emphasises Wagner's noii-invobcT-«»
antisemtilic actions bul slates;
"Wagner's name became a central s>ni'» • anti-Jewish movement and laler a baniH
extermination campaign . , . thus the |uil(,-( •
history is in no way based on the hindvii;' .
historian but rather emerges from ihc Uw m
standing of his words and deeds. W.i)."nc! »w
sils in judgment over Wagner, and IK .*
acquit himscir".
As musicians and music lovers, and \4-w«|
regard lo Wagner's works, wc may well .i('<«
Cooke. Yet as historians, we nuisl «••.«
Professor Katz's verdict.
A S P E C I A L RUBY WEDDING
This year Norman and Gina Turgel aic " »
lo the place where their marriage wa^ '•f<^
40 years ago. But this is no ordinar) wf^O
journey to the past—for Gina (ioM? rm
Cracow was a Bclsen inmate and Noimj* I
was one of the British soldiers who liN^»<»
camp.
Gina's father, a woollen merchant, il.i ' »
the war. She and the rest of her famil\ *•(-•{
into Cracow Ghetto when the Nazis tJ»r>' •
her brothers was shot there. Then lhe\ »T-T I
into Plas/.ow camp, where a sister w.i» r» uw
Two more brothers died in Polaiul lvl.>»i >4ft
mother and her remaining sister »rr» «»
Auschwitz. The sister was killed in J <•>
experiment". On one occasion, (MIU •<•
mother found Ihemselvcs in what she n. • t
to have been a gas chamber. For some f» i-mr
gas came through the vents and lhe\ »<. • •
be sent on a winter "death march" ltiw> 4 1
wilz lo Bclsen.
Nortnan and Gina met in the ht>>ptu m |
collections of the camp are that ihe iri<«v •»
stunned by what they saw that for two i.'.n»
did nol even arrest the SS personnel »»<•
proud that he, a Jewish soldier. arrCNieJ -»#'
commandant Josef Kramer, laler h.in|in/ ^
war crimes. Meeting Gina was a wondrtf u 0 |
ence for him amid the dreadful sighi*. %''m
sounds of Belsen conccnlralion camp
Afler a little mutual suspicion, llic i»« )• I
people quickly fell in love and he pri<pn«««<|i |
eight days afler the Liberation. Gin.i* nw*
worried that Ihis unknown Urilish ».•i..^w^•|^|
nol be .serious, bul Rabbi Leslie IIJ'^IX
Jewish Army Chaplain in Bclsen. vsa» ««••«» # I
reassure her. In October 1945. her I1JII«IH9|
married lo Norman Turgel in Liihcii ^••^l
by Mr. llardman.
-jl
Like Mr. llardman, who cannot bwi m^\
ihc burial .services he conducted met
sands of corpses, some people liiid (»«
return to the site of Belsen too piinlu 4|k I
template. Bul Ihe Turgels wish lo ic\»«« *Jf\
homage lo the dead, to show how il»r»
mutual love have survived.
ORMATION AUGUST 1985
page 7
''•'^TER TO THE EDITOR
Sisters Painted
'''^|^.iusi read the arlicle by Alice Schwab
J ' ''lul kosciilluil" in your issue of April
^' "'ilh regard lo the Renoir piolrail, of
I '•• "iree daughters of Count Louis Cahen
; '^''•'•'a-ntly exhibited in Paris), Ihe follow'"'"lon might be of interest to your
''•' 'III collector and publisher Charles
^lU) recommended Renoir to Count
I '•""ir lirsl painted the oldest of the sisters,
'"), when she was eight years old. In
, I ''^l.he then painted the double portrait
! .''\ (7) and Alice (5). The title of the
I i;,.'"'^ iind Blue", is derviced from their
•'Sabeih wearing the blue dress. The
Was eoinpleled in Ihe garden of the
'uille
'^ in the rue Bassano in Paris.
'^'» painted Albert Cahen d'Anvers, the
""iiger brother, for which work he
I ''^e months late and less than
','"'-' count disliked the portrait. In a
, ''irles Deiidon, Renoir expressed his
• ^' l'"r the 1,500 francs from the Cahens
^'^ti that I found it hard lo swallow.
'By '^"n you be? I definitely give up wilh
•• 'ini not going lo sue the Cahens". In
^ Work was retained by the family and His sister, Louise-Beatrice became Mme. Leon
Reinach and had two children. The entire family
,i.|^'-'i" home in Paris.
Kh"^^' "^'^ sisters Cahen d'Anvers were to was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942. Deported
irom the Germans in both world wars. from Drancy, Mme. Reinach was murdered in
'" 1872, married Count Moise de Auschwitz in 1944.
Elisabeth Cahen d'Anvers married the Count de
"id became the mother of Nissim, an
Mit
ii, "viator who, as a member of the Forceville. During the Second World War, both
she and her niece Colette's husband, Armand de
iiur"'''^' ^"^ ^'^°' ''°^^" '" '^""'^ '" ' ^ ' ^ ' Dampierre. were active in the French Underin p"'. "museum established by his father,
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she died in March 1944.
Irene survived the tragedies and died in 196.^, at
ihc age of 91. The third sister, Alice, married
Major-Gcncral Sir Charles Townshcnd and died
in 1957 al the age of 82. Robert Cahen d'Anvers.
older brother of the three sisters, was the father of
Yvonne (1899-1977) who became the wife of
Anthony de Rothschild (1887-1961), a first cousin
of Waller Lionel, second Lord Rothschild, and
like him a greatgrandson of Nathan Mayer
Rothschild, first head of the English house.
Mrs. Townshend becaine the grandmother of
Arnauld de Borchgrave, dislinguished journalist
and foriTier senior editor of Newsweek, recently
appointed chief editor ofthe Washington Times in
our nation's capital.
During the years when most counlries selected
great paintings to be illustrated on Iheir postage
stamps, all three daughters of Count Louis
appeared on stamps of Arab countries; Irene's
portrait is shown on a stamp of the then Kathiri
Stale of Seiyun (in the former Aden Protectorate)
in 1967. as did the double portrait, which was also
shown on a stamp of the Kingdom of Yemen
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Forceville thus joined the few Jewish victims ofthe
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Jerusalem. They were displayed as part of a
summer Paris exhibition entitled "From the Bible
to our days: 3,000 years of art" which was opened
in June by President Mitterand. Other exhibits
included the first printed Hebrew map, dated 1631.
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OBITUARIES
HERBERT SULZBACH, OBE
Wilh the death of Herbert Sulzbach, OBE, on July
5 al Ihc age of 91, our community has lost one of
ils mosl colourful and best known personalities.
His life for the past 40 years was centred on
unrelenting efTorts at Anglo-German and
German-Jewish reconciliation. Bolh objcclivcs
called for devotion, courage anil palicnce. Relying
on his own experience as a German Jew who had
found refuge in this country, he fought for his
ideals to Ihc end of his life. The last public
manifestation ofhis credo was his obituary for his
close friend. Terence Pritlie, published in last
monlh's issue of this journal. Bolh men worked
from diirercnl angles for the same goals.
Hcrbcrl Sul/bach was born in Frankfurt/Main.
His father. Emil Sul/.bach. was a partner in Ihe old
eslablished banking firm of Gcbrucder Sulzbach
and a munificent supporter of musical activities in
his home lown. When the First World War broke
oul, Hcrbcrl joined the forces as a volunteer; in
1916 he became a lieutenant and in 1918 he was
awarded the Iron Cross Ist class. "It is a strange
feeling to write about Armistice Day (he wrote in
Ihe Daily Telegraph on November II, 1978),
because in Ihc meantime, 41 years ago, I had lo flee
my country for which 1 had fought with cnthusiasin and faith".
Like many of his fellow refugees, he joined Ihe
British Army after the outbreak of the Second
World War. This step was to have a lasting impact
on him. With the rank of captain, he became
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Comrie, where he had lo face ardent, aggressive
Nazis, and later at Featherslonc Park, a camp for
officers. The personal relationship wilh his former
charges persisted after the war. It resulted in the
foundation in I960 of the Fealhcrslone Park
Association, which held annual meetings with
well-known British and German speakers and of
which 1 Icrbcrl Sul/bach was llic I Ion. President.
spread correspondence and remained in pi
contact with his numerous friends and acij
anccs. His work was recognised by the a\i.
the Federal German Grand Cross of Meril
and the appoinlmenl as OBE (1982); he \\.
awarded the European Cross of Peace •
Association of French and German" Vclei
World War II (1978).
When a reception was held al the Ci
Embassy in honour ofhis 90lh birthday, he
his speech wilh the words: "Fale has Ix-eii )•
mc." Indeed, his was a full and worlliulu
and will be greatly missed by those who kni
and experienced his personal loyalty.
WERNER ROSENS
LOTTE LOWENTHAL
AI the reception in I he Federal German Embassy in honour
of Ihe 90ih birthilay of Herbert Sulzbach OBE. wilh Mr.
Sulzbach on the right, the Amba.s.iador Rtiihger vim
Wechmar and his wife in the centre, and Dr. Werner
Rosenstock on the left.
Having been involved in two wars between
Germany and Britain, first, as he would put il,
under the Kaiser and then under the King, he was
driven by the urge to work for a lasting AngloGerman understanding. Endowed wilh the gift of
establishing personal contacts with people of
various walks of life, he was on first-name terms
with more English public figures than many olher
former refugees. Whenever happenings in poslwar Germany threatened lo blur Ihe image of his
country of origin, he would try lo avert generalisations, which he considered as dangerous as
generalisations levelled against the Jews. Somelimes il was felt that he wenl too far in his defence.
On the other hand, he often raised his voice
against anliscmilic and neo-Nazi incidents in
Dr. Lolte Lowenlhal. who died sudilciiK
age of 76 while on a visit lo the conlincnl. Ii
wide circle of friends in Ihis country and ;i
She was born in Berlin and spent her loi
years in Ihe German-Jewish youlh movciii
student of economics, she obtained a
Class doctorate. When the Nazis came lo
she emigrated lo France, and from there
country in 19.18. Here she held position
librarian, first with The Observer, later w,
Wiener Library and, at the end of her carec
the Overseas Development Inslilule. All
rcliremenl, she devoted part of her spare i
lonely or disabled persons, somelimes inlri
lo her by the AJR Social Services Depai
Free of fal.se scnlimcntalily, she did this wo
matter of course, which made her vol
services particularly valuable.
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Germany.
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Stressed Jewish origin
By stressing his Jewish origin he gave special
weight lo his work for reconciliation. In one of the
last conversations wc had he expressed the view
thai, .so far, insuflicienl atlenlion had been paid to
the fact thai Jews had been among the first who
tried lo help in the reconstruction of Germany
after the end of hostilities, inentioning as exainples
Victor Gollancz and Dr. Alfred Wiener. The
dialogue belween him and one ofthe leaders ofthe
Featherslonc Park Associalion, filmed last year
and referred to in this issue, is a furlher ca.sc in
point. His frequently appeared on British TV and
radio, without deserting his Frankfurt accent,
and was appreciated for his clarity and upright
attitude.
He was associated with the German Embassy,
which he joined wilh a British pa.ssporl in 1951
and served il as cultural oDicer until his retirement
in 1981 at the age of 87. On many occasions he
acted as a personal link between Ihe Embassy and
the A.J.R. His activities did not cease on his
retirement. Up lo the end he conducted a wide-
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MISCHA SPOLIANSKY
^lischa Spoliansky, the film and theatre composer,
Jicd recently at Ihe age of 86. Born in Russia into a
"'iisical family, he was educated in Germany
•here he settled wilh his family afler the 1917
'^I'volution. Early in her career he wrote songs for
^•l.irlene Dietrich, who was a schoolfriend of his
*'le, and when the celebrated actress visited
'•'iiain she would often slay with the Spolianskys.
^THiliansky wrote the music for several Max
^I'liihardl productions and by the late-twenties/
'•rly-lhiriies had become a prominent figure on
"'I" Berlin muscial scene. Wilh the advent of
^•i/ism he came to Britain wilh his young family
""I settled here. He then wrote the scores for
"i.iiiy British and American films, among them
"binders of the River', 'The Ghost Goes West",
"'•>l King Solomon's Mines'.
BARONESS HORNSBY-SMITH
li.iioness llornsby-Smith died recently at the age
'•' ^1. She interested herself in politics whilst still a
Hiluiolgiri and, as Patricia Hornsby-Smilh, had a
"""i! and distinguished career in the House of
' "'iiimons. She was created a DBE in 1963 and a
'">•• peer in 1974.
"ul it is her wartime activities in the Ministry of
'^'Huiiiiic Warfare that are of particular interest
'" »••. The department's responsibilities included
"'•'•' Mipport of underground activities in eneiny
'''"iiories and the Special Operations Executive
'**''!). Il had its own sources of intelligence and,
'' principal private secrelary to the Minister, Lord
Vlhurne, the early intimations of Nazi atrocities
• ••^i-il ihrough her hands. In a memorable address
'lie l')79 anniversary meeting lo commcmorale
^'k.Hsaw Uprising she described mosl movingly
• iiicreilulily greeting the reports, which she
'^'•'11 had typed, of tyranny and wholesale
•'Ulcr. They were dismissed as unreliable or
' "'iiorated. and il look time for the press to
"li->ii. and the public to accept, these stories of
iv.ikablc horror. She concluded wilh a plea lo
AIUI believe in human rights, Jew and Genlile,
•>!> and while, lo stand up united against
"IMS whether ofthe left or ofthe righi.
'" her later years she was the tireless chairman
'lie appeal commillee of the Arlhrilis and
>'iiinalism Council for Research into which
*"'^ she put all the resources of her charming and
- • > . . , inic personality.
c.r.M.
With best wishes from
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Swiss Knives of Quality
WALTER FLIESS
Walter Fliess, founder of the famous Vega vegetarian restaurant, died recently at the age of 84 in
Surrey. For him, his vegetarianism wenl with his
socialism, and his first enterprise was set up by him
and his wife Jenny in their Cologne fiat lo feed
their socialist friends. This lei lo a small restaurant
in the Beethoven Sirasse, and then lo a large one in
the Hohe Sirasse—this last in 19.12. When Hitler
seized power six months later, Fliess learned he
was no. 17 on the Gestapo list, sent Jenny lo
England lo join relatives and Iheir daughter Sonia
lo Switzerland, and afler hiding underground.
Waller joined Ihem at Ihe end of 1933. In 19.34
they opened iheir London Vega at the corner of
Panlon and Whiicomb Streets, and it became the
best known vegetarian restaurant in town. Among
their famous customers were Sir Michael and Lady
Redgrave, and during the war. Sir StalTord Cripps,
who would be served in the ollice to avoid attracting allenlion lo himself. Fliess was one of those
sent to Australia on the 'Dunera', from which he
returned lo the Vega. When it was bombed one
morning, the staff cleaned up and still managed to
serve lunch on time, with a sign saying: 'More
Open Ihan Usual!! After the war he served as
economics officer, with the rank of Lt. Col., wilh
the occupying forces in Wiesbaden. He and his
wife Jenny wrote the frequently-reprinted Penguin
"Modern Vegetarian Cookery'.
The .Secret hy /•V/I.v l^ussbinim
FELIX NUSSBAUM
A REDISCOVERED ARTIST
There has recently come into my hands a magnificent book "Felix Nussbaum, Leben und Werke"
by Peter Junk and Wendelin Zinimer, published
by Dumoni Buchverlag Koln- Rascti Verlag
Bramsche. Nussbaum, son ofa prosperous melal
merchant in Osnabriick, devoted himself to art
from an early age. He was a good arlist and
won much acclaim, but representative of that
generation of artists of Ihe lirsl half of the
twenlielh cenlury which is now almost forgotten.
These artists did nol follow the expressionism of
their predecessors, but sought their own means of
expression in the reality of their environment. The
cultural policies of National Socialism hindered
Iheir real developmeni and their own ideology was
overcome by the burgeoning abstract movement
ofthe post-war years. Nussbaum had taken refuge
in Belgium, but he was deported and
murdered in Auschwitz at the age of 40.
The book is profusely illustrated, nol only with
Nussbaum's own work, bul wilh comparisons of
the work of contemporary artists with whom he
was associated or who infiuenced him. In essence,
the book is not only a history of Nussbaum, but of
the whole artistic era in which he lived. The
Kulturgeschichtliches
Museum,
Osnabruck
possesses the mosl comprehensive colleclion of
Nussbaum's surviving works.
A.S.
LETTER
TO TIIE EDITOR
ILEA Pack
Sir,—Thank you for drawing the attention of your
readers lo Ihe ILEA Holocaust Teaching Malerial
in your June issue.
The malerial was in fact launched al the end of
June at the National Film Theatre in the presence
of the press, educationists and olher guests from
organisations across the London area.
The package, which was compiled by Shirley
MurgralT, a London teacher, in conjunction wilh
the ILEA Centre for Learning Resources, is aimed
primarily al children from thirteen upwards and
for teacher training.
It consists of three video films. The first is an
excellent lecture by Clive Lawlon al an ILEA
Teachers Centre, explaining why and how the
Holocaust should be taught. The second one,
aimed at young teenagers, was made at the
Au.schwitz Exhibition which was held in the East
End of London in 1983. The last one is of children
askingqueslions of survivors, which are louchingly
and simply answered by Rabbi Hugo Gryn,
Marcia Segall and Ben Helfgott.
The rest of ihe material is in a folder containing
pictures, copies of documents and a wealth of
background notes. The thirty page booklet, "A
Teachers' Guide lo the Auschwitz Malerial", deals
partly with the videos and accompanies them.
11 is gratifying that ILEA will al last introduce
this malerial as part of their anti-racist teaching
policy and il is hoped that history and R.E.
leachers will integrate il into their curricula.
The package is on sale lo teachers ami schools
outside ihc ILEA area and readers wilh children
or grandchildren al secondary schools may like lo
draw the attention of head teachers, teachers of
history and R.E. lo il. The malerial would also be
of greal value lo religious schools and posibarmilzvah classes.
The package is on sale al the Centre for
Learning Resources, (4lh Floor Order Deparlmenl), 275, Kenninglon Lane, SEI I 5Q/..
The price for the pack is £2-70; the teachers'
booklet costs £200 and the video cassettes cost
£25-00. ILEA schools and colleges can hire the
cassettes for £500 per year.
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HAMBURG'S FIRST FREEWOMAN
The first I'reewoman of the Cily of Hamburg is the
actress and theatrical director Ida F.hre, who in
1945 founded the Kammerspiele in Hamburg.
Mrs. Elire is now aged 88,
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I wish to buy cards, envelopes and folded postmarked leners from all camps of both world wars.
Please send, registered mail, staling price, to:
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FAMILV EVENTS
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Birthdays
Schwcig:—Dr.Bruno Schwcig, of 18
West Heath Drive, London N.W.11.
will celebrate his 95th birthday on 19
August. An outstanding expert on the
production of mirrors, he acted as a
research worker and consultant in
this field throughoul his professional
life and, among other publications,
wrote a book on Ihe subject which
appeared when he was already 81
years old. He still undertakes frequent
journeys abroad and, when at home,
is a widely interested host to his
numerous friends. They wish him
undiminished health and vigour for
many years to come.
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Deaths
Bcrgcr:—Edith Helen Berger of
Whileficld,
Manchester, beloved
daughter of Eva and Herbert Maass
of Didsbury, Manchester (formerly
Miscellaneous
Berlin) died suddenly on I July 1985.
Deeply mourned by Ihcm. her hus- REVLON MANICURIST. Will visit
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sister Joan, relatives and numerous ELECTRICIAN City and Guilds
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Dcmant:—Dr. Moritz Demant passed
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85th birthday. He will be sadly missed Hill, suitable for middle-aged lady, in
by all his family and friends.
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Hochfcid:—Elsie
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Hahlo). born 6 April 190.^ in use of kitchen, etc. Phone Jack 959
Oldenburg i.O., died on 9 June 1985 6473.
after a short illness, having devoted
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day 12 June, aged 73 years, after
Infonnalion Rci|uired
eighteen weeks of suficring in
hospital. Sadly missed by his wife BRUMSACK. Trudc Levy, nee
Edith, daughter Marion, son-in-law Salmon, living in Philadelphia, preStephen, grand-daughter
Nicola, viously Brcmcrvorde, is seeking the
relatives and friends. May his dear above-named persons(s). 1826 Bowler
Street, Philadelphia 19115, Pa., USA.
soul rest in peace.
CHARLOTTENSTRASSE
-Ruder:—Izak Ruder passed away
BERLIN. Does anyone remember a
peacefully on 14 May. Deeply jewellers shop in this street about the
mourned by his wife Alice, his brother
turn of the cenlury? Researchers into
Simon and his family in Cleveland,
family tree would be helped if I could
Ohio, USA.
trace Ihe name of Ihis shop. Please
contact Hillcr, 5 Broughlon Gardens,
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'^'^'^MATION AUGUST 1985
page 11
j.^'tuation of Jewisli Dentists in the
, °eich" IS the title of the thesis I am
'"9 for my doctorate. I am anxious to
[^'^} dentists, oral surgeons and oral
Qisis w h o have experience of those
• Of their relatives w h o emigrated
Germany, as well as libraries and
'^^^ with material on the subject.
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moclite ich mit alien judischen Menschen
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AJR INFORMATION AUGUST l
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THEATRE AND CULTURE
Centenaries. This year, being the jubilee year for
Handel, Bach and Scarlatti, may have pushed the
celebrations for masters of operetta and musical
somewhat into the background. Nevertheless,
composers in the field of light music have also
made their mark: such an example is Jerome Kern
who was born 100 years ago. His many popular
works include "Music in the Air", "Roberta" and
"Showboat". In Germany, 1885-born Ediuird
Kiinnecke is remembered for his operetta
"Gliickliche Reisc" but, above all. for "Der Vetter
aus Dingsda" from which ihc song "Ich bin nur
cin armer WandergescU" has become an international evergreen, recorded by Richard Tauber
and still frequently heard.
Israeli Theatre on Tour. The Municipal Theatre,
Haifa, took two plays on an extended tour of
Germany, and visited Cologne, Wiesbaden,
Stuttgart, Dues.scldorf and Frankfurt. The plays
were "Ghetto" (reviewed in this column in our
June 1985 issue) and "Wciningcrs Nacht" (both by
Joshua Sobol.) The latter play deals with events
leading to the suicide of Otto Weininger in 1903
when he could not come to terms with his
Jcwishncss. He was a mere 24 years old, unable to
cope with the dilemma. Critics called the play a
mirror of the early part of this century, the Vienna
of Herzl and Lueger; audiences were enthralled,
saddened and shocked.
"Vatcr und Sohne". A new television film of that
name is being produced on location at the
Starnbcrgcrsec in Bavaria. It tells the story of the
chemical concern I. G. Farben before and during
the Nazi regime in Germany. The role ofa Jewish
banker who played a big part in financing the firm
and was to meet his fate under the new rulers has
been given lo Martin Benraih. a versatile aclor
who, as a pillar of strength al the Ducsscldorf
Schauspiclhaus, has attained great prominence.
Birthdays. The Austrian Theatre Museum is preparing an exhibition, dedicated lo the great dancer
and choreographer Ro.salia Chladck on the
occasion of her SOth birthday. She was born in
Brno and was a teacher at the Vienna Music
Academy from 1952 to 1970. Bulgarian-born
author Elias Canetti, also 80, was given honorary
citizenship by the city of Vienna. .Sir Peter Pears,
the tenor, who was instrumental in bringing the
Aldeburgh Festival into the limelight and popularized Benjamin Britten's music, celebrated his
75lh birlhday. Jean Aiwuilh, the prolific French
dramatist, is also 75 years old. Dietrich FischerDieskau. the German baritone whose appearances
in Britain have always been welcome and culminated in his singing al the inauguration of the
new Coventry Cathedral in 1962, is 60.
S. B.
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EIQIE
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LIBRARY
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PLAGUE ON ALL HOUSES
Red Noses by Peter Barnes. Directed by Terry
Hands. Designed hy Farrah. Music by Stephen
Dcul.sch. Royal Shakespeare Company in repertory
at the Barbican.
Peter Barnes's idea was a promising one. Wilh the
Black Death raging through France in the midfourteenth century, send a troupe of strolling
entertainers led by a simple saintly priest to try to
The Walter Mcckauer Medallion lias Iawardcd this year to the Exile Literature Arcl
of the Deutsche Bibliothek in Frankfurt M
The Archive, which for the last 35 years has h
collecting all malerial relating lo the Gernlanguage writers driven abroad by the Nazis. •
founded by Werner Berlhold, and since his
tircment, is headed by Brita Eckcrl. The •
previous winners of the award were the Germ.t
Judaica Library of Cologne, and the N.Y. wci
'Aufbau'.
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lift the spirits of the dying and the survivors v
music hall routines and old jokes. (There i>.
historical basis for such a troupe.) The groic^
contrasts inherent in the situation arc brilli.r
expressed in the design of the sets and it
atmospheric evocation of a ruined, decaymj'
anarchic world.
But Barnes's text will not sustain the loiiv; i!
hours and his conventional, fashionably r.iil
mcs.sage ('every joke should be a revolution') :
no bones of human insight or drama. Aiuh
Sher brings vitality to the role of ihe iliiui
priest, and there is fun from the slaninici
comic, the two one-legged brothers who d.ii
and a blind juggler. However, the one pow:
and convincing character is the Avignon V
Clement Vl, a ruthless, eloquent, machiaveli
and stalinoid figure who dominates the siat;i
none other docs, almost as though that was wl
the author's feelings were truly engaged. Afici
plague subsides the Pope has the troupe killed
which is a mechanical way of ending the play I
as if the author, in a kind of ideological desp
had chucked the whole world out with ils CMI
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