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THE CANADIAN JEWISH REVIEW
AUGUST 19, 1949
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AUGUST 19, 1949
VOL XXXI, No. 47
NAZI VICTIMS
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confirmed by Mr. McCloy, the high commissioner-designate was asked recently by a German leader "to forget the Dachau and Bel sen concentration camps and think of us Germans ia terms of the new Germany."
"I assure you," said Mr. McCloy, "that while I shall do everything in my power to help you get a fresh start and win a dignified and responsible place in the family of nations I shall not forget Dachau and Belsen."
The new law provides payment of 150 deutsche marks for every month imprisonment by the Nazis and similar payments for physical injuries and for looting of cash and other valuables by Nazis. It is expected that Nazi victims now in other countries will be paid in the currency of the nation in which they now reside, says the Times.
This is the second restitutions measure passed by the Germans. The first dealt with identifiable property such as real estate and capital goods in factories or stock holdings aa well as cultural objects such as paintings and sculpture.
Although many people in Germany are "growing more assertive," there is "enough sense of freedom and decency in the German people on which there can be built a healthy and peaceful state," John J. McCloy, United States High Commissioner and Military Governor for Germany, declared in an address prepared for radio delivery.
His speech, over the Columbia Broadcasting System was his first public report to the American people since he became High Commissioner.
He conceded that former followers of Adolf Hitler hold 30 per cent of top government and industry jobs, but declared that he did not believe Nazism was being revived.
After quoting his predecessor, General Lucius D. Clay, as pointing out that the punitive stage of our occupation of Germany has about ended, Mr. McCloy reminded his listeners that a new stage is about to begin, in which the people of Western Germany will be able to set up a government of their own selection. He went on:
"As to the growth of nationalism, certainly many people in Germany are growing more assertive than they have been at any time since the close of the war. There is more to eat, at least in the Western zone, and, as the fear of starvation and the shock of a total military defeat have receded, people are beginning to assert themselves more than they were disposed to when they were hopeless, ^Hungry and absorbed only in finding a living among the rubble.
"In spite of their defeat, the German people remain patriotic and the great majority of them feel imposed upon when they are blamed for what they consider to be the faults of others, whose policies they are now prepared to disclaim.
"I do not believe Nazism as such is being revived. I do not believe that new leaders today would get far if they really attempted to resurrect Nazism or reglorify Hitler. All that is too closely associated with defeat and disgraceful acts.
"There is another sign and a much more hopeful one. There is now, in Western Germany at least, a determined and strong group who are truly devoted to the concept of a peaceful, non-aggressive Germany. There is a strong core of freedom-seeking people among the general population and they have earnestly cooperated in the efforts made to democratize the country. They are to be found among the liberals, among labor, as well as among what the Communists love to call the 'bourgeoisie.1
"All these would set their forces hard against the revival of any purely militaristic or Nazi cult. I would guess that they would not be easily overwhelmed by the old forces of militarism and Nazism.
"Yet it is a fact that today, roughly speaking, about 30 per cent of the more important positions in government and industry are occupied by men who were formerly Nazi followers. This varies with localities and my figures are very inexact.
"Generally speaking, these men are not former activists although, here and there, they crop up too. The group I speak of is made up of followers, collaborators, people who were definitely non-resisters to the Nazi regime.
"But in judging them, bear in mind that there was relatively few who did resist; bear in mind the old German concept of authority and blind obedience to all officials and to the state and the heavy penalties meted out for resistance. And bear also in mind that many who did reciat are now dead. Out of the 45,000,000 in the Western Zone, there is no doubt that far more than 30 per cent went along, so to speak, with Nazi domination."
He pointed out that "by our own rules," German courts after clearing out all Nazis are trying the less "virulent" ones and after either granting them acquittal, or fining them, or imposing some other sort of punishment, are permitting the defendants to be restored to civil activity.
Mr. McCloy expressed the conviction that many right-minded Germans "still do not fully realize the mistrust which still pervades the world regarding their country."
Turning to the subject of German economic recovery, he said:
"What I have seen, of Germany in my first weeks of office contrasts vividly with what I saw in 1944 and 1945, when I was last there. Trade is moving, chimneys are smoking and generally there is less shabbiness, less dirt and less despair about. The rather phenomenal growth of Germany's trade and production in the last year is something for which we should be deeply thankful.
"There is no menace in recovery. There would be more than a menace if none occurred. But the
recovery, phenomenal as it is, has left some severe problems in its wake � lack of capital funds for investment, unemployment, high prices. All these exist in spite of the upward production curves on the charts."
Mr. McCloy contends there was "not much reason to fear that the revival of the present Western German- economy would lead to a new German aggression."
He declared the United States would continue to maintain its forces and a strong staff in Berlin. He said also that the airlift had diminished due to the size of the stockpile of food and other supplies that had been built up.
The High Commissioner added:
"Of course, the Army will be maintained in Germany, even though the form of administration is changed from military government to civilian rule. The armed forces are distributed in Western Germany as they have been heretofore, and they will be maiatained at their present high state of efficiency and alertness."
Mr. McCloy said that the distribution and assimilation of perhaps as many as from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 people expelled from "Eastern areas" (meaning Russian-occupied territory) is a problem that at the moment seems almost to be insoluble.
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newspaper cannot be accused of anti-Semitism.
These sources acknowledged that it was "sloppy journalism" not to have investigated an obvious alias used by the writer of the letter, who also gave a fake address.
Reports on the riot are being sent to both John J. McCloy, United States High Commissioner-designate and to Washington and a "complete investigation" is underway.
The United States Military Government "deplored" the riots, Murray D. Wagoner, Bavarian land (state) director for the office of military government, declared in a statement. He said that since all the facts had not yet been received by his office "we cannot assess the blame in this matter."
Publisher Emil Goldschagg conceded later that the offending letter was signed with^a fictitious name, but said, "since the contents of the letter seemed to be interesting as showing an anti-Semitic trend in Germany, we published it along with several pro-Jewish letters."
The paper also issued a statement saying that such incidents would not help German-Jewish relations. A special statement issued by the paper after the riot rejected the Jewish protest on the ground that the paper had a right to publish letters without identifying itself with the reader's stand.
December 22, 1948, in which the Governor termed the hospital "an outstanding institution of healing and medical research."
A . letter from the Colorado Health Department called the institution "a modern, well-equipped efficiently - managed institution with facilities and techniques conforming with the latest modern methods for the care of the tuberculous patient."
Do your swimming sensibly for health and safety.
Make sure you do your swimming safely. Don't attempt to swim longer distances than you can easily make, and don't swim in polluted or swiftly-moving water. You can avoid common swimming hazards by staying out of the water for a reasonable time after meals, and by never swimming alone.
Have you checked up on the milk supply at your summer camp? Do you know for sure it comes from healthy cows, that the farm equipment is clean and that the milk is free from disease-carrying bacteria? Insist on pasteurized milk for safety and, if it's not available, pasteurize it yourself at home.
Sunshine is wonderful for babies and nothing looks better than a youngster with a good, healthy tan. But an infant's delicate skin requires special care m sunbathing if dangerous and painful sunburr is to be avoided. Check up with your family doctor about your baby's sunbaths.
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during this raid the police confined their activity to arresting Jewish dealers although no action was taken against Germans who patronize the black market.
The United States Military Government does not intend to take any action against Seudeutsche Zeitung, it was learned from authoritative quarters. It is held that since the newspaper printed "three pro-Jewish letters" at the name time as one anti-Semitic letter the
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As part of the Federal Court suit, Mr. Fisher filed a letter from Gov. Lee Knous of Colorado., dated
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