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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
The Remnant of Budapest Jewry
boys up to age twenty. Then
they have a Seminar where eight
young men in their early twen
ties attend, studying to be rabbis.
By BERRY KITTEN BAUM
BUDAPEST, Aug. 11 —I feel
this will be my last trip in the
Soviet Union for a long time. All
of its countries have a similar
drabness and dreariness and I
tend to become depressed while
visiting them.
I can imagine Budapest being
a beautiful city years ago. But
due to World War II and the 1956
Revolution, most of its buildings
are damaged and badly in need
of repairs.
Budapest has a population of
two million with 50,000 Jews.
560,000 of its Jews were slaught
ered by the Nazis. Many of them
emigrated to Israel. A few re
turned who were unable to ad
just. Older people can still
migrate, but not the younger
ones. Some older ones who could
get the money to go would have
to give up their pensions and
they would be unable to find
LEGAL NOTICE
GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY:
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA:
The petition of SAUL BLAU. MRS
JENNIE BLAU end IRVING ZABNER
That petitioners deal re a charter
under the name of LINCOLN HOME
MORTGAGE COMPANY.
2.
The business to be transacted by
said corporation la to loan and bor
row money, securing same by Loan
Deeds, or other evidence of Indebted
neaa, to receive and enforce all power*
conveyed to It, to buy and sell any
Instruments of Indebtedness and real
sons or firm.
3.
The capital stock shall be one hun
dred shares of the par value of one
thousand ($1,000.00) dollars per share.
4.
The capital with which the corpora
tion will begin business shall be five
thousand ($3,000 00) dollars. The Post
Office addreses of petitioners are:
Saul Blau, 1777 Helen Drive, N. E.;
Mrs. Jennie Blau, 1777 Helen Drive,
N. E.; and Irving Zabner, 1515 Markan
Drive, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia.
5.
The time for which the corporation
la to have existence Is thirty-five (35)
years, with the privilege of renewal
of the charter, from time to time,
upon the expiration of said periods or
thirty-five (35) years.
The principal office of said corpora-
tion shall be In Fulton County, Georgia,
with the privilege of establishing addi
tional offices elsewhere within and
without Georgia.
WHEREFORE, petitioners pray that
a charter be granted to LINCOLN
HOME MORTGAGE COMPANY to
gether with all rights, powers, privil
eges, Immunities prayed for, and such
other as are conferred by law.
SAUL BLAU
Attorney for Petitioners
423 Grant Building
Atlanta 3, Georgia
The foregoing petition having been
presented; IT IS ORDERED AND AD
JUDGED that said petition be granted,
and a charter Is granted to Lincoln
Home Mortgage Company with all the
rights, powers, privileges, and Immu
nities as prayed, and as authorized bv
laws of Georgia.
This 11th day of October, I960.
GEORGE P. WHITMAN. SR
Judge, Superior Court, A.J.C.
Oct. 14, 21, 2$, Nov. 4
jobs.
I have a client who has a cou
sin here whom I looked up. I
will not mention her name as
it might cause her trouble. Her
first husband and daughter were
killed by the Nazis and her sec
ond husband recently died. All
her other kin are in America so
she has no family left here. She
is 60 years of age and works in
a factory making ladies pocket
books. She took me to the fac
tory to show me around. It is in
an antiquated building with poor
ventilation and lighting. She
proudly showed me the one
shower for the use of 100 men
and women. She works from 7
a m. to 6 pm. and makes 350
forin a week. This is about $13.00
American money.
She lives in two rooms with
no stove for cooking, no ice box,
no toilet. She has been paying
200 forin a month, but the gov
ernment, her landlord, has noti
fied her that starting the first of
September, it will go up to 350.
Of course, with her salary, she
will have to move into one room.
Her food consists of eggs, cold
meats, tomatoes, and bread. Cof
fee and tea are very expensive
here. Even the hotel serves only
a third of a cup when you order
coffee which costs 40 cents.
The cousin had a dignified old
couple come to her apartment to
meet me as they spoke a little
English. Between my Yiddish,
their German and a little Eng
lish we conversed. They told me
the Communists say America
wants to control the world eco
nomically and in that way en
slave them. I explained to them
our only goals were freedom and
democracy for all people. Unlike
Russia, we had not subjected any
country to our rule or colonized
them.
They have a short wave radio,
but the Russians frequently jam
the Voice of America, Israel, and
the other countries to which they
would like to listen. The couple
told me that both of their chil
dren were killed by the Nazis.
He is 72 years of age, so they
get a pension of 1,000 forin a
month, about $75. They have a
very difficult time and must live
most frugally.
In the living room was a stove
about eight feet high for heating.
Fuel is mostly wood with a little
coal. The old-fashioned rooms are
large with high ceilings. As it
gets very cold here in the win
ter, you can imagine the physical
hardships they endure.
1 took the three of them out to
dinner a couple of times. It gave
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Bulgarian Rabbi and Bas Mitzvah Girl
me much happiness to see their
pleasure. I gave them nylon pa
jamas, shirts, socks, handker
chiefs, I had bought in China to
take home, but I decided they
needed them more. They would
not take any money.
There is a great deal of anti-
Semitism here. As bad as it is
with the Russians here, they fear
it would be worse if they left,
as they would be persecuted by
the Hungarians. Even before the
Nazis, when there was a king,
living conditions were not good.
They told me in the 1956 Re
volution the Grand Hotel, where
I am staying, was badly dam
aged as there were many Rus
sians living in it.
There is one of the largest
synagogues in the world here. It
has four balconies and normally
seats 3,500, but they have had
as many as 5,000 in it. There is a
smaller synagogue by the side of
the large one, built after World
War I, seating 150. Services are
held in it during the week.
In my visits, this is the only
country in the Soviet Union
which allows children to go to
Hebrew school. I met the Cha-
zun, who is the teacher, and he
told me they have 80 children at
tending. They have what they
call an Academy attended by 25
They have managed to smuggle
a few prayer books and talethem
from Israel, so they have some
thing for them to study. Israel
prints Bibles for them in Hun
garian and Hebrew. I brought
from Israel six sedars, two ma-
zors, 8 Talethem and yamelkes
for them, and you can be sure
these were most welcome gifts.
They still have Bar Mitzvahs and
Bas Mitzvahs.
1 asked the Cantor why he
feels they have so many more
privileges than do the Jews in
Russia. His analysis was that the
Russians do this for propaganda
purposes. They are catering to
the Catholics, and to avoid this
being too obvious, were giving
the Jews some privileges as well.
However, he said it was gradual
ly worsening and he felt in the
Friday, October 21, 1966
next three to five years, they
would lose these privileges. Prot
estant churches and Jewish syna
gogues are closed except for serv
ices Only the Catholic cathedrals
are open all day.
In front of the synagogue is
another building in which there
is the Jewish museum. This is
also the site where Theodore
Hertzel was born. In the museum
are many of his letters and docu
ments. There are also many very
old silver religious pieces, paint
ings and other valuable items of
historical significance to Hun
garian Jewry. In one room are
items connected with the Nazi
occupation: Taleths cut up and
made into dresses, Torahs cut up
and made into drum heads, pic
tures of the Jews murdered in
the ghetto and their skeletons,
also, many anti-Semitic books
and pieces of literature.
While in the museum, an
American couple walked in and
we introduced ourselves. They
were Mr. and Mrs. Newman of
St. Louis. She was born in At
lanta and is a sister of Irving
Edison. It is a small world.
In back of the museum is a
small cemetery. It is a mass
grave in which 3,300 men, wom
en and children from the ghetto
were buried in 1944.
I asked my guide how many
were killed and imprisoned in
the Revolution of 1956. He said
1,800 Hungarians were killed,
about a thousand Russians: 400
were imprisoned. However, all
have now been released and
many of those that left Hungary
during the revolution have now
returned. (Believe this, if you
want to!)
While in the synagogue, my
aethiest guide asked, “What is
this Jewish God and how can
you believe in it.” I tried to ex
plain to her that our God was
not a person but a spiritual being
in the heavens. ,If we have faith
in Him and in our prayers, we
can get spiritual help. I am sure
many Jews could give her a far
more lucid and convincing ex
planation. But giving a brief
answer, this was my best How
ever, of this I am sure. I am
much happier with my faith in
God and pride of my religion
than the agnostics and aetkiests
in the Soviet Union.
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