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From Auschwitz), (JTA)—Rain
fell from leaden skies Monday on a
crowd numbering in the thousands
from 16 countries as a minister of
the Polish government cut a
ribbon to officially open the
Jewish Pavilion at the site of
Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp
where at least 2.5 million Jews
perished during World War II.
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» Martyrs History. It is a museum,
built on the site of former Block 27
of the death camp, containing
documents, photographs and
audio-visual material tracing the
step-by-step extermination of
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authorities in the 33 years since
World War II that the principal
victims at Auschwitz were Jews.
Janus Wieczorek, the minister in
charge of veterans, resistance and
war memorials, officiated at the
dedication ceremonies represent
ing the Warsaw government. He
sought to identify Poles and Jews
as equal victims of the Nazis. Jews
and Poles, he said, were the first,
the most devoted and most
courageous among those fighting
the Nazis, and it was they who
suffered the greatest casualties. He
accused the West of indifference to
the plight of Jews before and
during the war.
A degree of cynicism prevails in
some Jewish circles over the
belated gesture by the Polish
government which, not too many
years ago, during the Gomulka
regime, conducted an anti-Jewish
campaign of its own. Poland is
anxious to improve its image, these
circles say. Nevertheless, the
Jewish Pavilion at Auschwitz is
appreciated as a living reminder of
the Holocaust, especially for the
generation yet unborn when it
occurred.
The throngs attending the
dedication included survivors of
Auschwitz and other death camps.
Many brought their children and
grandchildren to witness the scene.
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, past
president of the World Jewish
Congress, who headed one
delegation, spoke in Yiddish. His
voice was choked with tears as he
recalled bitterly the appeasement
of the Nazis before World War 11
which cost the lives of tens of
millions of Jews and non-Jews.
Stefan Grayek, chairman of the
World Federation of Jewish
Fighters, opened his remarks in
Hebrew but switched to Polish, a
gesture appreciated by many of the
Poles in the crowd, among them
children from nearby schools.
A mezuza was affixed to the
entrance of the pavilion by Dr.
Itzhak Arad, director general of
the Yad Vashem Holocaust
Memorial in Jerusalem, and Jacob
Silberstein, secretary of the Death
Camp Survivors Association.
Simcha Holzberg, of Israel, also a
camp survivor, recited the “Shma
Israel” blessing.
The delegates visited the
Birkenau section of the Auschwitz
complex and placed a wreath on
what was known as “death wall," a
spot where Jews were tortured and
executed.
One complaint was voiced.
Gideon Hausner, head of the Yad
Vashem, noted that the museum
material insufficiently reflected the
extent of Jewish resistance to the
Nazis. The Polish authorities
promised to amend this. In
Warsaw Tuesday Yad Vashem
leaders Hausner and Arad
presented special emblems and
scrolls to 22 Poles who aided Jews
during the Nazi occupation of
Poland.
Kol Israel Radio reported from
Warsaw that President Henrik
Yablonsky of Roland met with the
Jewish delegations that attended
the opening of the Jewish Pavilion
at Auschwitz, Goldmann among
them, and conferred for over an
hour. Yablonsky spoke at length
on Polish-Jewish relations and
concluded by saying that a new
pattern of relations must be
established with Jews “where+er
they may be.”
According to Kol Israel that
phrase was seen as a hint that
Poland desires closer relations
with Israel. Such, at least, was the
view of foreign correspondents
familiar with the nuances of
Eastern European leaders, when
they speak of countries with which
they have no formal diplomatic
ties, Kol Israel said.
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