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PAGE 20 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE April 25,
New York service to mark
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The 43rd anniversary of the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising will be
marked at memorial services Sun
day afternoon. May 4, in the Felt
Forum of Madison Square Garden
at ceremonies honoring the mem
ory of the Six Million Jews who
perished at Nazi hands.
Benjamin Meed is president of
the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Or
ganization and chairman of the
United Commemoration Commit
tee of Metropolitan New York,
sponsor of the annual event.
Among the speakers at the ser
vices, which begin at noon, are:
Elie Wiesel, author and distin
guished professor of humanities,
Boston University;
Benjamin Netanyahu, perman
ent representative of Israel to the
United Nations;
Edward I. Koch, mayor of New
York.
The service will include a candle
lighting ceremony by Holocaust
survivors and their children. Misha
Raitzin, a concentration camp sur
vivor and member of the Metro
politan Opera Company, will chant
the traditional El Mole Rachamin
(O Lord Full of Mercies).
In announcing the event. Meed
said: “In April of 1943, the quiet
warmth of Spring in Warsaw was
shattered by an outcry from the
oppressed Jewish Ghetto—Enough!
No more degradation! No more
subservience! No more slaughter!
“The weeks of feverish prepara
tion were over. Shots rang out,
mines exploded, and the words
‘Warsaw Ghetto Uprising' were writ
ten with blood into the pages of
Jewish history.
“In the weeks that followed this
first organized civilian resistance
in Nazi Europe, courageous young
Jewish men and women gave new
meaning to heroism and self-sacri-
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fice. Isolated and alone, they re
pelled onslaught after Nazi on
slaught. The walls crumbled, the
food, water and ammunition ran
out and flames turned the Ghetto
into an inferno. Yet still the mar
tyrs held off the Nazis, while the
world looked on, mute. In the end,
the Ghetto was smoke and rubble,
but the battle cries raised that
Spring echo through the years im
ploring us, and all generations to
come, to remember. And to make
sure, as we gather and commemo
rate, that mankind never knows
another Holocaust."
Abba Eban (right), former foreign minister of Israel, will be a speaker
at the memorial service. Harry Walker, chairman of the program com
mittee, is at left.
France’s Marcel Bloch-Dassault dies at 94
by Edwin Eytan
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PARIS (JTA)—Elaborate fun
eral services were held at the
Chapel of St. Louis Des Invahdes
Tuesday for Marcel Bloch-Das
sault, France’s leading manufac
turer of combat aircraft for two
generations, whose Mystere and
Mirage jets gave Israel mastery of
the air which spelled victory in the
1956 Sinai Campaign and the Six-
Day War of 1967.
Dassault, born Marcel Bloch,
the son of a Jewish physician, and
converted to the Roman Catholic
faith about 10 years after his liber
ation from the Buchenwald con
centration camp, died last Friday
at the age of 94. He was buried
close to the crypt where Napoleon
is buried. Prime Minister Jacques
Chirac was the main speaker at the
ceremonies.
Dassault was re-elected to the
National Assembly last month and
Mrs. Dora Esther Kuker
Mrs. Dora Esther Kuker, 85, of
Atlanta died Saturday, April 19.
Graveside service was held Mon
day, April 21, at Crest Lawn Ceme
tery, with Rabbi Judah Kogen offi
ciating.
She was a member of Shearith
Israel Synagogue, Pioneer Women
and Atlanta Jewish Community
Center Seniors.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Cookie Levetan and
Mrs. Corinne Frank, both of At
lanta; seven grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Contributions can be sent to the
American Heart Association or
the AJCC.
Mrs. Sadye Widmann
Mrs. Sadye Saul Widmann, 81,
of Gainesville, Ga., died Monday,
April 21.
Graveside service was held
Tuesday, April 22, at Crest Lawn
Cemetery in Atlanta, with Rabbi
Alvin Sugarman officiating.
She was a member of The Temple.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs.
William E. Schrage of Gainesville;
a brother, Harry I. Saul of Dalton,
Ga.; and nieces and nephews.
was scheduled to deliver its open
ing address. He had been a deputy
since the end of World War II and
always amassed huge majorities in
his re-election campaigns.
Dassualt, a multimillionaire,
was believed by many to be the
richest man in France and was
often described by leading finan
cial publications as one of the 10
richest men in Europe. He was a
graduate of France’s school of
aeronautical engineering and
achieved fame during World War 1
as the inventor of the most sophis
ticated combat and reconnaissance
planes of their time.
Returning from Buchenwald
feeble and ill, he nevertheless re
built his company into one of the
world’s largest aircraft manufac
turers, Avions Marcel Dassault-
Breguet, which employed 16,000
people. He also became a major
figure in real estate, heavy indus
try, and financial, publishing and
Ryoter Teyf
Ryoter Teyf, 71, of Atlanta died
Tuesday, April 22.
Graveside service was held
Wednesday, April 23, at Crest
Lawn Cemetery, with Rabbi Judah
Kogen officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Esther Teyf; four sons, Eugene
Teyf of Tucker, Leo Teyf and Alex
Teyf, both of Atlanta, and Anatoly
Teyf of New York City.
Herbert Jason Selk
Herbert Jason Selk, 59, of At
lanta died Sunday, April 20.
Graveside service was held Mon
day, April 21, at Greenwood Cem
etery. Rabbi S. Robert lchay offici
ated.
Mr. Selk was a member of Con
gregation Or VeShalom.
Survivors include his wife, Sara
Benveniste Selk; son, Alan Selk of
Atlanta; daughters, Debi Sturdi
vant of Aiken, S.C., and Robin
Selk of Atlanta; sisters, Marion
Kaden and Evelyn Meyers, both of
Red Bank, N.J.; and two grandchil
dren.
Contributions can be sent to the
Diabetes Association.
film companies.
Although he never visited Israel,
Dassault was on intimate terms
with many Israeli leaders and re
portedly took pride in the way
Israeli pilots handled his high-per
formance Mysteres, Super-Mysteres,
and later Mirage and Etandard
jets, which helped give Israel its
overwhelming victories over larger
Arab forces.
When President Charles de
Gaulle imposed an arms embargo
against Israel after the 1967 Six-
Day War, the flow of French air
craft was cut off and the Israel Air
Force turned to the American jets
which now constitute the backbone
of its air power.
Many reasons have been given
as to why Marcel Bloch converted
from Judaism to Roman Catholi
cism in 1957, after changing his
name to Dassault. Some old-time
associates say he took the step
because of the trauma of deporta
tion and incarceration in Buchen
wald. He returned physically shat
tered, weighing 70 pounds. Others
say he changed his religion to
further his business interests.
Huebner Unveiling
Unveiling ceremony in memory
of Mrs. Margaret Huebner will
take place at 1:45 p.m. Sunday,
May 4, at Greenwood Cemetery.
Rabbi Judah Kogen will offi
ciate.
Mrs. Dena D. Chait
Mrs. Dena Danziger Chait, 84,
of Atlanta died Monday, April 21.
Graveside service was held Wed
nesday, April 23, at Crest Lawn
Cemetery, with Rabbi Alvin Sugar-
man officiating.
She was a member of The Tem
ple. She was a graduate of Agnes
Scott College and worked for
many years as liaison for the
Women’s Division of Atlanta Jew
ish Federation. She was also re
gional president of Hadassah.
Survivors include her husband.
Dr. George Chait; a son. Dr. Don
ald Chait; a brother, Abe Danziger
of Helena, Ark.; and three grand
children.