European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 11, 1987 the stars stripes Paga 9 jews return to Germany for reunions Landau Germany a with one wet Eye one dry Eye Williamf Mayer looked at the German wine growing Region that hundreds of jews lied a half Century ago after inc nazis Rise let Power. The . Resident used the expression to describe his mixed emotions when he More than 70 other jews driven away by f in Izier it Piiru Reich returned Recemis for a we Klong reunion in Landau. " was t Here when they burned the synagogue in 1938because our family left m 1936," three years after Hitler took Power in Germany Mayer Saiof Bui 1 grew up it s like a Homecoming. Many of these people Haven t seen each other for so Yean said Mayer s wife Susan. Landau other German towns chips such As Frankfurt Berlin Furth Are holding official Homecoming programs for former jewish residents. Officials used cily funds contributions to pay All costs for flights lodging of the former residents their spouses. Mayor of Kristof Wolff who sent invitations for the reunion welcomed the former residents at a dinner on May 4. That you have returned in spite of the Many hardships terrible Mem ories of Landau reached nut your hands fills us All with deepest thanks great Hope Wolff Lold the guests. This Hope for a new beginning after More than 40 years is a Hope that we All learn to understand thai it Floc Holo Caust cannot be forgotten thai we Donot suppress the memories but pass them on to our the next Dav Mayer his wife joined about 100 people for a Wreath Lay ing ceremony at a memorial obelisk dedicated to the town s synagogue torched by nazi part y troops on nov. 10,19 3 8. The raid came in conjunction with the Crystal night attacks in 1938, when troops ransacked jewish Homes Busi Nesses smashing windows other prop erty in Frankfurt Berlin other cities. Landau with a population of 37,400, is a town of winding streets Well kept buildings such As the Koerber hotel owned operated by the same family for 129 years. The town lies in inc mid Homecoming tour in Fuerth a member or the jewish Community of one Rob Germany Points out a Mestone inc Ripling to � group of Fiji ions. The guests were invited by the town for Homecoming Celebration last week for for Mer jewish residents. Several towns throughout Germany Are hosting the re unions with an Ull exp cases paid trip Tor the Borrner residents. Die of a wine growing Region in South Western Germany 12 Miles from France. In 1938, about 800 jews lived there. Today is Yea old Robert Metzger is he Only jewish resident. said he spent time in Dachau several other concentrations Campi before he escaped to Franco. I came Back in 1948 found the family wine wholesale business destroyed. So we rebuilt i went Back into business he said. Many Landau jews were scattered toll Corners of the world More than 100 were killed in concentration Camps said City spokesman Roland Seiter. The exact number will probably never be the nazis Kil de 6 million jews during the third Reich from 1933 to ims. Landau s last rabbi 74-year-old Kurt me Liger his wife returned to the City for the ceremonies along with jews fro the United slates South America Israel Europe. Some spoke English but Many still speak German. Seiter said thai Money for the trip came front City funds a donation Campaign backed by local newspapers. He said roman Catholic lutheran churches in inc area also Are taking part in the Money raising Campaign. Olio Wertheimer of new York City came to Landau with his brother Ernest of Buenos Aires Argentina. Can you imagine it s 52 years since my brother 1 have been together in the City where we were bom. I think this is a excellent idea Otto Wertheimer said Carl Abraham also of new York City was in Landau with his wife Claire. I was t bom Here but my father was he emigrated to the United Stales in1907," Abraham said. But there s still something about it. It s a strange feeling when i go to the cemetery Here see the name of Karl Henry Abraham on a grave Stone. He was my Abraham said he was named after his Grandfather Despic thu slight difference in spelling. Politically Touchy Jerusalem show $20 million in islamic Ewe by going on display Jerusalem a As the crusaders prepared to storm the gales of Jerusa Lem a moslem woman scooped up her jewelry grabbed a pol still warm front the oven buried the Silver pieces after wrapping them in a Napkin from the dining room table. Nearly 900 years later her perfectly preserved Silver armlets anklets decorated with animals heart shaped scrolls will go on display. They la be on View May 19 at the Israel museum. They Are part of a $20 million collection of zoo major pieces of islamic jewel by including a Diamond necklace that is a mate 10 one owned by actress Elizabeth Taylor a Gold necklace Given by the Shah of Iran to French president Charles de Gaulle. The exhibition including contributions from the louvre in Paris museum of new York will be accompanied by Israel s first International symposium on islamic jewelry which opens june 10. Bui because the jewelry is being shown in Jerusalem islam s third holiest City after Mecca Medina it is Politi Cally sensitive. Israel regards unified Jerusalem As the capital of the jewish state but the claim is disputed by the arabs because the City s Eastern sector was captured from Jordan in 1967, museum officials speaking on Condi Tion of anonymity said sortie european museums apparently fearing reprisals from islamic countries refused to Send items for display. Some private donors from moslem countries also insisted on anonymity they said. Meir Meyer vice chairman of the Israel museum said the jewelry collection is the second exhibition with an islamic theme in recent years said there have been no Public protests sofar he said jewish craftsmen especially during the Middle Ages played a major role in making islamic jewelry. For Many generations the Arab world looked Down on the crafts it was jewish craftsmen who made a lot of the islamic jewelry in Many countries Meyer said in an interview. Meyer said 1987, the 20lh anniversary of Israel s unification of Jerusa Lem is an appropriate time for show ing the Best of moslem Art with the kind of Genera idea that Art should Cross the frontiers be admired for its in addition to the Hoard buried by the Jerusalem woman in 1099 found in excavations Between 1968 1984, Gold Silver jewelry buried by moslem women just before the Chest inns con quest was found in Caesaria on inc Mediterranean sea Tiberias on the sea of Galilee. In the basement vault of the Israel museum islamic Art curator Naama Brosh took out a crumbling Bronze pot Appolo woman displays earring Gold necklace. That had held inc Jerusalem woman s jewelry slipped onto her Arm a Coil shaped Silver Arm Bracelet. You can almost see her taking a pol from the stove wrapping up her jewelry in a cloth Rushing to Buty it outside near the umayyad Palace before the crusaders came said Brosh pointing out the blackened Bottom of he pot As Evi Dence it was taken from the stove. She expected id come Back get it later but she never Brosh also displayed a Ceramic pot found Al Caesaria that contained a wealthy moslem woman s jewelry collection including a unique fatimid Cra necklace with a delicate Lac Cikic pattern made of thin Gold wire granulated Gold. Israel has been a major source of islamic jewelry because of these hoards. Jewelry finds in the islamic world have been rare Pani ally because islamic custom forbids burying jewelry with its owner. In other cultures ancient jew ciry is often found at grave Sites. The collection includes the earliest known piece of islamic jewelry a solid Gold earring in the shape of a Crescent thai depicts two Lions a sym Bol of strength regal authority. It was found by israeli archaeologists earlier this year on the floor of a Goldsmith s workshop in Deil scan town near the sea of Galilee Brosh said the workshop was destroyed in a earthquake in 747 . And inc earring was found stuck to umayyad Era coins. The most dramatic item is a Pearl Ruby necklace with a Diamond Pend ant on which the name of the owner Shah Jahan had been inscribed with an other Diamond. The Shah lived in India during inc Early 17th Century owned three such necklaces one of which was Given by the late Richard Burton to his wife Eliza Beth Taylor. Another piece a solid Gold necklace with delicate filigree work was a if from Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to de Gaulle
