European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a it the stars and stripes sunday december 2,1990woman honoured for hiding jews in Wii Chicago at a a Marisia Szul was a roman Catholic teen Ager in Poland when she risked her life to help members of a jewish family fleeing the nazis by hiding them beneath her family a Bam for two years. Nazi troops later beat and tortured her but she kept quiet. Now she s being honoured for her bravery with a play about her life designed to teach children More about the holocaust during world War ii a i am very surprised by All of this Quot said Szul now 66. A i did not think that this would be something remembered after All this x Ltd it a sunday to Nonor Szul and is producing the play to be performed at Chicago area schools a the Hope for our world lies in individuals who even though they face a life threatening situation chose to re Spond toothed human beings in a oui Genus and compassionate manner a said Barbara Glatt who oversees the project. A Marisia is our Szul was working in the Field of her mothers farm Iii Poland one Day in 1942 when she was approached by Golda Saperstein a jewish woman with two children whose husband had been killed by the nazis. A she asked if she could have some water because her children were anti nazi allies Frieda Saperstein from Lef Marisia Szul and mania Birnberg n a Telephone inter a a a she hid them beneath her Bam bring View Friday night a then she asked if she could stay a Szul said she a not sure what prompted her to take in the Saperstein and later another Young jewish girl mania Bim Berg. A r \ a a a a at the time i did no to think about it or anything a Szul said. A i just looked around and saw All these people being killed. I was living and i knew that they wanted to keep living. Everybody has a right to ing them food and water each Day and lying to neighbors curious about the cries of a baby coming from the Bam. The in Fant was Saperstein a son Martin. A i would Tell them its just my brother a she said. A but i think they Frieda Saperstein said her Mother often silenced the baby by stuffing cloth in his Mouth. The family could safely move around and Bathe Only at night she said. The Saperstein who eventually settled in Chicago and Bimberg remained hidden beneath the barn for two years until suspicious nazi soldiers arrested Szul. A they beat her they tortured her but she didst Tell them anything a said Birnberg 59, of suburban Lincolnwood. She finally escaped and we saw or again she was so Black and Blue that we did no to recognize Birnberg saw the arrest and escaped. The Saperstein hid until the nazis left then ventured on to another Safe House. A Marisia saw me but she did no to say anything a Birnberg said. A if she had said there a a jewish girl a they would have taken me and let her go. But she did no to say Szul eventually escaped and returned to he farm to live with her Mother. Later As soviet soldiers liberated the area the Saperstein and Bimberg also returned. They lived at the farm until 1952, then emigrated to the United states. Szul later moved to Canada but keeps in touch with the family she helped and visits them often. Quot its not enough to Call her a Friend a Bimberg said. A a she a our whole life. Without her we would not be alive.�?�. The Honor of humanity project is associated with National Louis University in Evanston and the Avenue of the righteous an interfaith group that recognizes gentiles who saved jews during the cousins who linked health to humor Dies at 75 los Angeles apr Norman cousins the longtime editor of the saturday review who battled Back from a near fatal illness by laughing at it and advised others to do the same has died at age 75. Cousins who helped inspire the holistic health movement with his studies of How humor and positive thinking Aid the body in fighting disease died of a heart attack on Friday. He was pro pounced dead at the University of California medical Center in los Angeles. After a distinguished career As a journalist and emissary to three presidents cousins found a new calling with the 1979 publication of his Book a Anatomy of an illness As perceived a Fahe patient a the Best seller detailed his recovery from a life threatening form of arthritis through a self prescribed regimen of positive thinking laughter and Vitamin Cdr. La. West professor and past director of psychiatry and Bio behavioural sciences at Urcla said the failure of doctors to help cousins led him to heal himself. A the had a terrible illness and after the doctors gave up Hope he took charge of himself a West said. What he Learned in the process prompted him to teach. He left the saturday review in 1978 to become a professor at a clan a school of Medicine a Post he held when he died. A we Are deeply saddened by the loss of Norman cousins a said or. Sherman Mellinkoff professor emeritus and former Dean of the school. A cousins was an inspirational Leader in trying to of Terstand the grandeur of the human spirit and its promotion of health and resistance to illness a 7 _ a if you had to put one word to him As an epitaph in would have to be a Norman cousins humanitarian a West said. A fall people were important to cousins worked with cancer patients As part of a Urcla research project to determine How patients mental attitudes affected the course of their illnesses his studies found that a patient s sense of Well being could positively affect the function of the immune system and production of cancer fighting to cells. _ a i think people have been mis educated about health a he said during an interview last year a we be been educated to be timid and fearful we done to understand How beautifully robust the human body is. The fact is that 85 percent of ail illnesses Are self limiting. The body will right itself if Given half the Chance. A a a Norman cousins apr quote a. A a a. A. A a a a. A. Born in Union Hill n.j., in 1915, cousins briefly attended Columbia University he joined Ibe new York evening Post As an education writer in 1934 and worked for the monthly Magazine current history he became editor of the saturday review at age 25 expanding the magazines scope to include Book re views political coverage and arts reviews he reported the Berlin Airlift the violent division of India arid Pakistan and the israeli occupation of the Gaza strip cousins also undertook numerous diplomatic mis Stone on behalf of Pope John xxi and presidents Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson his groundbreaking negotiations with soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev eventually led to a limited nuclear test ban teas am proved during Kennedy a administration. P _ his 25 bunks included modern Man is obsolete a tied first the biology of Hope a a a the Celebration of Ligand a the Healing Hearth Celebration cousins is survived by his wife of 51 years Ellen the couple had four children years Tsien. The stateside trapped Aid Center finds $5,000 inside old coat Pontiac Mich. Up a the people who run the Baldwin Avenue human services Center Are praying that no one comes Forward to claim an old coat with a special lining that was donated last Spring. A Volunteer sifting through a bag of used clothing last week found $5,000 in Small Bills stashed in the Coates lining. A the discovery was like a dream come True for the non profit Center which faces a projected $75,000 budget shortfall. But the Center will have to Waif at least six months before it can officially keep the Money. That a the waiting period required by Law for claims to be filed. Police said they were holding the Money and coat a. Y reused no descriptions of either hoping to use those details to verify any claims. Kev. Patricia Meyers executive director of the Center said the Money May have belonged to an elderly person who did and whose clothing was Given away. 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