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LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN SIDE ROOM OF THE GLOBE DEEP BLUE SOMETHING 50 BAR DRINKS & $1.50 PITCHERS FROM 8:00 TO 10:00 THURSDAY NIGHT LADIES NIGHT IN THE GLOBE TABULA RASA LIVE IN THE SIDE ROOM 500 BAR DRINKS TILL 11:00 & $1.50 PITCHERS TILL 10:00 3 H X For More Info Call: 76-GLOBE Page 8 The Battalion Wednesday, April 20, W PROJECT BELONG SEEKS MENTORS FOR SUMMER AND/OR FALL EARN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND COURSE CREDITS WHILE MENTORING AN AT-RISK YOUTH Schindler’s widow remembers Holocaust The Associated Press enamelware proved to be a welcome commodity c nr the black market. Even after the bloody 1943 liquidation of t!i; Krakow ghetto, Schindler’s factory turned a profiuK his workers were saved from the darkest depths of I new Plaszow labor camp. But in 1944, Plaszow was closed, and Schindler's workers were sent to a new factory at Brinnlitzit Czechoslovakia. The enamel ware was gone; the blac market was gone. Eventually, the money was gone . Brinnlitz, the Schindlers had to spend everything the, had earned to keep the 1,200 v/orkers alive. "It was very difficult,” said Bernard Scheuer. wk was at Plaszow. ‘‘In Poland, they could get fooi through the black market, but in Czechoslovakia it^ difficult to feed the 1,200 people. You must realizetk the. ration from the SS there for each prisonerwa; equivalent to 21/2 ounces of bread a day. Thereavast cup of some blac k liquid that was called coffee, and a soup where the most challenging thing was to find: piece of turnip. ‘‘People couldn’t survive on it. It was up to b (Emille) to be die main supplier of food. She supplied all the food and medication. The burden of feeding these i ,200 fell on her.” And she took in other prisoners, besides those who came to work for her husband She recalled one day when Oskar Schindler was away, and a German t rain pulled up outside the factory at Brinnlitz. The train commandant told her that he was sup posed to deliver 200 Jew's to one of the factories, bst that no one wanted them. "I have no choice but tob them,” he said. “I’ll take them,” Emilie Schindler said. “We be factory, and 1 (will) take these people.” After the war, the Schindlers eventually made the: way to Switzerland. They could not return to German; because they were Considered traitors. The only coun try that would take them was Argentina, Scheuersaid ACTON — Walking among the bright bluebonnets and Indiaji paintbrushes of rural Hood County, 86- year-old Emilie Schindler looked at ease. For weeks she had been asked to conjure up cold, bleak memories of Polish and Czechoslovakian prison camps where she and her husband, Oskar, fought to help thousands of Jews escape death by the German SS during World War II. In the warm spring winds of Texas, that all seemed very far behind. Schindler had traveled to Texas with longtime friends Bernard and Eva Scheuer, whose son and daughter-in-law provided brief but welcome hospitali ty at their home near Acton. As they gathered around the dining room table, it was clear that each knows the story of the Schindlers. But they know, too, that much of Emilie Schindler's story was left out of Steven Spielberg’s film, "Schindler’s List.” They discussed her story in their native languages: German, Polish and Czech. There was even a little Spanish and a smattering of English. Based on a book by Thomas Keneally, ‘‘Schindler’s List” focuses almost entirely on the efforts of Oskar Schindler to save the lives ox nearly 1,200 Jewish pris oners who formed the work force for his factories. Emilie Schindler's contributions are largely over looked. In 193 9, on the heels of the Nazi invasion of Poland, her husband made his way to Krakow to find an investment, leaving her behind. Oskar Schindler joined the Nazi party and ingratiated himself with Ger - man officers. In time, he bought an enamel-works factory, previ- oxisly owned by Jews, and staffed it with hundreds of residents of the Jewish ghetto that the Nazi SS had es tablished. He profited handsomely. Labor was cheap, and his Holocaust Continued from Page 1 Requirements: 1) at least one semester at A&M with minimum 2.0 GPA 2) make a 2 semester commitment to BELONG 3) provide transportation or have access to it The largest number of rescuers, 3,300, were from Holland, and 3,200 were from Poland. Krammer said many lessons can be learned from the actions of the The majority of the at-risk youth in our project are males and 60% are minorities. If you would make a good mentor for such youth and/or wish to be exposed to multicultural issues, call the Project BELONG staff at 845-8800 or e-mail us at postmaster @ ppri. tamu. edu rescuers. "One obvious need is to prevent the rise of anti-Semitism,” he said. "And there is cause for alarm right now.” Krammer said he is concerned with the results of a Roper Poll from last April which indicated 21 percent of Americans do not believe the Holocaust ever hap pened, and 1 1 percent want to see more evidence. "The Germans are obsessive record-keepers and documented themselves the murders they were perpetrating,” he said. "The U.S. Army has thousands of pages of documents and photographs from when they liberated the camps at the end of the war.” Krammer said Gen. George S. Patton was so horrified when he saw the camps that he had every de tail photographed and recorded be cause, he said some day people wouldn’t believe that something tnis horrible could happen. "We must concentrate on educa tion,” he said. “If one-third of Americans are not convinced now, what will the history books say 100 years from now?” Krammer said the best weapon in the fight for education is first hand accounts. "We’ve got to ^et the survivon to tell their stories,’ he said. Krammer gave several examp of people who risked their lives to save the Jews, including a female mail carrier who was tortured bv the Gestapo for giving ration cards to Jews and a Swiss border guard who violated his country’s poky of denying entry of Jews into Poland. Krammer, who specializesio German history, is currently teach ing the history of Nazi Germany The speech was held in con junction with “Rescuers of the Holocaust,” an exhibit currenllf being displayed at the J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries in the MSC. The exhibit will continue through April 30. m AGGIE MUSTER CAMARADERIE BARBECUE THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994 • ACADEMIC PLAZA • 10:30 A.M. - 2:30 RM. OS £ o Meal Plans and Cash ($5) accepted at Barbecue. Tickets purchased with Aggie Bucks on April 21st only available at Sbisa. Advanced tickets may be purchased with Aggie Bucks or Cash at Sbisa, Commons, or Duncan. 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