The Denver Jewish news., 1920-08-18
Germany Thoroughfare
for Jewish immigration
Continued from Page One.)

tll1T IilRT may tltSs, llc sea III iuNst Vi
a new life. without persecution and
without pogroms, which will give them
new hopes for better future.
The newly established Jewish EN-
ployment Bureau in which there are re
preseutatives of all the Jewish organ
izations, under the direction of its gen
eral-secretary. p NJ kaufman, found
employment for many of the Eastern
European immigrants. \ kind word
in need is better than II penny i'll deed.
This bureau not only strives to aid
but also advises them in regard to their
travelling papers, passports and the Ike.
1t also seeks to enlighten the authori-
ties on many points which have caused
misunderstanding and misconceptions.
Yet despite all these efforts, inmi-
grafton is for several reasons Stlll not
rightly regulated. The conference on
Immigration held in 1904 in Frankfort
Established bureaus in many parts OF
Germany to aid solve the Jewish pro
bIems of immigration. That Il sympa-
thetic understanding. warm Jewish
heart, was just as essential as monetary
aid. was not realized ut first. In the
last decade or so. the German Jewish
organizations began to handle Jewish
affairs quite differently. The forty
million marks spent by the Hilfs-Nerein
der Dcutschen Juden in the last ten
years were put to better use than be-
fore.
Jewish immigration has had political,
personal and economic causes. Now n
new cause has added stimulus to immi-
sration-hatred The feeling of hatred
for those who oppress us has become
greatly intensified. We have been
transformed into people who not only
can love- but also hate. Our younger
generation, fleeing from the pogroms,
no longer has the old meek, suffering
face. with the melancholy eyes. Thc
cold. deadened souls, incapable of either
love or hate. are disappearing. I'VE
abhor, we hate the people and the
places from which we come. We do
not want TO and we cannot remain in
AIinsk. Prosllurov, Lemberg or Flesh
tin. We cannot endure the sight of
those criminals. the murderers. whose
hands are red with our blood. We hate
them. savagely hate them" This is
h the burden of their thought and pas
,sion This animosity has become quite
n natural, usual feeling with ms. and
tmore than one of us decides to over
flooll the good fortunes in the East to
ffseel Il more meagrc livelihood in the
NEW free land.
The bloody. barbarous period which
.the Jews are passing thru in Eastern
/ Europe has created new Jewish type
(which is impellcd even more strongly
tby the will to free life. The old type
Jew. whom the poet Mirbcau described,
lis rapidly disappearing. On hot sum
mer day he met an old Jew in IA little
city of Russia. The Jew was sitting
Oll Ebth 1T tlt tiib VI th' SiiNNi. ihiS
nose was beaked, his eyes filed with
tears, his beard unkempt, his clothes
torn, and yet the old man was beautiful.
We was warming his sick body in the
sun. An officer came near and began to
shower him with curses for no reason.
trhc Jew did not hear he did not want
/ TO IN nfii, I,ppDn m ftIn,n with
anger and proceeded to murderously
beat the jew. He sank from the rock
10 the ground and quivered like fish.
a number of curious people gathered
about. Soon Il crowd formed. All en-
joycd the scene immensely, and began
to spit upon the old Jew and kick him
with their feet The jew could hardly
move All his bones seemed broken.
At last he muttercd: "Why do you
beat me: What harm have done you?
DO You even know me? Is there any
sense in beating me? You are crazy"
Feeling himself hero. and much ad
mircd by the crowd, the officer stalkcd
of The crowd scattered. Only the
Jew remained lying on his rock. and
wcpt and laughed like a small child.
He mirmurcd to himself: All, all. for
no reason do they beat us. The officer
does not know what he is doing. Yet.
he is not bad man. Hhc might have
killed me. No one would even have re-
! hC is not "A bad man He might have
been congratulated for it. Another
distinction would have been bestowed
upon him. He is not a bad man O..
not bad man E"